Ali Asgari

Terrestrial Verses (2023)

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver's license, ...

Collision (2023)

Sina a 13-year-old kid has been in jail for stealing and hitting the shop owner. He alongside with a social worker go to the owner to talk but the situation gets more complicated than he expected. ...

About Me (2022)

Young Fatima holds a secret that could change her fate; she must place her trust in a doctor to make a tough decision between cultural tradition and medical ethics. ...

The Red Suitcase (2022)

A veiled 16 year old Iranian teenager is terrified to take her red suitcase from the carosel at the Luxembourg Airport, and go through the exit doors. Her fear grows with every second in the face of what awaits her beyond the gate. ...

The Massenger (2022)

Until Tomorrow (2022)

Student Fereshteh has to hide her illegitimate baby for one night from her parents who turn up for a surprise visit. Her friend Atefeh helps her. They embark on an odyssey through Tehran during which they must carefully weigh up who their allies are. ...

Lakeshore (2021)

Leyla who is the daughter of a prominent family in a small town learns that she is pregnant and decides to tell this to her lover. Fatih is a teacher at the town school and,has a secret relationship with Leyla. When she meets him by Lake, she wakes up from ...

Ahu (2021)

As Ahu attempts to overcome insomnia in her new apartment, her life becomes increasingly entangled with her troubled neighbour. ...

Witness (2020)

A mother helps an elderly woman in a shopping mall in Tehran. A tragedy occurs, brutally confronting her with the impact of her actions. ...

Pilgrims (2020)

Two little brothers leave their village to find their mother in Istanbul without their father's knowledge. ...

The Role (2018)

A woman accompanies her husband for an audition. The thing that happens there leads her for an important decision... ...

Delay (2018)

A man and his two children are late for their flight. While they wait for the next flight something happens that changes his point of view about being a father. ...

Disappearance (2017)

On a cold winter's night in modern Tehran, a couple of young lovers run into a serious problem, and they have just a few hours to come up with a solution. They go from hospital to hospital in search for help, but none of the hospitals will admit the young ...

Gaze (2017)

On her way back from work, a woman witnesses something happening in the bus. She must decide if she will reveal it or not. ...

In the Same Garden (2016)

We all live on the same planet, under one sun which nurtures and renews our unique and common hopes for the future. No matter how much we differ from each other in color, ethnicity and belief, we all share the same source of life, united in our destinies. ...

The Silence (2016)

Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees living in Italy. One day at the hospital, Fatma learns her mother has breast cancer. ...

Vika (2016)

The Pain (2015)

A young man suffers from severe toothache. On his visit to dentist, the doctor refuses to help him and the querrel ends up in a tragedy. ...

The Baby (2014)

Narges and her friend have just a few hours to find someone to take care of her baby. ...

More Than Two Hours (2013)

A woman suffers complications after having sex. Her partner takes her to the hospital, but getting help proves to be difficult. ...

Barbie (2012)

Soniya is going to be a first grader and she is happy for this however she faces this reality that to go to school she has to wear what she does not like. ...

Tonight Is Not a Good Night for Dying (2011)

A man falls from a balcony onto the sidewalk below. A crowd gathers and an ambulance is called, but no one knows why he fell. ...

Hobbes (2010)

Lonely Tunes of Tehran (2008)

The tale of two lonely misfits struggling to survive in the asphalt jungle. ...

A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral (2006)

The film is set around three protagonists. Two run a gas station on the outskirts of town, on a road that gets next to no traffic anymore, and so they get next to no customers. They live and work out of a decrepit van on site, its windows covered in plasti ...

Terrestrial Verses (2023)

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver's license, ...

Hobbes (2010)