Movies: Amir Naderi

Two estranged, twenty-something sisters reunite five years after the death of their parents, and soon revisit their treacherous history....

A dialogue-free film that follows a boy in southern Iran whose daily chore is bringing an elegant glass bowl to get filled with ice, and then returning home....

Two women escaping a catastrophe look for salvation in sound and nature....

The film portrays the search by an 11-year old deaf and mute boy for an audio-cassette his mother recorded shortly before her death....

A young teenager returns home after an absence to find his village in Iran deserted because of an incredibly severe drought. He begins a search to find his family, traveling through an amazingly bleak and desolate landscape. Primarily an essay on the...

Ali is a young boxer pursuing his dream of becoming a champion, but he's soon approached by a gangster. He gets involved--agreeing to follow their terms. He wins boxing matches and everything is going okay until they order him to lose a match....

Three friends organize the burglary of a jewelry shop, but greed, betrayal, and revenge quickly overcome their friendship....

Set in the heart of the Middle-Eastern community in modern-day Vancouver, Kayan is a multifarious story of belonging, loyalty and love. Hanin, a Lebanese independent single mother of two, struggles to keep her restaurant, Kayan, afloat. Unexpected re...

At a theater readying for digital conversion, 22-year-old projectionist Mitch inserts himself into the tragic love story that unspools on the screen. He sets out to find the missing woman in a dreamscape Los Angeles, in a film about love, obsession a...

A story that drifts between the lives of five generations of mothers and daughters, 'The Neighbor' takes its audience on an unexpected journey. At the center is a the story of Shirin, a dancer with unfulfilled dreams, and her fateful connection with ...

REQUIEM begins as Nasrollah, just released from prison, returns home to discover that his mother has died while he was incarcerated. Nasrollah hits the streets looking for work, but finding none he resumes his previous life as a street peddler. Casti...

It all began with "Black Friday" - a massacre on Sept 8, 1978, by the Shah's police. Official pronouncements put the death toll at 200, but the next day the people of Teheran witnessed how thousands of bodies were brought to Behast Zahra cemetery. Ye...

An unfinished short film by Amir Naderi...

The film follows a young boy and a soldier during the Iran-Iraq War....