Mohammad Rasoulof

Seven Days (2025)

The imprisoned Iranian women's rights activist Maryam is allowed to meet her family for seven days. Her husband and children beg Maryam to flee with them instead of returning to prison but she has not yet made her decision. ...

Sieben Tage (2025)

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble. ...

Intentional Crime (2022)

A documentary about the last days of Baktash Abtin's life, who was murdered by the Iranian regime. He got infected with covid in prison and the authoriti simply refused to do a myth about it until it was already too late. ...

There Is No Evil (2020)

Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties. ...

Son-Mother (2020)

A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security — but could also tear her family apart. ...

The Red Hatchback (2019)

33-year old Ali lives in Tehran and does everything he can to give his 5-year old son a good life, despite their precarious financial situation. But then the child expresses a wish for a real car – a red coupé. It's not just the money -- inflation and c ...

A Man of Integrity (2017)

Reza, residing in the wilderness with his wife and son, lives a retired life and devotes himself to freshwater fish farming. A private company that has targets on his land is ready to do anything to force him to sell. ...

Manuscripts Don't Burn (2014)

Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. ...

Goodbye (2011)

Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11. ...

Gesher (2010)

Ghobad, Jahan and Nezam, three men in pursuit of a better life, leave home and head for Oslouyeh, one of the richest gas producing regions in the south of Iran. However, the difficult living conditions together with the low salaries oblige them and others ...

The White Meadows (2009)

Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of Ir ...

Head Wind (2008)

An investigation of government censorship in Iran. ...

The Dish (2007)

Satellite TV is illegal in Iran but it is also the nation's secret obsession. An indulgence which has seeped into every pore of Iranian life. Satellite dishes are everywhere; But ever careful to protect the populace from immoral outside influence, the Mora ...

Iron Island (2005)

Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a lad who ...

The Twilight (2002)

Alireza has been in prison for a long time. As he constantly gets in trouble, the prison warden suggests that Alireza should find a wife and settle down. To help him, the warden facilitates a meeting with Alireza's own mother, who is also an inmate, so she ...

Milk Toothed Termite (2020)

A self-portrait of Baktash Abtin during the Covid Pandemy. ...