September 14, 2017–December 18, 2022

Contemporary Iranian Cinema

Acclaimed and accomplished new films from Iran are in the spotlight in this showcase presented by The Cinematheque in partnership with the Phoenix Cultural Centre of Toronto and Pacific United Productions, a Vancouver-based motion picture production and distribution company.

List of Programmed Films

Date Film Title Director(s) Year Country
2018-Nov I Want to Dance Bahman Farmanara 2017 Iran
2018-Dec Dressage Pooya Badkoobeh 2018 Iran
2019-Jan Columbus Hatef Alimardani 2018 Iran
2019-Feb Hendi and Hormoz Abbas Amini 2018 Iran
2019-Mar We Like You, Miss Yaya Abdolreza Kahani 2018 Iran . . .
2019-Apr As I Lay Dying Mostafa Sayari 2018 Iran
2019-May Reza Alireza Motamedi 2018 Iran
2019-Jun Invasion Shahram Mokri 2017 Iran
2019-Jul Cold Sweat Soheil Beiraghi 2018 Iran
2019-Aug Hat Trick Ramtin Lavafipour 2018 Iran
2019-Sep Amir Nima Eghlima 2018 Iran
2019-Nov Astigmatism Majid-Reza Mostafavi 2018 Iran
2019-Dec Orange Days Arash Lahooti 2018 Iran
2020-Jan Beloved Yaser Talebi 2018 Iran
2020-Feb Divorce Me Because of the Cats Mohammad-Ali Sajjadi 2018 Iran
2020-Mar African Violet Mona Zandi Haghighi 2019 Iran
2020-Sep Just 6.5 Saeed Roustayi 2019 Iran
2020-Oct When the Moon Was Full Narges Abyar 2019 Iran
2020-Nov The Warden Nima Javidi 2019 Iran
2021-Sep The Wasteland Ahmad Bahrami 2020 Iran
2021-Oct Drowning in Holy Water Navid Mahmoudi 2020 Iran . . .
2021-Nov Untimely Pouya Eshtehardi 2020 Iran
2021-Dec Dizziness Rasoul Kahani 2020 Iran
2022-Jan Boarding Pass Mehdi Rahmani 2017 Iran
2022-Feb Without Aban Mehrdad Kourosh Nia 2021 Iran
2022-Mar Filicide Mohammad Hadi Karimi 2020 Iran
2022-Sep The Last Breath Faraz Fadaian 2020 Iran
2022-Oct Holy Bread Rahim Zabihi 2020 Iran
2022-Nov Landless Touraj Aslani 2021 Iraq . . .
2022-Dec Surviving Fortress Farshad Fadaian 2021 Iran