Movies (fiction) by Region

10 c2004

10: A documentary-style film paints a portrait of contemporary Iran, as seen through the eyes of one woman as she drives through the streets of Tehran over a period of several days. Her journey is comprised of ten conversations with various passengers -- including her young son, her sister, an old woman, a hitchhiking prostitute, and a jilted bride. Abbas Kiarostami : 10 on Ten: In this documentary, Kiarostami gives an in-depth interview that is a seminar on Kiarostami-style film making. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-5226

 

Afsaid Offside  2007

During the 2006 Iran-Bahrain match, the Tehran soccer stadium roars with 100,000 cheering men and, officially, no women. According to Islamic custom, women are not permitted to watch or participate in men's sports. Many of the ambitious young female fans who manage to sneak into the arena are caught and sent to a holding pen, guarded by male soldiers their own age. Duty makes these young men and women adversaries, but duty can't overcome their shared dreams, their mutual attraction, and ultimately their overriding sense of national pride and humanity. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-3959

 

Ajami 2010

Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani, Fouad Habash, Ibrahim Frege, Shahir Kabaha, Eran Naim, Mosh Danon, Thanassis Karathanos, Inosan Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, and Kino International Corporation

Shakespearian in its scope and themes; revenge, loyalty, hope and despair, draws us into the lives of two brothers fearing assassination; a young refugee working illegally to cover his mother's medical expenses; a cop obsessed with finding his missing brother. Through this dramatic collision of different worlds, we witness cultural and religious tensions simmering beneath the surface and the tragic consequences of enemies living as neighbors. 1 videodisc (120 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2459

 

al-Dhakira La mémoire c2000, 1982

Yusuf Shahin, Yusuf Idris, Nur Sharif, Mu sin Mu?yi al-Din, Oussama Nadir, Magda El-Khatib, Leila Hamada, Hanan, Misr International Films, Fox Lorber Films, and WinStar TV and Video (Firm)

In the middle of his own heart surgery, an Egyptian filmmaker remembers his life. In fact his old self, as a child, is accused of attempted murder of his new self. Through the metaphoric trial, we are drawn into his life in relation with the Egyptian revolution, his constant need for success, and the effect the American Dream has on him. 1 videodisc (120 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2663

 

al-Nasir Salah al-Din 2000?, 1963

"In the 12th century, Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, united Arabs across North Africa and Western Asia against the crusading Christians. After defeating Richard the Lionhearted, the legendary Saladin pledges that Arab Jerusalem will remain open to all pilgrims, whatever their religion"--Container. 2 videodiscs (145 min.)

MEDIA 10-3841

 

Al Quds fi yawm akhar Jerusalem, another day : Rana's wedding 2007

Bero Beyer, George Ibrahim, Hany Abu-Assad , Liyanah Badr, Ihab Lamey, Clara Khoury , Augustus Film (Firm), and Typecast Films (Firm)

A Palestinian girl has only 10 hours to both find and marry her boyfriend in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank. The uncertainty of her father's approval adds further difficulty. 1 videodisc (86 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2624

 

Alila 2004

Amos Gitai, Michael Tapuach, Marie-Jose Sanselme, Laurent Truchot, Yael Abecassis, Uri Ran Klausner, Hanah Lasl'o, Ronit Elkabetz, Amos Lavi, Yehoshu a Kenaz, Hamon Hafakot (Firm), Agav Hafakot (Firm), Arte France cinéma (Firm), and Kino International Corporation

For the apartment dwellers, every action creates a ripple unknowingly felt by all. Gorgeous libertine Gabi's loud, violent trysts with her physically dominant, emotionally unavailable lover Hezi bring down the wrath of their disgusted neighbors. Mali reluctantly joins her neurotic ex-husband Ezra in his search for their army deserter son. Ezra's illegal construction site and undocumented immigrant workers in turn prompt the hermit Schwartz to relive the horrors of the Nazi death camps, as his Filipino campanion Linda helplessly looks on. 1 videodisc (115 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2892

 

Amreeka 2009

Cherien Dabis, Christina Piovesan, Paul Barkin, Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Joseph Ziegler, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Virgil Films (Firm), National Geographic Entertainment (Firm), Imagenation Abu Dhabi (Firm), Levantine Entertainment (Firm), and First Generation Films

Muna Farah, a Palestinian single mom, struggles to maintain her optimistic spirit in the daily grind of intimidating West Bank checkpoints, the constant nagging of a controlling mother, and the haunting shadows of a failed marriage. Everything changes one day when she receives a letter informing her that her family has been granted a U.S. green card, and she moves with her teenage son to small town Illinois. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

MEDIA 10-2064

 

Avivah ahuvati Aviva my love 2009, 2006

Eitan Evan, Shemi Zarhin, Assi Levy, Rotem Abuhav, Sasson Gabay, Dror Keren, Levana Finkelstein, Nati Ravitz, United King Films (Firm), Metro Communications (Firm), Evanstone Films, and Sisu Home Entertainment, Inc

Aviva is a poor cook at a local Tiberias hotel whose big dream is about to come true. Through her sister, Anita, she meets Oded, a famous write who promises he'll make Aviva a great writer too. But Aviva's big break starts to affect her family, and not necessarily in a good way. Aviva's future begins to alternate between despair and hope. 1 videodisc (102 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3371

 

Az kinar ham mi guzarim Going by 2001

Iraj Karimi, Hasan Zand baf, Fariba Kamran , Mehran Rajabi, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Peyman Yazdanian, Iranian Film Society, NEJ International Pictures, and Irmovies.com (Firm)

On one particular day people in four carloads going from Tehran to northern Iran meet each other. The characters do not know each other, and their final destinations differ, but their conversations about life and death have much in common. 1 videodisc (86 min.)

MEDIA 10-710

 

Bab al-Hadid Cairo Station c2009, 1958

A story of unrequited love amongst the working poor, set in a Cairo railroad station. 1 videodisc (74 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3817

 

Baba `Aziz le prince qui contemplait son āme 2009, 2005

Bab'Aziz (Baba `Aziz), a very old blind dervish is on his way to a place unknown where a Sufi gathering is to take place. Guiding him across a sea of sand is his granddaughter Ishtar, a little girl, who loves her grandpa but who is afraid they might never reach their destination, all the more as the meeting is organized only once every thirty years. But Bab'Aziz is undeterred. He knows that if he "listens to the infinite silence of the desert with his heart" he will find the place. While making their way, they meet strange persons and Bab'Aziz tells Ishtar strange tales. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-4090

 

Bachah ha-yi asman Children of heaven 2012?, 1997

A young boy, Ali, loses his sister Zahra's school shoes. In order to stay out of trouble, the two come up with a plan to share Ali's shoes, but they must keep it a secret from their parents. 1 videodisc (88 min.)

MEDIA 10-4039

 

Banu Lady 200-?

Daryush Mihrju'i, Ezzatolah Entezami, Hanideh Kheirabadi, Mahmoud Kalari, Tasvir-i Dunya-yi Hunar, and M. Modarresi Film Production Co

Banoo lives in a big house alone, after her husband leaves to go abroad. Being alone, she asks the Gardener and his wife to move in with her and keep her company. When she realizes that the Gardener and his wife are stealing from the house, she confronts them. 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.)

MEDIA 10-959

 

Banu-yi Urdibihisht The May lady 2003?

Rakhshan Bani I`timad, Minoo Farshchi, Mani Kasraian, Golab Adineh, Atifah Rizavi, and Iranian Movies (Firm)

A successful documentary filmmaker lives with her teenage son. Her family life is beset with problems, which become more complicated when she meets a man. At the same time, she is making a film on exemplary mothers. Finishing the film would seem to provide answers for her personal life. 1 videodisc (86 min.)

