Our Film Archive

Holy Bread is about the hard life of people who smuggle goods in order to support their families. They hike the impassable mountains, where they run the risk of losing their lives to a wrong step, an avalanche, or the border police’s bullets, among other perils.​

After witnessing the brutal murder of her parents by the Taliban, young Goli flees to Iran in search of safety, joining a group that helps girls escape to other countries, but her journey is filled with peril as she faces countless challenges on her path to freedom.

As urbanization threatens her ancient nomadic tribe, a 95-year-old Qashqai woman struggles to care for her ailing husband in their traditional tent, resisting her children's pleas to abandon their way of life while confronting the twilight of a dying culture.

After Russia invades Ukraine, an Iranian journalist defies his country’s political stance and travels to the war zone. There, he documents the stories of three Ukrainian women artists who, despite the chance to escape, choose to stay and resist through art, courage, and compassion.

In her film Dreams' Gate, Negin Ahmadi journeys alone into the combat zones of northern Syria, seeking to understand what it means to be a woman by following the lives of Kurdish female fighters. Through intimate encounters, her personal exploration of strength and freedom transforms into a powerful reflection on the sacrifices and struggles of women in a war-torn region.