Gohar Kheyrandish

Unfolding in nine incisive vignettes, this elegantly minimalist, powerfully subversive portrait of the everyday absurdity of life under authoritarianism follows an array of Iranians as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities, from schoolteachers to bureaucrats. These stirring snapshots—by turns humorous, affecting, Kafkaesque, and tragic—capture the spirit and determination of ordinary people in the face of adversity, offering a provocative, nuanced perspective on a complex society.

Thinking that his parents would disapprove of his marriage to an orphan, Farzad recruits a family to pose as his bride-to-be’s relatives.

An accidental entry into acting turns a wife into a professional rival of her actor husband, souring their relationship with escalating jealousy.

Meysam has written a book about young people's sexual needs, which no one accepts to publish. He wanders the streets in search of answers.

When a filmmaker makes a documentary about an honor killing, his life is put in danger, as he begins to receive threats from the victim's family.