MEDIA 10-586

 

Baran 2002

Majid Majidi, Fouad Nahras, Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Hossein Rahmi, and Hossein Mahjoob

Following up on his masterfully told art house successes, The Children of Heaven and The Color of Paradise, Majid Majidi directs this quietly affecting tale about illegal Afghan immigrants living and working in Iran. 1 videodisc

MEDIA 10-144

 

Bashu, the little stranger 2003, 1990

Bahram Bayza'i, Ali Riza Zarrin, Susan Taslimi, Parviz Pourhosseini, Adnan Afravian, and Panorama Entertainment

Orphaned by the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu stows away on a truck which takes him north to a place where another language is spoken and Bashu is ridiculed for his dark complexion. A woman shows compassion taking him into her house, slowly establishing contact and trust. 1 videodisc (117 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3434

 

Berlin Jerusalem c2003

Amos Gitai, Lisa Kreuzer, Rivka Neuman, Agav Films, Channel Four (Great Britain), Facets Video (Firm), and Pina Bausch Dance Company

This moving drama of the birth of Israel focuses on two women - Else Lasker-Schuler, a German poet, and Tania Shohat, a Russian revolutionary. They meet first in Berlin, where utopian ideals and fear of the Nazis force their escape to Palestine. Re-united in Jerusalem, they confront a harsh reality in the city idealized in their dreams. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

MEDIA 10-942

 

Bethlehem The complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas, giving an unparalleled glimpse into the dark and fascinating world of human intelligence. 1 videodisc (99 min.)

MEDIA 10-5610

 

Bikur ha-Tizmoret 2008

Eran Kolirin, Ehud Bleiberg, Sasson Gabay, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour, July August Productions, Bleiberg Entertainment (Firm), Sophie Dulac Productions, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrives in Israel from Egypt for a cultural event. Once there, they find the expected delegation is not there to meet them. Arrangements to get to their destination of Petah Tiqva have not been taken care of either. They find their own ride and arrive instead at the remote town of Beit Hatikva. Stuck there until the next morning's bus, the band, lead by the repressed Tawfiq Zacharaya, gets help from the worldly lunch owner, Dina, who offers to put them up for the night. As the band settles in the best it can, each of the members attempts to get along with the natives in their own way. What follows is a special night of quiet happenings and confessions as the band makes its own impact on the town and the town on them. 1 videodisc (87 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2895

 

The bubble 2007, 2006

Three young Israelis, two guys, Yali and Noam, and a girl, Lulu, share an apartment in Tel Aviv's hippest neighborhood. Noam meets and falls in love with a Palestinian man and he and his friends conspire to help Ashraf stay on in Tel Aviv illegally. 1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.)

MEDIA 10-4268

 

Bufor 2008, 2007

In 2000, not far from the old seafarer's fortress, Beaufort is a military base with the same name kept by the Israeli army. This heavily guarded post has been here since the war in Lebanon in 1982. It is a symbol not only of Israel's most controversial campaign for military control of Lebanon, but also of a sacrificial struggle during which many soldiers lost their lives. The Israeli troops move out of Lebanon, leaving behind their base at Beaufort. On the evening of May 24th, the base is destroyed, blown up by thousands of mines. The powerful explosion marks the end of eighteen years of Israeli occupation. The film tells the story of Liraz Liberti, the 22-year-old commander of Beaufort, and his troops during the last few months prior to their withdrawal. The story does not center on the war but on their retreat. The base is still under enemy fire as Liraz prepares to explode the site, thus destroying everything that his friends and comrades have died for trying to defend. 1 videodisc (126 min.)

MEDIA 10-4261

 

Buy-i kafur, `itr-i yas The smell of camphor, the fragrance of jasmine 2004

Bahman Farman Ara and New Yorker Video (Firm)

Baham Farjami, a filmmaker who has not directed for 20 yeards due to censorship, experiences a strange set of coincidences that convince him that the Angel of Death is near. 1 videodisc (93 min.)

MEDIA  10-544 10-544

 

Caramel Sukkar banat c2008

Nadine Labaki, Rodney Al Haddad, Jihad Hojeily, Yasmine Elmasri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisčle Aouad, Adel Karam,  Filmes des Tournelles, and Séville Pictures

A Beirut beauty salon becomes a treasured meeting place for several generations of women who meet there daily. The women come from various walks of life, to talk, seek advice and confide in one another. Each has their own quirks and problems that they must deal with. 1 videodisc (96 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2723

 

Chahar shanbah suri Fireworks Wednesday 2008, 2006

Jamal Sadatian, Asghar Farhadi, Mani Haghighi, Hadiyah Tihrani, Taraneh Alidousti, Hamid Farrukh nizhad, Pantah a Bahram , Matin Haydarniya, and Facets Video (Firm)

All of Tehran is preparing to celebrate the traditional New Year with the festival of fire, which falls on the last Tuesday night before the official New Year begins. A young woman named Rouhi is employed by a young couple to clean their house. Sweet and naive, Rouhi is engaged to be married, but her innocence is shattered when she finds her employers' household in crisis over accusations of infidelity. 1 videodisc (98 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2993

 

The cow Gaav 2004

D ariy ush Mihrj?u??i, Izzat All ah Intioz?am?i, Ali Nassirian, Ghul am oHusayn S?a?id?i, and First Run/Icarus Films

In a small village in Iran, Hassan cherishes his cow more that anything in the world but, while he is away, the cow mysteriously dies and the villages try to convince Hassan that she has only wandered off. The griefstricken Hassan begins to believe that he is the cow. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-1981

 

The cyclist 2005, c1988

Muharram Zaynalzadah, Isma il Sultaniyan, Muhammad Riza Maliki, Muhsin Makhmalbaf, Janbazan Foundation, KimStim, Inc, and Image Entertainment (Firm)

Nasim, formerly a cyclist and now an Afghan refugee in Iran, must overcome many obstacles in his attempt to ride a bicycle continuously for seven days and nights in order to make money to pay for medical care for his desperately ill wife. 1 videodisc (79 min.)

MEDIA 10-701

 

Dar barih Illi About Elly 2009

Asghar Farhadi, Gulshiftah Farahani, Taranah `Alidusti, Shahab Husayni, Marila Zari`i, and IranianMovies.com (Firm)

With the return of their friend Ahmad from Germany, a group of old college pals (two married couples and a brother and sister, along with three young kids) decide to reunite for a weekend outing by the Caspian Sea. The fun starts right away as they quickly catch on to the plan of lively Sepideh, who has brought along Elly, her daughter's kindergarten teacher, in hopes of setting her up with recently divorced Ahmad. But seemingly trivial lies, which start accumulating from the moment the group arrives at the seashore, suddenly swing round and come back full force when Elly disappears in a troubling incident. 1 videodisc (113 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3436

 

The deserted station 2002

Hossein Zandbaf, Ali-riza Ra'isiyan, Layla Hatami, Nezam Manouchehri, Abbas Kiarostami, IFDC, Artcam International (Firm), and First-Run Features (Firm)

A photographer and his young wife are stranded in a remote village after their car breaks down. The only adult inhabitant leaves with the photographer to find help, while the woman takes over the duties of teaching the village children whose parents are nowhere to be found. 1 videodisc (88 min.)

MEDIA 10-957

 

Do zan Two women 1998

Tahminah Milani, Niki Karimi, Mohammad R Foroutan, and Atila Pesiaini

Chronicles the lives of two women attending architectural school at Tehran University during the first years of the Islamic Republic. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

MEDIA 10-138

 

Dokhtaran khorshid Daughters of the sun 2004, 2000

Maryam Shahriar, Altinay Ghelich Taghani, Soghra Karimi, Hossain Alizadeh, and Facets Video (Firm)

Amanagol, the daughter of a poor rural family in Iran, becomes "Aman" when her father shaves her head, disguises her as a boy, and dispatches her to another village to work weaving carpets. Proficient at the job, "Aman" is nonetheless exploited by the owner and isolated from all those around her. Her secret becomes jeopardized when a co-worker falls in love with her. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-603

 

Eskimosim ba Galil The Galilee eskimos 2013?, 2006

"An old Kibbutz isolated in the Hills of Galilee in Israel find itself immersed in deep debt and threatened by lawsuits from bankers and creditors to the point of bankruptcy. On the evening prior to the arrival of the bailiffs, the great exodus begins. Men, women and children abandon their homes, taking with them all their possessions. The sun rises over an abandoned and desolate kibbutz. No living soul can be seen. Twelve senior citizens awake in the kibbutz old people's home to discover they have been deserted and left to fend for themselves. The group initially sink into deep depression, but later begin to organize an effective communal unit. They begin to rebuild the kibbutz."--IMDb.com. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-4287

 

Et maintenant, on va o©£? W halla' la wayn c2012

A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village. 1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.)

MEDIA 10-5210

 

Etz Limonc c2009

Habib Shehadeh Hanna, Hiam Abbass, Eran Riklis, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Suha Arraf, Bettina Brokemper, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Michael Eckelt, IFC Films, Mact Productions, RIVA Films, and Heimatfilm (Firm)

A drama based on the true story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemon tree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down. 1 videodisc (106 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2348

 

Fill the void After her sister dies in childbirth, a young orthodox Jewish woman's family pressures her to marry her brother-in-law rather than entering into an arranged marriage with a man closer to her age. 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.)

MEDIA 10-5602

 

Gabbeh 2005

Muhsin Makhmalbaf, Khalil Daroudchi, Abbas Sayahi, Shaghayeh Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami, Sanay e Dasti, MK2 Productions, and New Yorker Video (Firm)

"A folkloric carpet (Gabbeh), picturing a man and a woman riding away on horseback, is the prized possession of an elderly nomadic couple. When they ... wash it ..., a beautiful young woman ... emerges from the carpet to ... reveal the secret of the carpet. Once held hostage by the endless restraints of the family that fashioned the carpet, she reveals that the secret...lies within the mysterious black-clad rider on the white horse. Month after month, season after season, he had followed her family from afar, always present, always waiting, howling to her songs of love--longing for her to run away with him."--Container. 1 videodisc (75 min.)

MEDIA 10-941

 

Gol-e Yakh Ice flower 2005

Seyed Gholam-Reza Moosavi, Kiumars Pour-Ahmad, Mohammad-Reza Golzar, Vishka Asayish, and Bita Film (Firm)

"Based on the Ali-Fardin's most celebrated film "Soltan e-Ghalbha" ( from Iriarian Movies Co.). 1 videodisc

MEDIA 10-729

 

ha-Bayit bi-Rehov Shelush c2004, 1973

Moshe Mizrahi, Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus , Gila Almagor, Ofer Shalchin, Michal Bat-Adam, Shaikeh Ofir, Yosef Shiloah, Adam Greenberg, Dov Hoenig, Dov Seltzer, and Globus United (Firm)

A coming-of-age story set in pre-Israel Palestine, the plot centers on the firstborn son of a widowed wife who immigrated from Egypt with her four children. Sammy transitions from a shy 15-year old to a working man and an activist in the "Haganah", and develops a romantic attachment with a 25-year old Russian immigrant librarian. The movie is a vivid description of Egyptian-Jewish families on the eve of the declaration of the state of Israel. 1 videodisc (110 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3655

 

ha-Hesder Time of favor 2002, 2000

A taut thriller about the tense relationship between the orthodox nationalists and the Israeli military in the West Bank. Both a politico-psychological drama and a love story between a passionate woman and two best friends. Raises questions of faith to one's religion, duty to one's nation, and love for oneself. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

MEDIA 10-4260

 

ha-Kayits shel Aviha 2005, 1988

A film about a Holocaust survivor who immigrates with her daughter to the newly founded Israeli state. Aviya is a spunky 10 old year girl who, like her mother, is a survivor in the face of persecution . 1 videodisc (91 min.)

MEDIA 10-4443

 

Hamoun 2004

Dariyush Mihrju'i, Khusraw Shakibayi, Izzat Allah Intizami, Farahi Bita, Husayn Sarshar, Turaj Mansuri, Hassan Hassandoost, Naser Cheshmazar, and First-Run Features (Firm)

The story of Hamid Hamoun, an executive in a large import-export business, who also works as a part-time English instructor. He feels alienated from Iranian society, bound by its conventions yet unwilling to abide by its rigid laws. His wife wants to divorce him but is unable to do so under Islamic law. In this film, husband and wife struggle to find their own solid ground. 1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2531

 

Hatuna meuheret Mariage tardif 2002, 2001

Unmarried at 31, Zaza has become an embarrassment to his family. With one potential bride after another trotted out in front of him, he somehow manages to never tie the knot. Curious, his family investigates and discovers his secret relationship to a divorcée. Upset, the entire family decide to intervene. 1 videodisc (98 min.)

MEDIA 10-4265

 

Haverim shel Yanah Yana's friends 2001, 1999

A trio of love stories takes place in an apartment building in Tel Aviv as its tenants are forced to stay in the safety of the building during the Scud attacks of the Persian Gulf war. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-3994

 

Hikayat al-jawahir thalath Conte des trois diamants c2008, 1995

Omar Al-Qattan, Michel Khleifi, Makram Khouri, Bouschra Karaman, Mohammed Bakri, Sindibad Films (Firm), Sourat Films, British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service, and Arab Film Distribution

"Tells the story of twelve-year-old Yusef, who escapes from the chaos of the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict by looking for birds in the tranquil countryside. One day his hunt is interrupted by Aida, a ravishing gypsy girl from a nearby neighborhood. Yusef is immediately smitten, but when he declares his intention of making Aida his bride, she says he must first find the three jewels missing from a necklace that was brought from South America by her grandfather. Yusef quickly formulates a plan to cross the sea in order to fulfill Aida's request and win her love"--Container. 1 videodisc (110 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2660

 

Hu halakh ba- sadot c2009, 1967

In 1946, a young man returns home from college to his kibbutz to find that his father has joined the British army and his mother is with another man. He meets a young Holocaust refugee and falls in love with her, but he is called to duty as the political turmoil in Israel, on the verge of statehood, reaches a boiling point. 1 videodisc (93 min.)

MEDIA 10-4258

 

Hufshat kayits My father my lord 2008, 2007

A woman is caught in the middle of the struggle between her husband, a respected rabbi, and her son, who is questioning his religion. A holiday meant to help the family reconnect is brought to a dramatic and tragic climax. 1 videodisc (72 min.)

MEDIA 10-4264

 

Iskanderiya kaman wa kaman Alexandrie encore et toujours c2000, 1990

Yusuf Shahin, Humbert Balsan, Yusrá, Amr Abdel Guelil, Husayn Fahmi, Menhou Batraoui, Misr International Films, Paris Classics Productions, Sept/Arte (Firm), Fox Lorber Films, and WinStar TV and Video (Firm)

Yehia joins a hunger protest which has brought together the entire Eqyptian filmmaking industry. As the strikers increase their demands, Yehia becomes increasingly attracted to Amir, a young actor whose film career he launched. Soon, however, Yehia's obsession is replaced by his infatuation with Nadia, the lovely ingenue he has decided to cast in his next film. 1 videodisc (104 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2657

 

Jodįi-e Nįder az Simin 2012

"Set in contemporary Iran, the film is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer's-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to asist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage."--Container. 1 videodisc (123 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3821

 

Journey to the sun  2004

Mehmet is a cheerful young man from Western Turkey, and Berzan is a Kurdish rebel in the underground, who become fast friends while living in Istanbul. Mehmet is unjustly arrested, but the experience makes him aware of his country's political realities. When the situation heats up, and Berzan is involved, Mehmet embarks on a sweeping, spiritual journey across Turkey to his friend's Kurdish homeland. 1 videodisc (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-5209

 

Kan ya makan Bayrut (qissah najmah) il etait une fois Beyrouth (histoire d'une star) 200-?/ 1995

Jocelyne Saab, Philippe Paringaux, Roland-Pierre Paringaux, Michčle Tyan, Myrna Makaron, Emile Accar, Balcon Productions, and Arab Film Distribution

Two young girls of the war generation, Yasmin and Leila, are in search of Beirut's past glory. When they meet an elderly film enthusiast with a secret store of Lebanese films, they persuade him to screen his collection for them. So begins an initiation into the myths and images of Beirut, but the girls want cold figures and facts, war babies indifferent to the memories evoked. 1 videodisc (101 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2731

 

Kandahar 2003, 2001

Muhsin Makhmalbaf, Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, and Hoyatala Hakimi

Nafasm an Afghan-born Canadian journalistk, returns to her homeland in a desperate attempt to reach her sister, who, overcome with grief after being injured by a landmine and her despair over the Taliban's oppression of women, has vowed that she will commit suicide at the time of the next solar eclipse, only three days away. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

MEDIA 10-204

 

Kenafayim shevurot c2004, 2002

A large Israeli family struggles to stay united after the death of their patriarch. 1 videodisc (84 min.)

