Doc & Key Films

IRAN / FRANCE, 2019, 80 MINS
ATIEH ATTARZADEH & HESAM ESLAMI
CARACTÈRES PRODUCTION & ARAS FILMS

The head of a mental institution in Tehran secures the money to build a new marital unit. Despite strong opposition, he is convinced patients would benefit from being a couple. As a selection committe...

An intimate portrait of the renowned Iranian visual artist, Parvaneh Etemadi (1948 - 2025) by Bahman Kiarostami.
Farsi with English Subtitles

Parvaneh Etemadi was an Iranian visual artist who specialized in painting, drawing, printmaking, and collages. She was mostly known for her still life dra...

Directed and edited by Bahman Kiarostami
Iran, 87 minutes, 2023
In Farsi and English with English subtitles
Sound design: Mahour Mirshakkak
Colour grading: Mahshid Afzali
Graphics: Ashkan Forootan

Fereydoun Ave (b.1945): Over the past five decades, artist, curator, designer and collector Fereyd...

TEN CHAPTERS IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COMMUNISM IN IRAN
Directed by Ehsan Emadi
Produced by Hesam Eslami (Aras Films)
Iran, 84 mins

In Dec 1950, Tudeh party, Iran’s most influential Communist party, conducted a prison break for a group of its leaders imprisoned at the infamous Castle prison in ...

Directed & Produced by Hesam Eslami (Aras Films)
Iran, 90 mins

In Hesam Eslami's gripping debut feature documentary, a stolen car leads to an unexpected journey of friendship and understanding. Over six years, Eslami intimately chronicles the lives of a teenage gang, revealing their dreams, fear...