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In This World (2002)

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Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient In This World follows young Afghan (impressive newcomer Udin Torabi) and his older cousin Enayat (Enayatullah) as ... Read more
Certificate: 15
Format: DVD

Taste Of Cherry (2 discs) (1997)

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A man who is tired of life wants to commit suicide. He sets off to find someone to bury him after he is dead. Farsi dialogue. Includes 10 on Ten a cinema materclass that offers 10 fascinating lessons ... Read more
Certificate: PG
Format: DVD

Offside (2006)

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For a soccer-mad young girl, a crucial world cup qualifying match for Iran's national football team at the Azadi stadium in Teheran is the game of her dreams. But with women banned from the country's ... Read more
Director: Jafar Panahi
Certificate: PG
Format: DVD

The Circle (2000)

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Banned in Iran, Jafar Panahi's THE CIRCLE is set almost entirely on the busy streets of Tehran - a place where women are restricted by numerous laws, including a repressive dress code, and can only ... Read more
Director: Jafar Panahi
Certificate: PG
Format: DVD

At Five In The Afternoon (2003)

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Iranian writer/director Samira Makhmalbaf directs At Five in the Afternoon, co-scripted by her father, Mohsen Makhmalbaf (director of Kandahar). In the bombed-out ruins of post-Taliban Kabul, Noqreh (... Read more
Certificate: PG
Format: DVD

Close-Up (1990)

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The true story of an unemployed movie lover who passes himself off as a celebrated film director.
Certificate: U
Format: DVD

The Apple (1997)

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Twin girls, the daughters of a blind mother and poor father, are kept inside their home as virtual prisoners. Their father believes that they must not be exposed to the sun. A social worker attempts ... Read more
Certificate: PG
Format: DVD

Unveiled (2005)

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Survival is not enough. Fariba Tabrizi has made it. Under peril of death she has fled from Iran. In Germany she has no alternative way of avoiding the threat of deportation other than to assume the ... Read more
Certificate: 15
Format: DVD

The Day I Became A Woman (2000)

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For her first film, THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN, Marziyeh Meshkini, the wife of Iran's most prominent filmmaker, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, has crafted a mystical three-part allegorical vision of the ... Read more
Certificate: U
Format: DVD

Stray Dogs (2004)

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A thoughtful and emotionally challenging look at the lives of two children living in modern day Afghanistan, STRAY DOGS lifts the lid on what it is like living in the country, post-Taliban. The film ... Read more
Starring: Agheleh Rezaie
Certificate: 12
Format: DVD

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