MEDIA 10-4263

 

Khvab gah-i dukhtaran Girls dormitory 2005

Iraj Tahmasbi, Majid Modarrisi, Hamid Modarrisi, Muhammad Husayn Latifi, Baran Kosari, Majid Salehi, Sadegh Safaei, and Negar Javaherian

Roya who has just finished high school is thinking of going to college. After passing entrance examinations she gets accepted into a recently founded university. The university is situated in a far away province. Her parents oppose to their daughter studying and living apart from them. Finally Roya manages to get their approval and leaves and leaves with her best friend Shirin. They enter the university and find out the Dorm is not ready yet and they have to spend some time in a provincial house. The land lady Sakine rents a room to them and gets them their necessary equipment and asks them to be careful with their communications. She tells them not to enter the abandoned building next to her house because jinns live there. The girls curisity to see jinns takes them inside the the building and there they are faced with strange things including a lunatic named Ghobad whom every one believes is a harmless creature. Royas curiosity brings changes to Gobads character. In one rainy night Gobad murders the land lady and attack Roya this involves the police and uncovers the secrets of murders of many young girls. Now Gobad's only concern is to find Roya and kill her. 1 videodisc (98 min)

MEDIA 10-414

 

Kluz ap, numa-yi nazdik Close-up 2010

Abbas Kiarostami, Hossain Sabzian, Hasan Farazmand, Abu al-Fazl Ahankhvah, Mihrdad Ahankhvah, Nir Muhsini Zanuzi, Ahmad Riza Mu'ayyad Muhsini, Muhsin Makhmalbaf, Mas ud Zandbaglah, Hasan Darabi, Mustafį Tari, Ali Riza Zarrin, Hasan Rafi`i, Jamsheed Akrami, Godfrey Cheshire, Criterion Collection (Firm) , Play Film (Firm), and Kanun-i Parvarish-i Fikri-i Kudakan va Nawjavanan (Iran)

Close-up: This docudrama comments on Iranian society. Ali Sabzian claims to a fellow passenger on the bus that he is the famous Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. He then becomes involved with his fellow passenger and her family, claiming that he has cast the family's son in a major role. At some point this tale comes unravelled, and the family takes him to court. A well-meaning judge persuades the family to drop the charges against this unemployed man. Ironically, while Ali is on trial, the maker of this current film (Abbas Kiarostami) decides to film the proceedings, and also stages reconstruction of the events leading up to the trial, using all the actual participants, but has the restaged trial end less happily. The Traveler: The story of a young boy who is obsessed with soccer, so much so that he forsakes all else and even cheats the local news seller just to buy a new soccer magazine. He's got a bad reputation at school because his mind is always on the game, and his mother is fed up with him. When his favorite team is playing in Tehran, he hatches a scheme to raise money to go see them. He cons school kids by pretending to take their picture with a stolen camera, and when that isn't enough, he sells his neighborhood team's goalie nets and ball. His journey to the city ends up being an eye-opener, a glimpse of disappointment, struggle, and isolation. 2 videodiscs (98 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2991

 

L'emigré al-Muhajir 2004, 1994

Gabriel Khoury, Marianne Khoury, Humbert Balsan, Yusuf Shahin, Yusrá, Khalid Nabawi, Mahmud Humaydah, Michel Piccoli, Hanan Turk, Misr International Films, and KimStim, Inc

Retelling of the epic biblical story of Joseph, son of Jacob, from the Egyptian perspective. Ram (the Joseph character) is sold into slavery by his envious brothers, but his wit and resourcefulness help him rise in the court of Thebes. 1 videodisc (123 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2659

 

Levanon Lebanon c2010

Shmulik Ma`oz, Yoav Donat, Michael Moshonov, Itay Tiran,  Oshri Cohen, and Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)

A hard-hitting film about the Lebanon war. Based on a true story about a crew within a tank. 1 videodisc (91 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2446

 

Love & dance 2006?

"Chen, a young kid, is battling a cultural conflict between his Russian born mother and Israeli father... One day, Chen stumbles upon a ballroom dance class for young people and sees Natalie, a stunning young Russian young girl he falls in love with immediately. His interest in Natalie leads him to taking ballroom dancing and to ultimately bridging the cultural divide of his own family--through the Cha Cha and the Tango"--Container. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-4259

 

Mariage tardif Late marriage 2002

Dover Kosashvili, Edgard Tenembaum, Marek Rozenbaum, Lior Ashkenazi, and Ronit Elkabetz

"Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. . . . What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love."  IMDB. 1 videodisc  (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-168

 

Marmulak 2004?

Kamal Tabrizi, M Muhammadi, Peiyman Ghassemkhani, Parviz Parastouie, Rena Azadvar, Mehran Najafi, Shahrokh Forutanian , and IranianMovies.com (Firm)

A thief known as 'the lizard' escapes from prison in Iran under the guise of an Islamic cleric. After the escape, a congregation mistakes him for their new leader and he must continue his ruse in order to escape detection. 1 videodisc (111 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3435

 

A matter of size 2011

Sharon Maymon, Erez Tadmor, Danny Cohen-Solal, Chilik Michaeli, Itzik Cohen, Irit ?aplan, Devir Benedek, Alon Dahan, Togo Igawa, UCM Films, K5 International (Firm), and Menemsha Films

Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramla, fed up with dieting and the dieting club they belong to, discover the world of Sumo, where large people are honored and appreciated. 1 videodisc (90 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3514

 

Maxx 2005

Saman Muqaddam, Farhad Ayish, Gohar Kheyrandish, Pegah Ahangarani, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Rambod Javen, Irmovies.com (Firm), Iranian Film Society, and Hedayat Film

A Los Angeles rapper is asked to participate in a music festival in Tehran. Upon arriving, Maxx is astounded by an overwhelmingly warm welcome, which was meant for a symphony conductor with a similar name. When authorities discover Maxx, chaos erupts. 1 videodisc (110 min.)

MEDIA 10-715

 

Metallic blues  c2007, 2004

"The adventures of two hapless used-car dealers who take a vintage limousine to German market tests their friendship and brings up unexpected emotions about the Jewish past in Germany. This offbeat, funny and touching buddy movie, starring Israel's top comedians Avi Kushner and Moshe Ivgi, is a road trip from hell that should not be missed."--sisuent.com. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-4262

 

My Tehran for sale 2011

An insider's perspective on life in Iran's capital city.  Marzieh, a terminally ill actress, wearily relates her desperate quest for political asylum through a series of interviews with an unsympathetic government official. Beginning with details of her doomed relationship with an Iranian-born Australian and their plan to relocate to Adelaide, she recounts her struggle to work as an actress under Iran's current regime, her hope for a future ultimately dashed by the devastating discovery of her illness, and her need to "escape" the only home she has ever known. Set against the backdrop of Tehran's thriving arts culture, and framed through a series of artful and dramatic flashback sequences, poet-turned-filmmaker Granaz Moussavi boldly registers the trials of a modern woman struggling to flourish in Iran's contemporary political climate. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-4802

 

Namehay bad Letters in the wind 2005

Ali-Reza Amini, Mohammad Taghi Hashemi, Faramarz Hashemzadeh, and Facets Video (Firm)

The film follows a young man as he does military service at a camp near Teheran. He smuggles a tiny tape recorder into the barracks and he and his buddies listen to the voice of a woman. The tape recorder is their lifeline to the outside world. 1 videodisc (76 min.)

MEDIA 10-709

 

Ni su'in fiktiviyim 2004, 1988

An Israeli man in the midst of a mid-life crisis leaves his family in Jerusalem, travels secretly to Tel Aviv, enters a fictitious marriage, and is mistaken for an Arab laborer. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-4445

 

Niwemang Half moon 2008, 2006

Bahman Ghobadi, Behrooz Hashemian, Behnam Behzadi, Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Farzin Sabooni, Hadiyah Tihrani, Gulshiftah Farahani, Mizh Film (Firm), Silkroad Production (Firm), and Strand Releasing (Firm)

Mamo is an iconic Kurdish musician in the twilight of his life and failing health, must lead a dozen of his sons to Iraq for a concert to celebrate the fall of Saddam Hussein and the end of his repression of Kurdish music. Their plan is to drive across the border between Iranian and Iraqi Kurdistan, but the road will be long and winding and the local wise man has predicted calamity. The men will encounter the most sublime visions alongside the most horrendous brutality. First they must pick up Hesho, Mamo's exiled singer and muse. Her voice represents a divine, transformative power, and Mamo is left in a state of grace no one could ever have anticipated. 1 videodisc (107 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2725

 

A perfect day Yawmon akhar 2008 2005

Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige, Julia Kassar, Ziad Saad, and Facets Multimedia (Chicago, Ill.)

