CINEMA OF IRAN

February 22, 2025 4:00 pm

CENTER FOR PROGRESS AND JUSTICE

Saturday February 22, 4:00 PM

CINEMA OF IRAN Total run time 2:06:20


Waiting

In the world of children, minor changes cause them great anxiety. School is closed and all the children go home with their parents, but in the meantime, Hamid and Navid wait for their parents every day as usual. Hamid is more worried about this than Navid and blames his family for this.

The Cage

In a city, everyone has a cage on their head, until one person realizes this by accident and wants to make others aware

Smile at me

A young boy decides to suicide and fall of the bridge in view of having difficult problems in life including loneliness , money and …. on his way to bridge he faces with a reality that completely changes his decision …

Chip

Matin Davoudi, a composer who lost his hearing in an incident, can hear again by placing a chip in his brain by BrainBoard company.

A thief from BrainBoard stole Matin’s phone and Then he hacked Matin’s brain-identity information.

Saudade

Houra is pregnant with her fourth child, but the baby’s gender creates a complex situation. Her husband’s family demands a boy for their inheritance plans, yet Houra’s pregnancy is dangerous, and the doctor warns it could threaten her life.

With a history of miscarriages, Houra must decide between the pressure to give birth to a male heir and the prospects of endangering her health.

Ballerina

Ballerina is the story of an 8-year-old girl who is about to have a dance performance but due to the Iranian rules, her father and other men are prohibited to watch the ballet.

Mana refuses to start the dance and unites with other children to go outside to perform for her father… it is a portrayal of a united civil protest.

Ottaawa

The story of school children in the village who play soccer with a plastic globe

Aima

Mehrdad unintentionally commits murder and Farhad, a young kitchen worker, is a witness. Greed gradually takes hold over Farhad. When Farhad finds out the corpse isn’t actually dead, he is forced to strangle it in order to get the things he has asked from Mehrdad for his silence.