Ongoing Series
Pelan Presents
A bimonthly series organized in partnership with Pelan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan media organization spotlighting independent documentaries by Iranian and non-Iranian directors about Iranian people.
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List of Programmed Films
| Date | Film Title | Director(s) | Year | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Jul | Radiograph of a Family | Firouzeh Khosrovani | 2020 | Iran . . . |
| 2024-Jan | Alone | Jafar Najafi | 2022 | Iran |
| 2024-Apr | Seven Winters in Tehran | Steffi Niederzoll | 2023 | France . . . |
| 2024-Jun | The Silhouettes | Afsaneh Salari | 2020 | Iran . . . |
| 2024-Aug | The Unseen | Behzad Nalbandi | 2019 | Iran |
| 2024-Oct | Exodus | Bahman Kiarostami | 2019 | Iran |
| 2024-Dec | Alborz, We Climb Mountains | Maryam Sepehri | 2023 | Iran |
| 2025-Feb | Silent House | Farnaz Jurabchian . . . | 2022 | Iran . . . |
| 2025-Apr | Gracefully | Arash Eshaghi | 2019 | Iran |
| 2025-Jun | The Marriage Project | Atieh Attarzadeh . . . | 2020 | Iran . . . |
| 2025-Aug | Parvaneh | Bahman Kiarostami | 2020 | Iran |
| 2025-Oct | Joonam | Sierra Urich | 2023 | USA |
| 2025-Dec | Mother of Snow Cranes | Iiris Härmä | 2024 | Finland |
| 2026-Feb | My Stolen Planet | Farahnaz Sharifi | 2024 | Germany . . . |