Cinematography: Ali Loghmani

Direction Khosrow Sinai

Cast Lili Parsaei · Massih Parsaei · Samira Sinai

Plot Between Shadow and Light is a documentary about the thought, style and works of “Farah Osuli”, a contemporary Iranian painter. He seeks to find a meaningful form to express his...

Direction Khosrow Sinai

Cast Mehdi Ahmadi · Hamid Farokhnezhad · Saeed Poursamimi · Salimeh Rangzan

Direction Khosrow Sinai

Cast Mehdi Ahmadi · Farshid Ebrahimian · Dariush Faezi · Behrouz Shoaybi

Plot Documentary about the life and works of Sadegh Hedayat. It follows a teacher, a researcher, and a journalist as they discuss some of Hedayat’s most famous works and their influences....

Direction Khosrow Sinai

Cast Gizella Varga-Sinai

Plot This documentary film by Khosrow Sinai explores the work of Gizella Varga-Sinai, an Iran-based Hungarian artist. Featuring English language narration, this film explores her life in two countries, while showcasing...

Direction Kazem Ma'asoumi

Cast Ali Ahmadi · Hamid Farahnejad · Hamid Farokhnezhad · Babak Hamidian

Plot A group of Iranian soldiers are trapped on the frontlines, and are suffering from lack of water. Raising a white flag, one of the Iranian soldiers goes to the only...

Direction Khosrow Sinai

Cast Mohammad Ebrahim Jafari

Plot Short documentary about Iranian artist Mohammad Ebraim Jafari.

Direction Khosrow Sinai

Cast Mehdi Ahmadi · Yousef Jokar · Bahram Zandi · Levon Haftvan

Plot We follow a young man reflecting on his life in this thought-provoking tale of childhood. Forced to flee the devastated village of Abadan with his family at the beginning of...

Direction Khosrow Sinai

Cast Mehdi Ahmadi · Tayyebeh Dehghan Manshadi · Narges Hormozi · Mostafa Shab Tari

Plot One of the most astonishingly exotic films in this year’s festival has to be Khosrow Sinai’s drama, Rainbow Island. The title refers to the island of Hormuz, which occupies a...

Direction Mohammad-Ali Talebi

Cast Mehrdad Azimi · Danial Manafi · Jamal Safraf · Shokraneh Shekarva

Plot Reza is a fifteen year old teenager who lives a simple but calm life with his mother and brother. With a suitor appearing for his mother, life becomes difficult for...

Direction Khosrow Sinai

Cast Behrooz Daresh · Nader Ebrahimi · Mohammad Ebrahim Jafari · Parviz Kalantari

Plot A docudrama about art and creativity; based on modern art gallery in Tehran and its founder Jazeh Tabatabai.

Direction Parviz Shahbazi

Cast Mansour Shahbazi · Maryam Palizban · Said Amini

Plot This is about two guys who are departed from their family in totally different ways, they are anti social and try to live in a large city without any money,...

Direction Hassan Yektapanah

Cast Jalil Nazari · Mahmoud Behraznia · Rashid Akbari · Valiollah Beta

Plot The film follows the day-to-day life of Djomeh, an Afghan immigrant to Iran who left home because of past romantic indiscretions. In Iran, Djomeh doesn't have much by way of...