Claudia and her son, Maleks' morning turns sour when the topic of conversation turns to the family's patriarch. Claudia's husband and Malek's father has been missing since the war, and they debate over whether to have him declared legally dead. 1 videodisc (88 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2403

 

Persepolis 2008

Marc-Antoine Robert,  Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Marjane Satrapi, 2.4.7. Films, France 3 cinaema (Firm), Kennedy/Marshall Company, Franche Connection Animations (Firm), Diaphana (Firm), Celluloid Dreams (Firm), Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sofica Soficinema (Firm), Sofica Europacorp (Firm), Centre national de la cinaematographie (France), and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

In 1970s Iran, Marjane "Marji" Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study. This change proves an equally difficult trial for Marji as she finds herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and her homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-1619

 

Pesar-e Maryam Son of Maryam 2001

Fereshteh Ta`erpoor,  Hamid Jebelli, Mohsen Falsafin, Rafik Der-Gabrealian, Hadi Naeenizadeh, Seyyed Mohammadi, and House of Children and Young Adults Literature & Arts

Rahman is a rural milk-delivery boy who is a prayer refrain chanter at the village mosque. Rahman's village is located in the North-West part of Iran. He has lost his mother at birth. He is attracted to the icon of hte Holy Virgin at the village church. There is a strong friendship between Rahman and the priest of the church. Rahman and his blind friend, Davud, face new responsibilities when an accident happens to the priest. 1 videodisc (71 min.)

MEDIA 10-400

 

Prendre femme 2009, 2004

Marek Rozenbaum, Itai Tamir, Jean-Phillipe Reza, Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz, Gilbert Melki, Simon Abkarian, Transfax Films, Zanagar Films, and Sisu Home Entertainment, Inc

A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free. 1 videodisc (99 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2893

 

Roozi keh zan shodam The day I became a woman c2005, 2000

Marziyah Mishkini, Muhsin Makhmalbaf, Fatemeh Cheragh Akhar, Shabnam Toloui, Azizeh Sedighi, Shirin Neshat, Makhmalbaf Film House, and Olive Films

Three portraits of women at three stages of life in Iran: a nine-year-old girl is told she can no longer play with boys because she is now a "woman", a young wife who enters a bicycle race against her husband's wishes, and an elderly woman who gains money and the freedom to do what she wishes with it. 1 videodisc (73 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2887

 

Runaway bride c2005

Bahram Kazemi, Abdollah Alikhani, Hossein Farahbakhsh, Amin Hayaei, Elnaz Shakerdoost, Siroos Ebrahimzadeh, Gholamhossein Lotfi, and Bita Film (Firm)

"Sima finds out right on her wedding night that the groom is already married. [The] bride's father decides to rent out a groom for her wedding night to prevent any family disaster. Right after the ceremony, Sima leaves to Shomal where she can get even with her unfaithful husband to be."--container. 1 videodisc (84 min.)

MEDIA 10-728

 

Sallah Shabati  2007, 1964

The sharp, often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history is about new immigrants Sallah and his family, who are left in a shack near their promised apartment and are abandoned for months. 1 videodisc (110 min.)

MEDIA 10-4444

 

The Schwartz dynasty Shoshelet Schwartz 2007

Mosh Dannon, Eilon Ratchkovsky, Mirit Toovi, Shemu'el Hasifri, Amir Hasfari, Miriam Zohar, Tal Friedman, Ania Bukstein, Yehuda Levi, Dov Navon, Vladimir Friedman, Sisu Home Entertainment, Inc, and United King Films (Firm)

A Russian immigrant and an Israeli woman join forces against power struggles, bigotry, and religious differences in order to bury their loved ones in the local cemetery. 1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.)

MEDIA 10-1260

 

Shalosh imahot Three mothers c2007, 2006

The story of Egyptian-Jewish triplets, from their birth in Alexandria in 1942 to their lives in Israel in 2006. 1 videodisc (106 min.)

MEDIA 10-4285

 

Sof ha'olam smola Turn left at the end of the world c2007, 2004

A tiny Israeli village in the Negev Desert is home to people from both Morocco and India. They have poverty in common and little else. Two families will be brought together by the unlikely friendship of daughters. There is the sultry Moroccan, Nicole, and the thoughtful Indian, Sara. The women's youth and lust for freedom overcome cultural prejudices. For this community and these two friends, the road to harmony is full of twists and turns. 1 videodisc (108 min.)

MEDIA 10-4269

 

Sous les bombes taht al-qasf 2008

Hervé Chabalier, Philip Aractingi, Michel Léviant, Claude Chelli, Nathalie Leyerdecker,  Nada Abou-Farhat, Georges Khabbaz, Capa Cinéma, Rhamsa Productions, and Film Movement (Firm)

"Dunring a cease-fire in the Lebanon-Israel conflict of 2006, Tony, a Christian tax driver, brings Zenia, a Shiite woman frmo Beirut, to the heart of the conflict in the country's south. While they scour the rubble of loca towns for Zeina's son, they discover that despite their very different background they have much in common. During their trip through the desolate countryside, the two travelers develop a deep bond as a response to the death surrounding them. "Under the Bombs" was shot entirely on location during the summer of 2006, in the middle of the ruins of war-torn Lebanon. Aractingi only hired two professional actors, the rest are real refugees, journalists, soldiers, etc..., playing themselves."--Container. 1 videodisc (98 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2724

 

The Suitors 2005

Ghasem Ebrahimian, Coleen Higgins, Pouran Esrafily, Ali Azizian, Shahab Navab, Assurbanipal Babila, Ebra Films, and First-Run Features (Firm)

A well-to-do Iranian arrives in Manhattan with his new bride. His friends hold a traditional feast, slaughtering a sheep in the apartment. When blood seeps through the floor into an apartment below, a SWAT team unleashed against the "terrorists" kills the bridegroom, leaving behind a beautiful widow and her four zealous suitors. 1 videodisc (106 min.)

MEDIA 10-707

 

The Syrian bride Kalah ha-Surit 2006, 2004

Suha Arraf, Eran Riklis, Bettina Brokemper , Hiam Abbass, Makram Khouri, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhoum, Eyad Sheety, Cyril Morin, Karen Durbin, Neue Impuls Film, Eran Riklis Productions, Mact Productions, Arte France cinaema (Firm), Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Arte (Firm), Studio Canal+, HOT (Firm), Koch Lorber Films, and Koch Entertainment (Firm)

Mona's wedding day may be the saddest day of her life. Once she crosses the border between Israel and Syria to get married, she will never be allowed back to return to visit her family in the Golan Heights. 1 videodisc (97 min.)

MEDIA 10-1317

 

Ta m e guilass A taste of cherry 1999

Abbas Kiarostami and  Homayon Ershadi

Mr. Badii, ceaselessly driving through the red-brown hills around Tehran in search of assistance in his suicide, receives from each of the men he asks for help a viewpoint on life.  Accompanying the film is an interview with Abbas Kiarostami in which he discusses issues of censorhip in Iran and his views on filmmaking in general. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-80

 

The time that remains 2009

Elia Suleiman, Michael Gentile, Hani Farsi , Saleh Bakri, Samar Qudha Tanus, Shafika Bajjali, Corniche Pictures, Wild Bunch (Firm), and Film

This is a semi-biographical film, divided into four historic episodes, about Elia Suleiman's family life from 1948 to the present along with an account of the creation of the Israeli state. The film shows intimate memories as an attempt to portray the daily life of Palestinians who remained in their land, living as minorities and labeled as "Israeli-Arabs.". 1 videodisc (105 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2654

 

Transit Cafe 2007

Amir Samavati, Behrooz Hashemian, Setareh Farsi, K amb uzy a Partav?i, Firishtah oSadr ?Irf?an?i,  Parviz Parastoei, Nikolas Papadopolos, Svieta Mikhalishina, Vanchos Constantin,  Ism a il Sulot?aniy?an, Jafar Vahabpour, Silkroad Production (Firm), First-Run Features (Firm), and Global Film Initiative

When an Iranian widow takes over her husband's truck stop restaurant after his death, she must hide in the kitchen so she doesn't cause a scandal. Now her brother-in-law wants to be with her for the cafe, while a customer just wants to be with her. 1 videodisc (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-2161

 

Turtles can fly 2005

Bahman Ghobadi, Soran Ebrahim, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Avaz Latif, MGM Home Entertainment Inc, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Soran is a 13-year-old boy who orders other children around as he installs an antennae for villagers keen to hear of Saddam's fall. Eventually, he falls for Agrin but is disturbed by her brother Henkov who can seemingly predict the future. 1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.)

MEDIA 10-713

 

Unwanted woman 2006

Tahminah Milani, Muhammad Nik bin, Marila Zareie, Amin Hayaie, Parsa Pirouzfar, Iranian Film Society, and Irmovies.com (Firm)

Searing tale about the struggles of women in modern-day Iran.  Poor Sima puts up with her philandering and abusive husband, Ahmad.  He is so blatant with his indiscretions that he asks Sima to cover for him when he plans a trip with his girlfriend Saba.  In an Iran where unmarried couples can be arrested for fraternizing in public, Ahmad needs Sima to pretend that Saba is her cousin.  Sima and the couple's young daughter accompany Ahmad and Saba on their trip - a humiliating situation for the devoted wife and mother.  But, a surprising turn awaits the trio when they stop in a town where a man has just murdered his wife for her alleged affair. 2 videodiscs (103 min.)

MEDIA 10-716 &10-717

 

Urs al-jalil Noce en Galilée 2004, 1988

Michel Khleifi, Makram Khouri, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Juliano Mer, Ian Chemi, Anna Achdian, Belgium, Ministčre de la communauté française, Marissa Films, and Kino International Corporation

The elder of a Palestinian village under Israeli military rule, wants permission to hold a traditional wedding for his son that will go past the imposed curfew. The Army commander agrees on the condition that he and his officers be invited as guests of honor at the ceremony. 1 videodisc (112 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2658

 

Va, vis et deviens Live and become c2008, 2005

An impoverished Ethiopian mother pushes her Christian son to pretend to be a Jewish orphan, so that he may emigrate to Israel as part of Operation Moses. As a teen, Shlomo falls in love with a white girl, Sarah, whose father is racist and disapproves of him. Later they marry, with his secret still unknown to her. When Shlomo finally tells Sarah of his past, the strains on their relationship are too great. Will they be able to reconcile his past and their present or future? 1 videodisc (149 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3803

 

Wadjda Wadjda, a fun-loving 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia, has her heart set on a beautiful new bicycle. However, her mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. Determined to turn her dreams into reality and buy the bike on her own, Wadjda uncovers the contradictions and opportunities ingrained in her world. Hilarious, heartbreaking and inspiring all at once, this groundbreaking film has charmed critics and audiences all over the globe. 2 videodiscs (approximately 97 minutes)

MEDIA 10-5432

 

Walk on water 2005, 2004

While on assignment in Berlin, a homophobic Israeli intelligence agent is ordered to assassinate a Nazi war criminal. However, he has a crisis of conscience after he befriends the target's gay grandson. 1 videodisc (103 min.)

MEDIA 10-4267

 

Waltz with Bashir 2009

Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Bridgit Folman Film Gang (Firm), Films d'ici (Firm), Razor Filmproduktion, ARTE France, Independent Television Service, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), and Noga Communications

An animated motion picture based on events in the director's own life, involving his attempts to both remember and verify his wartime experiences. After not being able to recall the time he spent on an Israeli Army mission during the Lebanon War, Ari attempts to unravel the mystery by traveling around the world to interview old friends and comrades. As the pieces of the puzzle begin to come together, his memory begins to return in illustrations that are surreal. At the end of the animated film is a very short part of the film that shows real people dead and alive. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)

MEDIA 10-1724

 

West Beyrouth 2000, 1998

Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb, Ziad Doueiri, Rami Doueiri, Mohamad Chamas, Rola Al-Amin, Stewart Copeland, Sept/Arte (Firm), and  Metrodome Distribution Ltd

For Tarek and Omar, two teenagers living in Lebanon, the simple day-to-day pleasures of their world consist of biking, making home movies and contemplating life. But as their city splits following the first stirrings of war, school is shut down and the two friends suddenly find themselves on a permanent vacation in a dangerous playground. When Tarek meets May, a girl from the neighborhood, falling in love creates more of a challenge than expected, as religious division threatens their romance.  1 videodisc (105 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2999

 

Women without men Zanan bidun-i mardan 2011

Susanne Marian, Martin Gschlacht, Philippe Bober, Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari, Pegah Ferydoni, Arita Shahrzad, Shabnam Toloui, Orsi Tóth, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Shahrnush Parsi pur, Essential Filmproduktion, Coop99 Filmproduktion, Parisienne de production (Firm), and IndiePix (Firm)

"Set against the political turmoil of Iran's 1953 coup d'etat, 'Women without men' tells the story of four disparate women whose lives converge in a mystical orchard on the outskirts of Tehran"-- Container. 1 videodisc (100 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2980

 

Yadun Ilahiyah 2005, 2002

Elia Suleiman, Humbert Balsan, Manal Khader, Nayef Fahoum Daher, Jamal Daher, George Ibrahim, Marc-André Batigne, Véronique Lange, Pyramide distribution (Firm), and KOCH Vision (Firm)

Using vignettes, Elia Suleiman's critically-acclaimed satire chronicles the absurdities of life and love on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli border. 1 videodisc (93 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2622

 

Yol 1999, 1982

Serif Gören, Y lmaz Güney, Edi Hubschmid, Tar k Akan,  Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay, Necmettin Çobanoglu, Güney Film (Firm), and Gala Film ve Sanat Ürünleri (Firm)

A portrait of modern Turkey as seen through the eyes of five prisoners granted furlough to visit their families. 1 videodisc (105 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2653

 

Zibahkhana Hell's ground 2008, 2007

A group of friends on their way to a concert, run out of gas in a mysterious forest, only to find themselves being chased by a group of rotting zombies. 1 videodisc (78 min.)

MEDIA 10-4568

 

Zir darakhatan zaytun Under the olive trees 2002?, 1994

Abbas Kiarostami, Muhammad Kishavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, and IranianMovies.com (Firm)

This movie, filmed using a documentary style, explores the relationship between a movie director and his actors while telling a tale of unrequited love. The film-within-a-film tells the story of a newly married couple in an area that has recently been devastated by an earthquake. In reality, the actor, playing the young husband, is trying to persuade the actress, playing his wife, to marry him even though his marriage proposal was rejected earlier. 1 videodisc (100 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3011

 

Zir-i dirakht-i holo Under the peach tree 2006

Hamid Jebelli, Iraj Tahmasbi, Majid Modarresi, Hamid Modarresi, Fateme Motamed Arja, Shohreh Lorestani, Sahra Films (Firm), and Bita Film (Firm)

For years members of a strange family have been predicting their time of death in their sleep ... taking place at 5 pm.  Now when an old man from this family  has a dream about his time of death, he summons his son and puts a condition on his will and that is that the members of the family have to marry off an old bachelor butler of the house or they can not inherit his wealth, but their is only one problem, the butler does not want to get married. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-731

The apple 1998

Samira Makhmalbaf, Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban-Ali Naderi, MK2 Productions, Iranian Movies (Firm), and Mana Video (Firm)

In a poor area of Tehran, some people inform the local welfare authorities that one of their neighbours is keeping his twin 11-year-old girls, Zahra and Masume locked up in his house and they have been living virtually as prisoners of their poor father and blind mother. 1 videocassette (82 min.)

MEDIA 2-6492

 

Az kinar ham mi guzarim Going by 2001

Iraj Karimi, Hasan Zand baf, Fariba Kamran , Mehran Rajabi, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Peyman Yazdanian, Iranian Film Society, NEJ International Pictures, and Irmovies.com (Firm)

On one particular day people in four carloads going from Tehran to northern Iran meet each other. The characters do not know each other, and their final destinations differ, but their conversations about life and death have much in common. 1 videodisc (86 min.)

MEDIA 10-710

 

Banu Lady 200-?

Daryush Mihrju'i, Ezzatolah Entezami, Hanideh Kheirabadi, Mahmoud Kalari, Tasvir-i Dunya-yi Hunar, and M. Modarresi Film Production Co

Banoo lives in a big house alone, after her husband leaves to go abroad. Being alone, she asks the Gardener and his wife to move in with her and keep her company. When she realizes that the Gardener and his wife are stealing from the house, she confronts them. 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) :

MEDIA 10-959

 

Banu-yi Urdibihisht The May lady 2003?

Rakhshan Bani I`timad, Minoo Farshchi, Mani Kasraian, Golab Adineh, Atifah Rizavi, and Iranian Movies (Firm)

A successful documentary filmmaker lives with her teenage son. Her family life is beset with problems, which become more complicated when she meets a man. At the same time, she is making a film on exemplary mothers. Finishing the film would seem to provide answers for her personal life. 1 videodisc (86 min.)

