Ebrahim Mokhtari

Zekra and Farzad are two young people who have bought a van and turned it into a moving coffee shop. They try to make a living this way and have an independent life. Although Zekra’s family support them, they are …

Mokkarameh owned a cow. She was extremely fond of it. Every day she fetched grass from a long way off for it. One day her children secretly decided to sell the animal.To overcome her deep grief, she started to paint …

Zinat is a young girl who lives in a traditional society in south of Iran. She faces her family’s severe disapproval of her desire thus inevitably she does as they wish, but… Feature Film, 35mm, 82 Min., Color Screenings: the …

The film shows the story of Sabzevar city emergence and its historical evolution with scenes from the grand mosque, Fasihieh and Shariatmadar school, tomb of Haj Molla Hadi Sabzevari and the Sarbedaran movement. And then it proceeds to people’s living …

Touba is a retarded young girl whom some say will get better after marriage. In hope of amelioration, they make her marry. Her husband shows her Touba the time of his leaving and arriving home. Touba gradually gets used to …

In a Turkmen village the peasant families look after the big landowner’s horses. The boys are known to be skilled, fearless rides and train the horses for the forthcoming spring trail. After the competition at Gonbadkavoos the peasants bring the …

Housing problems in Tehran in the first few years after the revolution. The film shows the fierce everyday confrontations between landlords and tenants who can no longer pay the rent. Women and children complain about the intolerable social conditions. They …

Molla Khadijeh is an old and kind instructor in the small town of Mehriz, Yazd, who teaches the alphabet and the Koran to pre-school children.   Director & Scriptwriter: Ebrahim Mokhtari Cinematography: Morteza Poursamadi Editor: Dariosh Ashoori Sound :Asghar Abgoon …

In the small town of Gomesh Tappeh on the Caspian Sea, the film captures the everyday life and work of the fishing families who live from catching sturgeon, the eggs of which are turned into the luxury food “Caviar”.   …

Farming is the only means of sustenance for the people of Golmourti, a village in Balouchestan. They have no land of their own. The land they cultivate belongs to the big landowners, who also own the only springs and water …

Together with seven fishermen, captain Azmoon leaves the coast of Salakh on the Persian Gulf. It is summer. Once out at sea they look out for fishing grounds, cast their fishing lines fitted with hooks, and wait until the fish …

Zinat is the first woman from the Island of Qeshm in the south of Iran to remove the traditional veil (Boregheh) worn in this region in order to work as a health care worker. She became the Director of the …

Color, 40min,1992.DVcam An Iranian saffron planter for fertilizing the saffron plants despite the aridity and the risk of wilting of the plants goes through a lot of troubles; and feeling cultivates the saffron blossoms and crocus. Awards: Best Documentary Film …

Rendezvous with Mokarrameh After Mokarrameh’s death, her children and lovers decided to bury her in her own house, in Darikandeh village, and keep the house as it were during their mother’s life. Mokkarameh’s reputation spread after her death and every …

Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928 – October 24, 2005) was a heuristic and self made Iranian painter who won several international talent prizes. Mokarrameh was born in the village of Darikandeh between Shahi and Babol, in Mazanderan, and despite her great talent, …