List of Films
Each of the themed programs includes a selection of previous award-winning films and films submitted for the film festival competition. In addition, there are two director retrospectives and a program on Afghanistan and Tajikistan. There are total of 8 programs
Program 1: Art & Culture- *Bistoon and Its Secrets (Dir: Katayoun Afrooz, 6 min)
- Broken Column (Dir: Houshang Shafti, 15 min)
- Drum Rhythm (Dir: Manouchehr Tayyab, 9 min)
- Iranian Miniature (Dir: Feri Farzaneh, 20 min)
- Malek Khorshid (Dir: Ali Akbar Sadeghi, 13 min)
- Mosque Sheikh Lotfollah (Dir: Manouchehr Tayyab, 15 min)
- The Mozart-Minute: A Typical Viennese Scene (Dir: Houchang Allahyary, 1 min)
- *Persian Tree (Dir: Hassan Naghashi, 17 min),
- *The Sacred, The Absurd (Dir: Ghasem Ebrahimian, 15 min)
- The Ugliest Angel in the World (Dir: Atefeh Khademolreza, 22 min)
(*Competition film , **US premiere)
Program 2: House of Makhmalbaf Retrospective- The Closed Eyes of Mohsen (Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 2000, 16 min)
- The Chair (Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 2006, 8 min)
- The Door (Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1999, 20 min)
- Wind, Ruined the School (Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1977, 8 min., color)
- Images from the Qajar Dynasty (Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1993, 18 min)
- September 11 (Segment: “God, Construction and Destruction”) (Dir. Samira Makhmalbaf 2001, 11 min)
- The Day My Aunt Was Ill (Dir. Hana Makhmalbaf, 1997, 30 min)
- **Dawn of the Capricorn (Dir: Ahmad Faroughy Kadjar, 35 min) US Premiere
- **Felt Carpet (Dir: Alireza Jahanifar, 12 min)
- Iranian Conserve (Dir: Mohammad Shirvani, 15 min)
- **Olympics in the Camp (Dir: Majid Majidi, 5 min) US Premiere
- *The Other Side of the Broken Wall (Dir: Behrouz Maghsoudlou, 25 min)
- **Rakhsh on Flesh (Dir: Mohammad Ehsani, 14 min)
- Soshious (Dir: Hassan Naghashi, 18 min)
(*Competition film , **US premiere)
Program 4: Kamran Shirdel Retrospective- Tehran Is the Capital of Iran (1966-79, 18 min.)
- Women's Prison (1965, 10 min)
- The Women's Quarter (Qaleh, aka The Red Light District, 1966-80, 18 min)
- The Night It Rained (aka The Epic of Gorgani Villager, 1967-74, 35 min)
- Solitude Opus (2001-2, 19 min)
- The Foot Steps of Water (Dir: Alireza Darvish, 6 min)
- *Just Waiting (Dir: Ramy Ramezan, 11 min.
- *Night Story of the Boulevard (Dir: Mehran Valipour, 23 min)
- *Pedal Around the World for Peace (Dir: Behrooz Afrakhan, 25 min)
- *Reza Lost in Time (Dir: Nader Davoodi, 30 min)
- *Security (Dir: Matthew Linnell, 19 min)
- *Underneath My Father's House (Dir: Naser Zeraati, 15 min)
(*Competition film)
Program 6: Exile & Cultural Exchange- The Circle (Dir: Mohammad Shirvani, 12 min)
- *Fish Talking (Dir: Hassan Solhjou, 15 min)
- P Like Pelican (Dir: Parviz Kimiavi, 28 min)
- **Red Fish (Dir: Amir Razi, 15 min)
- **Solayman Minassian: A Man with a Movie Camera (Dir: Parviz Jahed, 34 min)
- *What If Spring Does Not Come? (Dir: Alireza Darvish, 8 min)
- *White Lies (Dir: Taeis Farzan, 15 min)
(*Competition film , **US premiere)
Program 7: Short films from Afghanistan and Tajikistan- Afghanistan
- Shabnam (Dir: Mukhammad Khaidari, 9 min)
- Kabul Cinema (Afghanistan, Dir: Mirvais Rakib. 17 min)
- Little Game (Afghanistan, Dir: Timor Hakimyar, Paolo Grassini and Benimino Natale, 39 min)
- Tajikistan
- Adonis XIV (Dir: Bako Sadikov, 10 min)
- Ainsi Va La Vie... (I Takova Jzin...) (Dir: Tolib Khamidov)
- Cheya-Cheya (Dir: Bakhtiyar Kakharov)
- A Morning (Dir: Denis Beketov, 9 min)
- Leyla-Mama Maryam (Dir: Abror Nazarov, 13 min)
- *The Angel of our Home (Dir: Bakhtier Kakharov, 18 min)
- New Penelopa (Dir: Georgi Dzalaev, 26 min))
- *The Angel of Our Home (Dir: Bakhtier Kakharov, 18 min)
- *The Calm City (Dir: Mohammad Shirvani, 2 min)
- *Auto-Stop (Dir: Nasser Saffarian, 15 min)
- *Drug of Choice (Dir: Saman Keshavarz, 12 min)
- Life in Fog (Dir: Bahman Ghobadi, 28 min)
- **The Ring (Dir: Abolfazl Jalili, 22 min)
- *The Season of Soil (Dir: Shahrokh Bahrololumi, 15 min)
- *SmoQing (Dir: Daryoush Shokof, 10 min)
(*Competition film , **US premiere)
