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THEME EXPLORATION

Iranian landscape

18 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Zone Moment
Zone Moment
1956 · Stan Brakhage
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Memoria, Boy at Sea
Memoria, Boy at Sea
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain
1995 · Béla Tarr
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
2026 · Jafar Panahi
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
La Funivia del Faloria
La Funivia del Faloria
1950 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Paris s’en va
Paris s’en va
1981 · Jacques Rivette
Sentimental Romance
Sentimental Romance
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
Sabbia
Sabbia
2014 · Paolo Sorrentino
Dear Phone
Dear Phone
1976 · Peter Greenaway
God: City
God: City
2018 · Neill Blomkamp
Journey to the West
Journey to the West
2014 · Tsai Ming-liang
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Abbas Kiarostami → Iran

His films like 'Where Is the Friend's Home?' and 'The Wind Will Carry Us' poetically capture the Iranian countryside and the relationship between people and their natural environment.

Jafar Panahi → Iran

Films such as 'The Circle' and 'Taxi Tehran' document Iranian urban and rural landscapes while exploring the complexities of contemporary Iranian society within these spaces.

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