You Won’t See Winter (2020)

The Film depicts the taboo of homosexuality in Iran from the perspective of a political family who are heavily involved in the government system. A sex tape of two Iranian girls in a car gets viral in social media. The car belongs to the head of internet censorship organization of Iran. (Read more on IMDB)

Producer: Abdolreza Kahani
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Executive Producer: Ali Aryana , Dorsay Shafie , Patrick Gimenez
Cast: Ghazal Partou , Ali Aryana, Aryan Abbasnia , Sadaf Shakori , Nazanin Arabani

Cinematographer:Moein Reza Motallebi
Editor: Shima Monfared
Associate Producer: Mina Rafiei , Roham Maher, Elnaz Zarsazan
sound recordist: David Moffat
Special Effects: Natalia Andrea Pozo

Genre: Drame
Country: Canada
Language: Persian

Isthmus (2020)

A woman loves her husband but struggles with the fear of being controlled by him. (Read more on IMDB)

Producer: Saeed Fardsaberi
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Executive Producer: Amanda Kiely, Patrick Gimenez
Cast: Reece Presley, Catherine Howard, Stephanie Jaskot, Jim Garfield, Tess Spentzos, Adam Daniel Mezei,
Cinematographer: Jack Yan Chen
Editor: Shima Monfared
Composer: Yves Boisvert
Line Producer: Michael James Regan
Production Designer: Nazanin Mir Ahmadi
sound recordist: David Moffat
Sound Mixer, Sound-design: Bret Killoran
Genre: Drame
Country: Canada
Language: English

Delighted (2016)

How can three young carefree women wish to enjoy their days in Tehran at any cost?. How possible is it to realize such a dream effortlessly? This is not a dream, this is their lifestyle. (Read more on IMDB)

Producer: Saeid Khani, Abdolreza Kahani
Writer and Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Cast: Mahnaz Afshar, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Sahar Dolatshahi, Aida Mahiani, Mehran Ghafoorian, Siavash Cheraghi Pour,
Cinematographer: Moein Reza Motallebi
Editor: Shima Monfared
Makeup Artist: Azim Farayen
Production Designer: Melody Esmaeili
sound recordist: Rashid Daneshmand
Sound Mixer, Sound-design: Alireza Alavian
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian

We’ve Got Time (2014)

Iranian student, Emad, and a French girl, Caroline, have been living together for a few weeks in a borrowed flat in Besançon, where Caroline has a job taking tourists around the Victor Hugo Museum. Both know that they have no future together since Emad intends to return to Iran. The trouble starts when Caroline tells Emad that she is pregnant and he tries to persuade her to have an abortion. (Read more on IMDB)

Film Bio:

Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Writer: Abdolreza Kahani
Cast: Marielle Chauvet, Ferial Fanian, Ariane Gangi, Armand Gangi, Adrien Maleki
Editor: Shima Monfared
Cinematographer: Moein Reza Motallebi
Music: Grégoire Hetzel
Sound Editor: Frédéric Attal
sound recordist: Maziar Razaghi
Running time: 80 minutes
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran & France
Language: French

Festivals & Awards:

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Nominated, Independent Camera 2014

Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011)

A corrupted police officer insists on a bribe from a broke man, so he has to do anything and everything in order to pay him that very night.(Read more on IMDb)

Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Producer: Soleiman Ali Mohammad
Writer: Abdolreza Kahani
Cast: Reza Attaran, Habib Rezaei, Mahtab Keramati, Baran Kosari, Karen Homayounfar, Parsa Pirouzfar, Pantea Bahram, Babak Hamidian, Mahaya Petrosian, Ashkan Khatibi, Ahmad Mehranfar, Mehran Ahmadi
Cinematographer: Mohammad Reza Sokout
Editor: Shima Monfared
Music: Karen Homayounfar
Sound Recordist: Jahangir Mir Shekari
Makeup designer : Navid Farah Marzi
Costume Designer: Farahnaz Naderi
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian

Festivals & Awards:

Nominated for 3 awards in Iranian cinematic critics and writers’ ceremony – 2011
Nominated for 2 awards in cinema’s house ceremony – 2011
Special jury panel’s award from the associate of Iranian cinematic critics and writers – 2011
ACTORS AND THE PRICES :
The best lead actor award for Reza Ataran from cinema’s house ceremony- 2011
The best actor diploma for Reza Ataran from critic’s ceremony- 2011

Twenty (2009)

A once thriving reception hall has been reduced to catering to funeral businesses and the somber rituals of death. The owner, Soleimani, is a sour, lonely, and unloved old man who treats … (Read more on IMDb)

Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Producer: Pouran Derakhshandeh
Writers : Abdolreza Kahani – Hossein Mahkam
Cast: Parviz Parastui, Mahtab Keramati, Alireza Khamseh, Habib Rezaei, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaei, Mehran Ahmadi, Alireza Hosseini
Cinematographer: Masoud Salami
Editor: Shima Monfared
Music: Amir Vajed Samiei
sound recordist: Abbas Rastegar Pour
Make up designer: Navid Farah Marzi
Photographer: Javad Jalali
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian

Festivals & Awards:

Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2009)
World Church (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2009)
Silver Trophy (Damas International Film 2009)
Best Film (Urban Film Festival, Iran 2008)
Best Film-Maker (Fajr International Film Festival 2008)
Candidacy:
6th for the prize of Fajr Festival, Iran 2009
6th for screenwriters and critics, Iran 2010
2th for a prize of «House of Cinema » Iran
Actors and the awards:
Mahtab Keramati: phoenix of crystal, the best actress of a second role, Fajr international film 2009
Alireza Khamseh: phoenix of crystal, the best actor of the second role, Fajr international film 2009
Parviz Parastoui: trophy of the best actor, Batumi festival in Georgia2009
Mehran Ahmadi: prize of screenwriters and critics for the best actor of the second role Iran 2009

Adam (2007)

In Aysh-abad village, it has been 20 years since anyone has died. Because water is scarce, all the people in the village are street musicians. (Read more on IMDb)

Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Producer: Ali Vajed Samiei
Writers: Abdolreza Kahani – Hossein Mahkam
Cast: Hamed Behdad, Mahtab Keramati, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaei, Mehran Ahmadi, Mojtaba Alizadeh, Nemat Baesi
Cinematographer: Masoud Salami
Editor: Abdolreza Kahani – Shima Monfared
Music: Amir Vjed Samiei
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian