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- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsTaraneh AlidoostiGolshifteh FarahaniShahab HosseiniThe mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
- DirectorDariush MehrjuiStarsEzzatolah EntezamiMahin ShahabiAli NasirianAn old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorKamal TabriziStarsParviz ParastuiBahram EbrahimiReza SaeediA recently jailed petty thief disguises as a Mullah and succeeds in escaping; but has to stay in the Mullah' role longer than he expected to.
- DirectorDariush MehrjuiStarsBahram RadanGolshifteh FarahaniMasoud RayeganNot being able to work because of the religious country's prejudice against music, a talented Santour player has to deal with poverty, addiction and the absence of his ex-wife.
- DirectorAli HatamiStarsJamshid MashayekhiEzzatolah EntezamiAli NasirianThe movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.
- DirectorFereydoun JeyraniStarsHediyeh TehraniMohammad Reza ForutanKamand AmirsoleimaniHasti, a widowed nurse who has a daughter, marries a paranoid wealthy man.
- DirectorAli HatamiStarsRogheyeh Chehreh-AzadMohamad Ali KeshavarzFarimah FarjamiHow a mother acts in the hardest parts of her, and her children's lives.
- DirectorDariush MehrjuiStarsKhosro ShakibaiEzzatolah EntezamiHossein SarsharHamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph. D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.
- DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsParviz ParastuiReza KianianHabib RezaeiThe Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war. Society does not understand them and the standard social norms are not in harmony with their personalities.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsHediyeh TehraniTaraneh AlidoostiHamid FarrokhnezhadOn the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. Rouhi, spending her first day at a new job, finds herself in the midst of a different kind of fireworks -- a domestic dispute between her new boss and his wife.
- DirectorSeifollah DadStarsEssam AbachiSalma Al-MasriSabah BarakatA slight preview of the palestinian case about a palestinian doctor who lives with his wife and Farahan, his son in Haifa while facing the israeli occupation.
- DirectorShahram AssadiStarsAli Reza Shoja'nooriLadan MostofiJamshid MashayekhiAs Abdollah prepares to get married to his long-time love, he hears calls for help during his wedding and leaves the ceremony for an adventure to find the truth.
- DirectorReza MirkarimiStarsAlireza PhoenixMasoud RayeganAfshin HashemiDr. Alam, a very profiled specialist in neurology and a successful surgeon, is drowned in his professional and social work, in a way that he has totally forgotten all about his son Saman. Samantha the beautiful nights of desert with it starfull sky attracts Saman to itself and the young boy falls in love with night sky and observation of stars. Due to an event the doctor leaves his profession and work behind and goes through the desert to find his son.