MEDIA 10-586

 

Baran 2002

Majid Majidi, Fouad Nahras, Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Hossein Rahmi, and Hossein Mahjoob

Following up on his masterfully told art house successes, The Children of Heaven and The Color of Paradise, Majid Majidi directs this quietly affecting tale about illegal Afghan immigrants living and working in Iran. 1 videodisc :

MEDIA 10-144

 

Baycot Boycott 2001, c1985

Muhsin Makhmalbaf, Majid Majidi, Mohammad Kasebi, Zahrah Sarmadi, Faraj Heydari, Rubik Mansuri, Bunyad-i Sinimayi-i Farabi, and Facets Video (Firm)

Set in the period just prior to the Islamic Revolution the story is inspired by the filmmakers's own painful experiences. Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested and is sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his beliefs and comes to doubt the validity of the ideas for which he is condemned. At the same time, his prison comrades are pressuring him to make a sacrifice for their cause. 1 videocassette (85 min.)

MEDIA 2-7696

 

Baysikilran The cyclist 1996

Muharram Zaynalzadah, Isma il Sultaniyan, and Muhsin Makhmalbaf

Nazim, formerly a cyclist, but now a lowly Afghan guest worker in Iran, in order to obtain money to pay for medical care for his desperately ill wife, must overcome many obstacles in his attempt to ride a bicycle continuously for seven days and nights. 1 videocassette (73 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3349

 

Berlin Jerusalem c2003

Amos Gitai, Lisa Kreuzer, Rivka Neuman, Agav Films, Channel Four (Great Britain), Facets Video (Firm), and Pina Bausch Dance Company

This moving drama of the birth of Israel focuses on two women - Else Lasker-Schuler, a German poet, and Tania Shohat, a Russian revolutionary. They meet first in Berlin, where utopian ideals and fear of the Nazis force their escape to Palestine. Re-united in Jerusalem, they confront a harsh reality in the city idealized in their dreams. 1 videodisc (85 min.) :

MEDIA 10-942

 

Buy-i kafur, `itr-i yas The smell of camphor, the fragrance of jasmine 2004

Bahman Farman Ara and New Yorker Video (Firm)

Baham Farjami, a filmmaker who has not directed for 20 yeards due to censorship, experiences a strange set of coincidences that convince him that the Angel of Death is near. 1 videodisc (93 min.)

MEDIA  10-544 10-544

 

The cyclist 2005, c1988

Muharram Zaynalzadah, Isma il Sultaniyan, Muhammad Riza Maliki, Muhsin Makhmalbaf, Janbazan Foundation, KimStim, Inc, and Image Entertainment (Firm)

Nasim, formerly a cyclist and now an Afghan refugee in Iran, must overcome many obstacles in his attempt to ride a bicycle continuously for seven days and nights in order to make money to pay for medical care for his desperately ill wife. 1 videodisc (79 min.)

MEDIA 10-701

 

The deserted station 2002

Hossein Zandbaf, Ali-riza Ra'isiyan, Layla Hatami, Nezam Manouchehri, Abbas Kiarostami, IFDC, Artcam International (Firm), and First-Run Features (Firm)

A photographer and his young wife are stranded in a remote village after their car breaks down. The only adult inhabitant leaves with the photographer to find help, while the woman takes over the duties of teaching the village children whose parents are nowhere to be found. 1 videodisc (88 min.) :

MEDIA 10-957

 

Dokhtaran khorshid Daughters of the sun 2004, 2000

Maryam Shahriar, Altinay Ghelich Taghani, Soghra Karimi, Hossain Alizadeh, and Facets Video (Firm)

Amanagol, the daughter of a poor rural family in Iran, becomes "Aman" when her father shaves her head, disguises her as a boy, and dispatches her to another village to work weaving carpets. Proficient at the job, "Aman" is nonetheless exploited by the owner and isolated from all those around her. Her secret becomes jeopardized when a co-worker falls in love with her. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-603

 

Gabbeh 2005

Muhsin Makhmalbaf, Khalil Daroudchi, Abbas Sayahi, Shaghayeh Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami, Sanay e Dasti, MK2 Productions, and New Yorker Video (Firm)

"A folkloric carpet (Gabbeh), picturing a man and a woman riding away on horseback, is the prized possession of an elderly nomadic couple. When they ... wash it ..., a beautiful young woman ... emerges from the carpet to ... reveal the secret of the carpet. Once held hostage by the endless restraints of the family that fashioned the carpet, she reveals that the secret...lies within the mysterious black-clad rider on the white horse. Month after month, season after season, he had followed her family from afar, always present, always waiting, howling to her songs of love--longing for her to run away with him."--Container. 1 videodisc (75 min.) :

MEDIA 10-941

 

Gol-e Yakh Ice flower 2005

Seyed Gholam-Reza Moosavi, Kiumars Pour-Ahmad, Mohammad-Reza Golzar, Vishka Asayish, and Bita Film (Firm)

"Based on the Ali-Fardin's most celebrated film "Soltan e-Ghalbha" ( from Iriarian Movies Co.). 1 videodisc

MEDIA 10-729

 

Journey of hope Reise der Hoffnung = Umud'a yolculuk 1991

Xavier Koller, Alfi Sinniger, Peter-Christian Fueter, Barry Levinson, Mark Johnson, Necmettin Çobanoglu, Nur Sürer, and Emin Sivas

Fact based story of a poor Kurdish family who leave Turkey and struggle to reach their promised land, Switzerland, and are forced to cross the border illegally on foot through the Alps, with tragic consequences. 1 videocassette (111 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5557

 

Kandahar 2003, 2001

Muhsin Makhmalbaf, Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, and Hoyatala Hakimi

Nafasm an Afghan-born Canadian journalistk, returns to her homeland in a desperate attempt to reach her sister, who, overcome with grief after being injured by a landmine and her despair over the Taliban's oppression of women, has vowed that she will commit suicide at the time of the next solar eclipse, only three days away. 1 videodisc (85 min.) :

MEDIA 10-204

 

Khvab gah-i dukhtaran Girls dormitory 2005

Iraj Tahmasbi, Majid Modarrisi, Hamid Modarrisi, Muhammad Husayn Latifi, Baran Kosari, Majid Salehi, Sadegh Safaei, and Negar Javaherian

Roya who has just finished high school is thinking of going to college. After passing entrance examinations she gets accepted into a recently founded university. The university is situated in a far away province. Her parents oppose to their daughter studying and living apart from them. Finally Roya manages to get their approval and leaves and leaves with her best friend Shirin. They enter the university and find out the Dorm is not ready yet and they have to spend some time in a provincial house. The land lady Sakine rents a room to them and gets them their necessary equipment and asks them to be careful with their communications. She tells them not to enter the abandoned building next to her house because jinns live there. The girls curisity to see jinns takes them inside the the building and there they are faced with strange things including a lunatic named Ghobad whom every one believes is a harmless creature. Royas curiosity brings changes to Gobads character. In one rainy night Gobad murders the land lady and attack Roya this involves the police and uncovers the secrets of murders of many young girls. Now Gobad's only concern is to find Roya and kill her. 1 videodisc (98 min)

MEDIA 10-414

 

Mariage tardif Late marriage 2002

Dover Kosashvili, Edgard Tenembaum, Marek Rozenbaum, Lior Ashkenazi, and Ronit Elkabetz

"Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. . . . What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love."  IMDB. 1 videodisc  (100 min.) :

MEDIA 10-168

 

Maxx 2005

Saman Muqaddam, Farhad Ayish, Gohar Kheyrandish, Pegah Ahangarani, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Rambod Javen, Irmovies.com (Firm), Iranian Film Society, and Hedayat Film

A Los Angeles rapper is asked to participate in a music festival in Tehran. Upon arriving, Maxx is astounded by an overwhelmingly warm welcome, which was meant for a symphony conductor with a similar name. When authorities discover Maxx, chaos erupts. 1 videodisc (110 min.)

