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From Kiarostami to Abbasi, from Farrokhzad to Amirpour. From pre-revolutionary cinema to modern times. Join Iranian-Canadian filmmakers Kaveh Mohebbi and Faran Moradi (a screenwriter and a director) as they embark on a crash-course on all that Iranian cinema has to offer episode-to-episode one film at a time.
- 30 - 030 - Hollywood Hitjobs: House of Sand and Fog (ft. Rob Michaels)
After losing her house due to a taxing error, reformed addict Kathy Nicolo begins to harass the new owners of the house - Iranian immigrant Massoud Amir Behrani, along with his wife and son. Based on the novel by Andre Dubus III. Directed by Vadim Perelman This film is available for digital purchase and rental.
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 - 1h 24min - 29 - 029 - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (ft. Seena Haddad)
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire. Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. This film is available for digital rental and purchase in the U.S, U.K. and Canada.
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 - 1h 14min - 28 - 028 - Under the Shadow
Our first Halloween Special! As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home. Directed by Babak Anvari. This movie can be found on Netflix in most territories.
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 - 59min - 27 - 027 - The Stranger and The Fog
A boat drifts onto the shore of a small village, which the beautiful Rana hopes the has brought back her husband, who disappeared a year ago out on the sea. But the only passenger is Ayat, a wounded stranger with no memory of how he ended up in this land. After gradually proving himself as a member of the community, Ayat grows increasingly paranoid about wraiths from a forgotten past. Directed by Bahram Beyzaie
Thu, 03 Oct 2024 - 1h 08min - 26 - 026 - Downpour
When he takes a job as a schoolteacher in a new neighborhood, the hapless intellectual Mr. Hekmati finds that he is a fish out of water. Directed by Bahram Beyzaie
Thu, 19 Sep 2024 - 1h 19min - 25 - 025 - Baran (ft. Aisha Jamal)
In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Azeri worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both of their lives. Directed by Majid Majidi.
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 - 1h 20min - 24 - 024 - Leila's Brothers
Leila, who has spent her entire life caring for her family, hatches a plan to help her struggling brothers - but she might have to cross her parents to do it. Directed by Saeed Roustayi. This movie can be found in select local cinemas.
Thu, 15 Aug 2024 - 1h 07min - 23 - 023 - King of the Hearts (ft. Tara Grammy)
A blind woman's daughter befriends a famous singer who decides to help them in life, but unbeknownst to either party, is how they're all truly connected... Directed by Mohamad Ali Fardin. This movie can be found on DVD through Pars Video, and on YouTube.
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 - 1h 18min - 22 - 022 - There Is No Evil
The four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats. Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. This movie can be found on Apple TV in the USA.
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 - 1h 32min - 21 - 021 - Offside
The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums. This episode also features an interview with Morvarid Sadinejad Directed by Jafar Panahi. This movie can be found on Apple TV in Canada, as well as Prime and Apple TV in the USA.
Thu, 04 Jul 2024 - 1h 41min - 20 - 020 - Hollywood Hitjobs: Not Without My Daughter (feat. Sima Sepehri)
An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape. This film is available to view on Prime Video.
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 - 1h 30min - 19 - 019 - Bashu, The Little Stranger (ft. Rouzbeh Heydari) + Alex Eskandarkhah Interview
An Iranian boy is lost after fleeing home for his life; his family has been killed during the Iran-Iraq war. He's saved and trained by a middle-aged woman. This episode also features an interview with Alex Eskandarkhah with the Collective for Black Iranians. Directed by Bahram Beyzaie. This movie can be found on YouTube.
Thu, 06 Jun 2024 - 1h 52min - 18 - 018 - Taste of Cherry (ft. Alex Eskandarkhah)
An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he takes his own life. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami This film is available through the Criterion Channel
Thu, 16 May 2024 - 1h 36min - 17 - 017 - Hit the Road
Follows a chaotic, tender family that is on a road trip across a rugged landscape and fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others' nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet. Directed by Panah Panahi. This film is available through Prime Video in Canada, Pramount+, Apple TV+ and Showtime in the USA, and Channel 4 in the UK.
Thu, 02 May 2024 - 1h 24min - 16 - 016 - The House is Black (feat. Sadaf Khajeh)
Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness", of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with spirituality and gratitude. Directed by Forough Farrokhzad. This film is available through the Criterion Channel.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 - 1h 28min - 15 - 015 - The White Meadows (feat. Afra Nariman)
Rahmat has been asked to meet the inhabitants of these islands to collect their tears. Although for years people have been giving their tears to Rahmat, no one knows exactly what he has been doing with them. Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. This film is available to view on YouTube.
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 - 1h 36min - 14 - 014 - Samad and The Carpet of the Prophet Solomon (feat. Payam Banifaz)
The classic Iranian comedy about a villager named Samad in his first theatrical foray, as he faces off against a team of gangsters who attempt to steal a priceless artifact from his girlfriend, Leila. Written, directed by and starring the illustrious maestro of Iranian cinema, Parviz Sayyad. The movie is available for viewing on YouTube.
