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...
The Last Days of Winter is an Iranian television documentary series directed and written by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian, which aired on IRIB TV1 from 28 September to 6 December 2012 for 10 episodes.
Samad and Parvaneh, who are newly married and are going to Mashhad at the beginning of their life together. Staying in an inn near the shrine and pilgrimage is an opportunity for them to get to know each other's personalities more. Samad is interested in beekeeping job in his hometown. But Parvaneh...
One evening in a grand royal palace, a frivolous and grotesque sultan has a nightmare. The great diviner concludes that on a full moon evening arrows of doom will fall on his head. Frightened, the sultan feels discomfort and falls ill in bed...
A film director goes to his hometown of Isfahan to make a film about the cultural history of his city. Suddenly, he sees one of the characters from his screenplay and follows him. Through his protagonist, the director reflects on what has happened to his hometown and how it has influenced the...
