Around Peace

London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the...

An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.

An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of...

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under...

An engineer attempts to keep his family safe from the revolutionary turmoil of 1978 Iran.

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and...

FIREWALL follows Ani, an Iranian-American girl in Texas longing for her father, lost and unreachable due to an internet firewall in politically...

Javad, on a remote road having missed the last bus, happens to meet Gholamhossein, a man who was a close friend of his father. Gholamhossein tells...

A lonely man spends his life joyfully observing the lives of those in the apartment across the street. One day, those people move out, leaving room...

When two sisters are travelling by car with their ageing, heart-sick mother, they receive the news that their brother has suddenly died. In a tightly...

A young couple have problems in their marriage.