Zar Amir Ebrahimi

The courageous journey of a Syrian woman, determined to transform the tragedy of exile into rebirth. (Telerama)

Céline arrives in Armenia for the first time to legalize the death of Arto, her husband. She discovers that he has lied to her, that he fought in the war, usurped his identity, and that his former friends consider him a deserter.

Inmate Adèle Charki takes a bellhop job at the Citadel hotel through a day-release program led by director Édouard Galzain. She's caught in power struggles among staff, guests, and networks, while her relationship with Édouard turns dark. (imdb)

Set against the backdrop of the Greek isles, the film follows Lola who takes revenge against her sexual partner Philip. Things begin to unravel when they encounter the enigmatic Elena, who intoxicates Lola with her uninhibited way of being and emboldens her to face the roots of her pain.

In a society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face. Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by a playful salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague. (imdb)

Follows a young Algerian man from an upper class family who implodes after becoming progressively alienated by his authoritative father. (imdb)

Set against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution, a courageous teacher gathers seven of her most committed female students to secretly read forbidden Western classics. As the fundamentalist regime tightens its grip on public life, their private living room becomes a sanctuary. Through the lens of literature, they find the strength to express their hopes and navigate their restricted realities.

As an experiment, Mehran Tamadon asks exiled Iranians to interrogate him as if they were agents of the Islamic Republic. A renowned actor with first-hand knowledge of such mistreatment takes up the challenge (imdb)

Follows a female student in Tehran who was hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defense against a rapist. For a pardon and after seven years in prison, she would have had to retract her testimony. (imdb)

A young Iranian mother and her six-year-old daughter find refuge in an Australian women's shelter during the two weeks of the Iranian New Year (Nowruz).

Iranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran's first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose. With her own and her family's freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold. (imdb)

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate the serial murders of sex workers by the so-called "Spider Killer," who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners. This gripping thriller explores themes of justice and societal hypocrisy as the investigator risks everything to uncover the truth behind the gruesome crimes.

Samuel, a man who lives in the Italian Alps, decides to help Chehreh, an Afghan woman, arrive in France. They will have to face a hostile nature and the cruelty of the men who inhabit this territory. (imdb)

Iran 1979. The true story of a young mother and her Iranian-born husband from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) who move to Iran with their little daughter in the wake of the Islamic Revolution. Driven by the desire to create a free and equal society, they fight against violence and religious doctrines in a country full of hopes and dreams, which gradually turns into a ruthless theocracy. In order to save their child they eventually have to make the biggest sacrifice imaginable.

In their desperate search for freedom and happiness, four young people from Tehran, Iran are forced to break the taboos of a restrictive, islamic society. (imdb)

Sisters Zahra and Zeynab were born hairless. Their close friend Jila brings home an old woman who can supposedly cure them. Despite their initial reluctance, they very quickly take to the ...

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship (imdb)

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show. (Venice Film Festival)

Two sisters living with their mother in a house which belongs to their uncle. The little sister is in a sexual relationship with a random guy and the other sister is caring about that and try to prevent her to date with the guy. (imdb)