Iranian films of the 2000s

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A list of films produced in Iran ordered by year of release in the 2000s. For an A-Z list of Iranian films see Category:Iranian films


[edit] 2000s

Year Title Director Actors Genre Notability
2000 And I was born to sweet delight! Kiarash Anvari Short film Official selection in international competition section of 48th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
The Circle Jafar Panahi Drama Won Golden Lion at Venice
The Day I Became a Woman Marzieh Meshkini Drama
Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine Bahman Farmanara Bahman Farmanara Drama
A Time for Drunken Horses Bahman Ghobadi Drama Won Caméra d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
2001 Baran Majid Majidi Hossein Abedini Drama Won the Freedom of Expression Award at the National Board of Review (USA)
Kandahar Mohsen Makhmalbaf Nelofer Pazira Drama Won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival
Raye makhfi Babak Payami Comedy
2002 Barefoot to Herat Majid Majidi Documentary Won FIPERSCI Prize
Marooned in Iraq Bahman Ghobadi Documentary Drama Won François Chalais Award at Cannes Film Festival
Ten Abbas Kiarostami Documentary Drama
2003 Crimson Gold Jafar Panahi Drama Screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami
At Five in the Afternoon Samira Makhmalbaf Premiered at Cannes Film Festival
First film shot in Kabul after invasion
To Have or Not to Have Niki Karimi Documentary Niki Karimi's directional debut
2004 20 Fingers Mania Akbari Bijan Daneshmand Drama Shot in several long takes on a DV camera
Duel Ahmad Reza Darvish Pejman Bazeghi Drama / War Biggest budget in the history of the cinema of Iran
Marmoulak Kamal Tabrizi Parviz Parastui Comedy
Mehman-e Maman Dariush Mehrjui Golab Adine, Amin Hayai Comedy / Drama Written by Houshang Moradi Kermani
Turtles Can Fly Bahman Ghobadi Drama / War The first film made in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein
Won Golden Seashell at San Sebastian International Film Festival
2005 Dame sobh Hamid Rahmanian Hossein Yari Drama award-winning
Maxx Saman Moghaddam Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Pegah Ahangarani Musical comedy
One Night Niki Karimi Drama Nominated for Prix un certain regard at the Cannes film festival
Requiem of Snow Jamil Rostami Drama The first film to represent Iraq in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars
So Close, So Far Reza Mirkarimi Drama Won Crystal Simorgh for the Best Film at the 24th Fajr Film Festival
Selected to represent Iran in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars
Tickets Abbas Kiarostami
Ken Loach
Ermanno Olmi		 Comedy / Drama
The Willow Tree Majid Majidi Parviz Parastui Drama
2006 A Few Days Later Niki Karimi Drama Script won the Rotterdam festival's Hubert Bals Fund
Offside Jafar Panahi Comedy/Drama/Sport Won Silver Bear at Berlin Film Festival
2007 Ekhrajiha Masoud Dehnamaki Akbar Abdi Comedy / War Highest grossing Iranian movie of all time
2007 The Night Bus Kiomars Pourahmad Khosrow Shakibai, Mehrdad Sedighian, Mohammad-Reza Foroutan War
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