Best Iranian short movies

The film looks at the children who live and work in the big city's suburbs.

The film which was shelved for many years focuses on men and women visiting the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shiite Imam, in the city of Mashhad in the North East of Iran.

Short documentary

Experimental short film based on M.C. Escher's paintings.

Mr. Hormoz's house is due to a bank mortgage debt. Financial problems have gripped him and his family and caused them trouble. To the extent that.

A short documentary about Tehran's taxi drivers and their problem with the new taxi meters.

A documentary about people who make their living by writing letters for illiterate people

A short documentary about Iran’s oldest mosque, the Jameh Mosque of Fahraj.

Short documentary by Ebrahim Golestan

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran (1966-79) documents life in a deprived district in the south of Tehran. The images of destitution in Tehran's poor areas is accompanied by a variety of spoken accounts: the official viewpoint on the district's living conditions, what the inhabitants have to say, and occasional extracts read out of school manuals. The key element in Shirdel's film is the counterpoint effect he creates with image and sound. His impressively powerful portrayal of social unease helps reinforce the impact of his astonishing documentary images and social themes.

Short ethnographic documentray about Arba'een, a Shia Muslim religious observance

Short documentary about the Thursday-bazaar of Minaab, a small city in South of Iran