Rakhshan Banietemad Movies

This documentary is about Eskandar Firouz, a distinguished Iranian conservationist, and former Director of the Department of the Environment in Iran.

Angels in the House of Sun remains one of Rakhshan Banietemad’s most articulate critiques of the treatment of women in contemporary Iranian...

Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a...

A documentary about life and career of an eighty-year-old Iranian actress, Iran Daftari.

A searing documentary about the homeless people and shantytown dwellers of Tehran that has been banned.

A few days at home and accompanying her to environmental gatherings and activities is an excuse to visualize the critical environmental situation in...

Stories of Iran’s past and present intersect in Rakhshan Banietemad’s reflective, absorbing and personal portrait of how political life...

Bani-Etemad's documentary short was made during the months before last year's controversial elections in Iran. Filming a diverse coalition of women's...