MEDIA 10-715

 

Le mur The wall 1987

Y lmaz Güney, Marin Karmitz, Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Malik Berrichi, and Nicolas Hossein

"A piercing allegory of Turkish life. Amid the brutality visited upon the boys held in the Ankara prison ... Güney arrives at a political message of revolution as an act of hope"--Case. 1 videocassette (117 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5546

 

Namehay bad Letters in the wind 2005

Ali-Reza Amini, Mohammad Taghi Hashemi, Faramarz Hashemzadeh, and Facets Video (Firm)

The film follows a young man as he does military service at a camp near Teheran. He smuggles a tiny tape recorder into the barracks and he and his buddies listen to the voice of a woman. The tape recorder is their lifeline to the outside world. 1 videodisc (76 min.)

MEDIA 10-709

 

Once upon a time cinema 1998

Muhsin Makhmalbaf, Mas ud Ja`fari Jawzani, Izzat Allah Intizami, Madhi Hashimi, and Facets Video (Firm)

A cinematographer introduces movies to the Persian court. The Shah initially opposes the new medium but he falls in love with the film's heroine. 1 videocassette (100 min.)

MEDIA 2-7712

 

Osama 2004

Siddiq Barmak, Julia Fraser, Julie LeBrocquy, Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, United Artists Corporation, and Nihon Hoso Kyokai

Chronicles the true story of a young girl in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan who must disguise herself as a boy to save her family from starvation. The first feature film made in Afghanistan in the post-Taliban era. 1 videodisc (83 min.)

DANA 224

 

Persepolis 2008

Marc-Antoine Robert,  Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Marjane Satrapi, 2.4.7. Films, France 3 cinaema (Firm), Kennedy/Marshall Company, Franche Connection Animations (Firm), Diaphana (Firm), Celluloid Dreams (Firm), Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sofica Soficinema (Firm), Sofica Europacorp (Firm), Centre national de la cinaematographie (France), and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

In 1970s Iran, Marjane "Marji" Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study. This change proves an equally difficult trial for Marji as she finds herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and her homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. 1 videodisc (95 min.) :

MEDIA 10-1619

 

Pesar-e Maryam Son of Maryam 2001

Fereshteh Ta`erpoor,  Hamid Jebelli, Mohsen Falsafin, Rafik Der-Gabrealian, Hadi Naeenizadeh, Seyyed Mohammadi, and House of Children and Young Adults Literature & Arts

Rahman is a rural milk-delivery boy who is a prayer refrain chanter at the village mosque. Rahman's village is located in the North-West part of Iran. He has lost his mother at birth. He is attracted to the icon of hte Holy Virgin at the village church. There is a strong friendship between Rahman and the priest of the church. Rahman and his blind friend, Davud, face new responsibilities when an accident happens to the priest. 1 videodisc (71 min.)

MEDIA 10-400

 

Runaway bride c2005

Bahram Kazemi, Abdollah Alikhani, Hossein Farahbakhsh, Amin Hayaei, Elnaz Shakerdoost, Siroos Ebrahimzadeh, Gholamhossein Lotfi, and Bita Film (Firm)

"Sima finds out right on her wedding night that the groom is already married. [The] bride's father decides to rent out a groom for her wedding night to prevent any family disaster. Right after the ceremony, Sima leaves to Shomal where she can get even with her unfaithful husband to be."--container. 1 videodisc (84 min.)

MEDIA 10-728

 

Sallah 1989,1964

Ephraim Kishon, Menachem Golan, Topol, Geula Noni, and Gila Almogor

A satirical comedy showing the problems experienced by an immigrant family from North Africa as they adjust to life in Israel. 1 videocassette (100 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3047

 

The Schwartz dynasty Shoshelet Schwartz 2007

Mosh Dannon, Eilon Ratchkovsky, Mirit Toovi, Shemu'el Hasifri, Amir Hasfari, Miriam Zohar, Tal Friedman, Ania Bukstein, Yehuda Levi, Dov Navon, Vladimir Friedman, Sisu Home Entertainment, Inc, and United King Films (Firm)

A Russian immigrant and an Israeli woman join forces against power struggles, bigotry, and religious differences in order to bury their loved ones in the local cemetery. 1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) :

MEDIA 10-1260

 

The Suitors 2005

Ghasem Ebrahimian, Coleen Higgins, Pouran Esrafily, Ali Azizian, Shahab Navab, Assurbanipal Babila, Ebra Films, and First-Run Features (Firm)

A well-to-do Iranian arrives in Manhattan with his new bride. His friends hold a traditional feast, slaughtering a sheep in the apartment. When blood seeps through the floor into an apartment below, a SWAT team unleashed against the "terrorists" kills the bridegroom, leaving behind a beautiful widow and her four zealous suitors. 1 videodisc (106 min.)

MEDIA 10-707

 

The Syrian bride Kalah ha-Surit 2006, 2004

Suha Arraf, Eran Riklis, Bettina Brokemper , Hiam Abbass, Makram Khouri, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhoum, Eyad Sheety, Cyril Morin, Karen Durbin, Neue Impuls Film, Eran Riklis Productions, Mact Productions, Arte France cinaema (Firm), Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Arte (Firm), Studio Canal+, HOT (Firm), Koch Lorber Films, and Koch Entertainment (Firm)

Mona's wedding day may be the saddest day of her life. Once she crosses the border between Israel and Syria to get married, she will never be allowed back to return to visit her family in the Golan Heights. 1 videodisc (97 min.) :

MEDIA 10-1317

 

Ta m e guilass A taste of cherry 1999

Abbas Kiarostami and  Homayon Ershadi

Mr. Badii, ceaselessly driving through the red-brown hills around Tehran in search of assistance in his suicide, receives from each of the men he asks for help a viewpoint on life.  Accompanying the film is an interview with Abbas Kiarostami in which he discusses issues of censorhip in Iran and his views on filmmaking in general. 1 videodisc (95 min.) :

MEDIA 10-80

 

Turtles can fly 2005

Bahman Ghobadi, Soran Ebrahim, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Avaz Latif, MGM Home Entertainment Inc, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Soran is a 13-year-old boy who orders other children around as he installs an antennae for villagers keen to hear of Saddam's fall. Eventually, he falls for Agrin but is disturbed by her brother Henkov who can seemingly predict the future. 1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.)

MEDIA 10-713

 

Unwanted woman 2006

Tahminah Milani, Muhammad Nik bin, Marila Zareie, Amin Hayaie, Parsa Pirouzfar, Iranian Film Society, and Irmovies.com (Firm)

Searing tale about the struggles of women in modern-day Iran.  Poor Sima puts up with her philandering and abusive husband, Ahmad.  He is so blatant with his indiscretions that he asks Sima to cover for him when he plans a trip with his girlfriend Saba.  In an Iran where unmarried couples can be arrested for fraternizing in public, Ahmad needs Sima to pretend that Saba is her cousin.  Sima and the couple's young daughter accompany Ahmad and Saba on their trip - a humiliating situation for the devoted wife and mother.  But, a surprising turn awaits the trio when they stop in a town where a man has just murdered his wife for her alleged affair. 2 videodiscs (103 min.)

MEDIA 10-716 &10-717

 

Uzak Distant c2005

Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer Erkaya, New Yorker Films, NBC Film (Firm), and New Yorker Video (Firm)

When a successful photographer's wife leaves him, he falls into an existential crisis. His cousin from a small village comes to live with him to get a better job. The two are total opposites and have a hard time adjusting to each other's habits. 1 videocassette (105 min.)

MEDIA 2-7406

 

Waltz with Bashir 2009

Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Bridgit Folman Film Gang (Firm), Films d'ici (Firm), Razor Filmproduktion, ARTE France, Independent Television Service, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), and Noga Communications

An animated motion picture based on events in the director's own life, involving his attempts to both remember and verify his wartime experiences. After not being able to recall the time he spent on an Israeli Army mission during the Lebanon War, Ari attempts to unravel the mystery by traveling around the world to interview old friends and comrades. As the pieces of the puzzle begin to come together, his memory begins to return in illustrations that are surreal. At the end of the animated film is a very short part of the film that shows real people dead and alive. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) :

MEDIA 10-1724

 

Zir-i dirakht-i holo Under the peach tree 2006

Hamid Jebelli, Iraj Tahmasbi, Majid Modarresi, Hamid Modarresi, Fateme Motamed Arja, Shohreh Lorestani, Sahra Films (Firm), and Bita Film (Firm)

For years members of a strange family have been predicting their time of death in their sleep ... taking place at 5 pm.  Now when an old man from this family  has a dream about his time of death, he summons his son and puts a condition on his will and that is that the members of the family have to marry off an old bachelor butler of the house or they can not inherit his wealth, but their is only one problem, the butler does not want to get married. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-731