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An Eye for an Eye

By Ben Glidden | August 2026

In the opening minutes of An Eye for an Eye, a corpse is discovered buried under the floor of a Tehran apartment….

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An Eye for an Eye

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In the opening minutes of An Eye for an Eye, a corpse is discovered buried under the floor of a Tehran apartment. But this is no murder mystery, despite...

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The Last Mullet

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It's 2010, and Iran's government does something almost too strange to believe: it bans the mullet. Yes, that mullet. Shervin (Bobby Naderi) is an ordinary...

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The Friend’s House is Here

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW!  Co-directors/co-writers Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei, Iranians who live in New York, present a snapshot of the...

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The Reptile

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Writer/director Huseyn Mehrzad's The Reptile is a harrowing examination of the bitterness of a broken marriage laid bare. The short drama begins with Leila...

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The Persian Rug

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Gabriel Beristain's dramatic short, The Persian Rug, begins in modern-day Los Angeles, where Golsa (Golsa Sarabi), a former Miss Iran turned aspiring...

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The Secret of Butterflies

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Directed by Ali Tanhaee, The Secret of Butterflies is an animated adventure from Iran that follows a young insect's quest to become a...

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POLARIS

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In Polaris, director/co-writer Soudabeh Moradian gives us the tale of war photographer Baran (Alicja Bachleda), who is in the U.S. looking for her adopted...

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Tomorrow

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Tomorrow is an animated dramedy short by Iranian director-screenwriter Aryasb Feiz. The film is set on an autumn day in 1970s Shiraz, Iran. A 10-year-old...

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In the Garden of Tulips

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Director Julia Elihu's short film In the Garden of Tulips follows young Caroline (Ava Lalezarzadeh) and her father, Sharif (Iman Nazemzadeh), as he takes...

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A Good Day Will Come

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We live in a time when it seems the only way to make change is by speaking out. This is true in Amir Zargara's short film from Iran, A Good Day Will...

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