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 1h 32min - 13 - 013 - Through the Olive Trees
A depiction of the off-screen relationship between the actors who play the newlyweds in the film And Life Goes On (1992). Directed by Abbas Kiarostami. This film is available through Criterion
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 - 1h 26min - 12 - 012 - Blackboards
Two teachers in attempt to recruits wandering Kurdish refugees as their pupils, after the chemical bombing of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War. Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf.
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 1h 21min - 11 - 011 - The Wind Will Carry Us (feat. Tara Aghdashloo)
A journalist named Behzad, travels from Tehran to a rural Kurdish village to covertly cover the vigil for a dying elder.
Thu, 08 Feb 2024 - 1h 54min - 10 - 010 - Hollywood Hitjobs: Prince of Persia (feat. Navid Agha)
Based on a best selling video game franchise, young fugitive prince and princess must stop a villain who unknowingly threatens to destroy the world with a special dagger that enables the magic sand inside to reverse time. This film is available on Disney+
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 - 1h 29min - 9 - 009 - City of Mice (feat. Dr. Maral Aguilera-Moradipour)
Considered by many to be the most famous puppet show for children and all ages. City of Mice (Shahr-e Mooshha) tells the story of a town full of anthropomorphic mice who have to pack their belongings and quickly evacuate their town once news has spread of a wild cat who has arrived and wants to eat them up. The story centres mostly around the students of a shared classroom lead by their loyal teacher. While on their journey, the mice encounter dangerous obstacles and strange allies all while being tracked down by the nefarious cat hot on their tails. (Marzieh Boroomand & Mohammad Ali Talebi, 1986) Available to watch for free on YouTube.
Thu, 11 Jan 2024 - 1h 41min - 8 - 008 - Night of the Hunchback
Based on a story from One Thousand and One Nights, and set in a popular theatre troupe; the story follows the death of an actor, who is killed by two of his colleagues in an accidental, farcical bout of horseplay, and the brilliantly elaborate gags and misunderstandings that abound in subsequent attempts to dispose of his body in this ensemble comedy.
Thu, 28 Dec 2023 - 1h 12min - 7 - 007 - A Separation
A married couple Nader and Simin are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease. After hiring a young woman to take care of his father, a difficult situation snowballs and Nader finds himself entangled in a web of lies, manipulation and public confrontations. (Asghar Farhadi, 2011) Available for rent on Amazon Prime and Youtube.
Thu, 14 Dec 2023 - 1h 27min - 6 - 006 - Life, and Nothing More (aka...And Life Goes On)
A director and his son return to a region damaged by the Guilan earthquake, hoping to find the children who appeared in his film a few years earlier. (Abbas Kiarostami, 1992) - The film can be watched on the Criterion Channel with subtitles, and on YouTube without subtitles.
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 - 1h 24min - 5 - 005 - Holy Spider (feat. Sadaf Khajeh) + Arash Ashtiani Interview
Based on the true story of Iranian's infamous 'Spider Killer', a journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners, (Ali Abbasi, 2022). Available for rent on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, MUBI and streaming on Netflix(US)
Thu, 16 Nov 2023 - 1h 53min - 4 - 004 - The Cow (feat. Mehrtash Mohit)
An old villager, Masht Hassan, deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. When he is away, his cow dies. Knowing the relationship between Masht Hassan and his cow, the villagers hastily dispose the corpse, and when Masht Hassan comes back, they tell him that his cow ran away. Masht Hassan is devastated, he starts to spend all his time in the barn, eating hay, and slowly believes that he is the cow. (Dariush Mehrjui, 1969) Available on MUBI and Youtube.
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 - 1h 38min - 3 - 003 - No Bears (feat. Rouzbeh Heydari)
Shot in secrecy while Panahi serves a ban on making films imposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. No Bears tells two parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power. (Jafar Panahi, 2022). Available on Criterion Channel.
Thu, 26 Oct 2023 - 1h 27min - 2 - 002 - The Deer
The Deer is a typical Kimiai-style tale of friendship and honour. When a good man fallen on hard times meets his erstwhile protégé, fate puts their relationship to the ultimate test: will you die for me? (Masud Kimiai, 1974) The Deer can be seen on YouTube - unfortunately no subtitles are provided.
Thu, 12 Oct 2023 - 1h 32min - 1 - 001 - Where Is The Friend’s House?
Eight-year-old Ahmed has mistakenly taken his friend Mohammad's notebook. He wants to return it, or else his friend will be expelled from school. The boy determinedly sets out to find Mohammad's home in the neighbouring village. (Abbas Kiarostami, 1987) - The film can be watched on the Criterion Channel with subtitles, or on Youtube without.
Fri, 29 Sep 2023 - 1h 33min
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