Mohammad Shirvani

And, Towards Happy Alleys

A passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation for critics of the regime and shows the uncompromising daily struggle of Iranian women against their oppression.

Zygote

The film "Zygote" directed by Parham Sarkashiki and Saeed Mohammadi was made in collaboration with one of the founders of digital cinema in Iran "Mohammed Shirvani" and it criticizes film festivals in totalitarian regimes with a parodic expression and reminds the important point that art should be in Stand against the power and always be a reformer and a fighter. The character of this film, played by Mohammad Shirvani, is called "Peel", a creature with a human body and a camera-like head. Peel, along with a seahorse, a blind mouse and a bat, are assigned to the largest egg on the planet, which belongs to a legendary bird. The name is "Simorgh", an egg that a film festival called Fajr claims to have. The film "Zygote" tries to expose the mechanism of government festivals with a political approach.

Iranian Cookbook

Six urban women reveal their family recipes in a film that, at first glance, may look like an introduction to local cuisine, but which turns into a surprising exploration of relationships in modern Iranian society.

The White Meadows

Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of the Iran's political leadership emerges.