Inside the Iranian Uprising / 2023

In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody. She had been arrested by Iran’s religious police, accused of not wearing her hijab properly. The authorities said she had died of a heart attack, but rumors spread that she had been beaten on arrest. Citizens took to the streets in their thousands in fury. This is an extraordinary and shocking insight into what has been happening across Iran, revealing a regime under huge pressure and resorting to extreme cruelty to control its citizens.

Iran: The Forgotten Glory / 2009

An inquiry into Persian history.

The Female Voice of Iran / 2020

Dealing with cultural censorship in Iran, women singers started using also digital media more. Invited by Negar, a magical entity, female voices from all over this vast country come out of isolation, gather in a garden in the very middle of Iran to make their dream come true.

Chroniques d'un Iran interdit / 2011

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Irani Bag / 2021

Using excerpts of films produced between 1990 and 2018, Irani Bag is a split-screen video essay questioning the innocence of bags in post-revolution Iranian cinema.

Iran: The Next Iraq? / 2005

Long seen as a potential threat to American security, the Islamic Republic of Iran has become an even greater concern since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. This program explores the current situation in Iran and assesses what danger it poses. After a decline in power, Iran has caught the attention of the world's superpowers by developing its nuclear capabilities and making bold threats. But what risks are real and which merely rhetoric?

Friendly Persuasion: Iranian Cinema After the 1979 Revolution / 2001

Documentary about the renaissance of filmmaking in Iran.

Iran: A Skier's Journey / 2016

They were cautioned not to travel to Iran. Too dangerous, too restrictive, too unknown. But skiers Chad Sayers and Forrest Coots went anyway. What they found: bustling bazaars, intricately adorned mosques, steamy bathhouses, powder-coated slopes and small pockets of rich ski culture. This poetic film from Jordan Manley is a meditation on a complex country that can be both welcoming and impenetrable, as seen through the eyes of skiers.

Israel and Iran: The Hidden War / 2022

For years, Israel and Iran have been involved in an escalating hidden war, a conflict played out in the shadows, on land, air and sea, with tit-for-tat attacks that avoided open clashes. But they are now becoming more conspicuous - with Iran's nuclear programme a major flashpoint. Iran's leaders say they have no plans to build nuclear weapons - but Israel claims otherwise. Numerous explosions in Iran's nuclear and missile facilities have been blamed by former Iranian officials on Israel's Foreign intelligence service, Mossad. The BBC's Jiyar Gol travels to Israel on the trail of half a ton of missing Iranian secret documents and investigates evidence suggesting they led to the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist.

Out of Iran / 2013

Out of Iran documents the journeys of LGBT individuals as they flee Iran and travel to the West. It explores the complex journeys of LGBT Iranians escaping a repressive regime, only to face new challenges as immigrants in new countries.

Rageh Inside Iran / 2007

Documentary presented by Rageh Omaar which reveals the lives, hopes and fears of the young generation of Tehran, the most intriguing, talked about but least understood city in the world today. Omaar and director Paul Sapin spent a year arranging the permissions and contacts for the film, who include a renowned female photojournalist, a woman who is the CEO of an international transport company, the editor of a youth magazine, the staff at a drug rehab centre and a pop star.

Our Iranian Lockdown / 2020

A rare glimpse into the lives of a young couple in lockdown in Iran.

Persian Tales, Jean Rouch in Iran /

Persian Tales, Jean Rouch in Iran is about the discovery of the deep relation of Jean Rouch with Iranian filmmakers. Jean Rouch, a French filmmaker and ethnologist, traveled three times to Iran in the 1970s . He gave several workshop and made a film in Isfahan. The iranian cinema today still have been directly and indirectly influenced not only by Jean Rouch’s method, but also through his vision and his sociological work. Persian Talesshow how the young generation of iranian filmmakers, like Jean Rouch think about how camera can change reality!

I for Iran / 2014

During language classes the director is not only taught basic Persian by her teacher, he also opens the gates to Iranian history and culture. Gradually, the lessons morph into a poetic, visual collage that questions the term freedom and the meaning of revolution.

The Times of a Sign: A Folk History of the Iran-Contra Scandal / 1994

A quirky look at the Iran-contra affair through the exploits of an eloquent and off-beat minister who ends up in jail when big-time politics come to a small town in Indiana.

The Lost Cinema: Iranian Political Films in the 70s / 2007

The Lost Cinema is a film essay on the Iranian New Wave, a film movement which blossomed in the 70s as a protest against a local film industry dominated by shallow, socially uninformed domestic films and excessive exhibition of Hollywood and European imports. Despite the movement’s contribution to the political awareness of the Iranian middle class, the New-Wave films, along with all other pre-revolutionary titles, were banned due to their non-conformity to the severely restrictive censorship codes imposed by the Islamic government after the 1979 Revolution. The ban has effectively shelved half a century of film heritage in Iran.

Sexual Revolution in Iran /

The sexual revolution has been occurred in the West many years ago. Today it is going to happen in Iran

The Queen's State Visit to Iran / 1961

2-6 March 1961 saw the Queen and Prince Philip make their first and only state visit to Iran. Their host was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (1919-80), the Shah of Iran, who had already made an official visit to Britain in 1959.

The Voice of Iran: Mohammad Reza Shajarian - The Copenhagen Concert / 2003

A spotlight on the great classical singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian whose music reaches 800 years back into Persian history. Between songs, Shajarian talks about his inspiration, explains the meaning of the songs and discusses the poets behind them.