Mehrdad Fakhimi

Anahita

A survey of the history and areas surrounding the Anahita Temple in Iran, with interviews of residents whose homes were demolished by the Iranian government due to new excavations.

My Lady

Years ago, two infants were born in a hospital at the same time. A little boy named Farhad, the first infant’s cousin, takes pictures with the second infant. Twenty years later, Farhad is now a charming young man and is arranged to marry Leyli (the first infant). But Farhad does not really want to marry her, as he is actually in love with Shirin, who is a widow. But ...

Eve's Red Apple

Neda who believes in money rather than love leaves her fiance Farhad and marries an older wealthy man Foruzesh on condition that he gives her all his fortune. But when she goes to Kish Island for her honeymoon the bitter truth is revealed for her.

The Changed Man

Khosro Paziresh, poor inventor of a magical washing powder went to see the CEO to manufacture his invention But accidentally fell into the elevator shaft.

Psycho

Maryam believes that she does not have much time to live, but two foresights cause her to reject her own feelings. A fortune teller informs her about an engineer proposing her with flower. On the other hand, a wandered gypsy has seen a passenger in white who has taken Maryam to cure her disease. Anyway, she marries, but this is not an end for her way.

The Visit

The camera of Janet Petrosi a christian girl who studies photography is stolen when she is in the flower market trying to take a photo. Amir a young guy who sells flower with his father ...

Travelers

A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding. The sisters' mother refuses to accept her daughter's death, and in the midst of wedding guests and mourners, including the drivers of the truck that caused the accident, she orders the wedding to take place. But how can the daughter marry in the midst of a wake and without the family's traditional mirror, which the sister was bringing to the service?

The Blade and the Silk

In a meeting in Thailand, it is decided that twenty tons of heroin to be smuggled to Iran and to be pushed in schools, universities, and even the frontline. While the shipment is being moved on Iranian roads, a detective is killed in Tehran. His successor tries to find the shipment with the help from an addicted inmate and his fiancée.

Captain Khorshid

Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ask a middleman to strike a deal with Khorshid. Khorshid is asked to illegally take them out of the country with his boat. At first he is reluctant, but because of the hardships of living he accepts the job.

The Peddler

The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episode one, a very poor couple with many crippled children abandon their newly born baby in hopes that it will have a better future. In the second episode, a mentally impaired and isolated young man tries to take care of his senile mother who is almost dead. In the third episode, a cowardly and desperate peddler tries to escape from his boss.

Autumn

Masoud wants to leave his wife Parvaneh and their daughter and go to Europe. But before that they going on a trip to see some of their relatives. In the way a stranger who is injured rides ...

Jafar Khan az farang bargashte

Jafar Khan, son of a rich traditional family in Tehran, comes back to Iran after spending 8 years for studying in Europe, but he has changed completely to the extent that he cannot even speaks Farsi properly.

Kamalolmolk

The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.

Hajji Washington

Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori (Haji Baba) goes to Washington D.C. as the first Iranian (Persian) ambassador to the United States of America. After he opens the embassy, he is unable to invite statesmen to visit him. Haji fires the embassy staff due to the inability of the Persian government to meet the embassy's needs. One night he is visited by President Grover Cleveland.

Death of Yazdgerd

Bahram Beyzai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.

The School We Went To

Students of a guidance school try to stand up against vice-principal's oppressing rules.

Ballad of Tara

Tara, the young beautiful widow, returns with her two young children from country to her village. On her way home, she finds out that her grandfather has passed away. She distributes grandpa’s belongings among her neighbours. But there remains an old sword that no one will accept. One day on the road, she meets an ancient warrior. He claims that his clan have sent him to present time to take the old sword back. Tara finally submits the sword to him, but he returns upon realizing that he has fallen powerfully in love with her.

Therefore Hangs a Tale

The film's story is about a school that is expecting the arrival of an inspector, and everyone is anxious about the inspector’s visit. This film is a loose adaptation of The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol.

The Raven

When Mr. Esalat is looking for a topic for his TV show, he notices an advertisement in the newspaper about a missing girl. The picture of the missing girl is very familiar to him and he tries to remember where he saw it before. His wife Asieh is a teacher and at home she writes his mother's diary. When he searches for the address in that advertisement, he finds that it belongs to 30 years ago. Asieh is becoming interested in the missing girl too.

The Stranger and the Fog

A young man, suffering from loss of memory, drifts in on a canoe onto the shore of the Persian Gulf. He falls in love with a beautiful village woman and settles down, until strangers come from the sea.

Journey

The story is about two poor boys’ search for their father through a Journey from downtown to uptown. Two hungry boys are forced to move through the events, people and unrealistic and risky places in a nightmarish way. A daily journey in search of their lost identity and worth!

The Quail: The Tale of a Boy Who Asks

A short film about a boy and his bird Badbade

Trap

Some children make a trap to catch a sparrow.