Vida Ghahremani
2021The Stoning of Soraya M.
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò
A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a tragic ending.
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
Bahman Maghsoudlou
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Katayun Amir Ebrahimi
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Wayne Wang
Henry O, Feihong Yu
The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
فریاد نیمه شب
Samuel Khachikian
Mohamad Ali Fardin, Arman
Amir who needs money to marry with his fiance Maryam begins to do illegal working in a gang of a guy Afshar. Afshar's wife falls in love with Amir but he doesn't care for her. One day Afshar sees them alone and becomes suspicious.
The Midnight Terror
Hysteria
Antero Alli
Jakob Bokulich, Atosa Babaoff
A Croatian soldier turned boxer is haunted by disturbing dreams of the Virgin Mary that lead him to post-911 America (Oakland) to fulfill a religious vision in this suspenseful and timely look at the violence underlying any form of fundamentalism. Made in the months following the 9/11 attacks, the film offers a warning to anyone who misreads religious texts as a means to profaning the holiness of life.
Hysteria
