Movies: Melika Pazouki

Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life....

Sarah and Mehri, two friends, set themselves a perilous challenge in high school. But not only are they very young women, they're also Iranians from families with completely opposing views....

A complex and sometimes combative exchange at an Iranian broadcaster over a certain Hollywood blockbuster disguises deeper ruptures, in Farnoosh Samadi’s wry and subtly provocative drama....

A single mother takes a stand against her son’s school and Iran’s educational system when they accuse her boy of sexual abuse. She refuses to let her son or herself be victims any longer....

Eli, a 15-year-old teenager, gets ready in the school restroom to go on her first date with someone she has never seen before....