Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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2000 | ...Va man dar khoshbakhti-e shirin be donya amadam! (aka ...and I was born to sweet delight!) | Kiarash Anvari | | Short film | Official selection in international competition section of 48th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen |
Blackboards | Samira Makhmalbaf | | Drama | Entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival |
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 | |
Defenseless generation | Mohammad memari- hojjat baqaee | | | police film festival/tvducumentryfilms festival2000 sony Film Festival |
Djomeh | Hassan Yektapanah | | | Won Caméra d'Or at Cannes |
A Time for Drunken Horses | Bahman Ghobadi | | Drama | Won Caméra d'Or at Cannes |
2001 | ABC Africa | | | Documentary | Screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
Baran | Majid Majidi | Hossein Abedini | Drama | Won the Freedom of Expression Award at the National Board of Review (USA) |
Kandahar | | Nelofer Pazira | Drama | Won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
Raye makhfi | | | | |
Under the Skin of the City | | | | Entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival |
2002 | Barefoot to Herat | | | | Won FIPERSCI Prize |
Marooned in Iraq | Bahman Ghobadi | | Documentary Drama | Won François Chalais Award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival |
Noora | Mahmoud Shoolizadeh | | Drama / Fiction film | Won Best Film award of Taormina Film Festival in Italy |
Ten | Abbas Kiarostami | | Documentary Drama | Entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival |
To Stay Alive | | | | Screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival |
Unruled Paper | | | | |
2003 | Abadan | Mani Haghighi | Shahrokh Foroutanian, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Hedieh Tehrani | Drama | |
Crimson Gold | Jafar Panahi | | Drama | Screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami |
Dancing in the Dust | | | | Entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival |
Five | | | | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival |
At Five in the Afternoon | Samira Makhmalbaf | | | Premiered at the 2003 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 |
10 on Ten | | | | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival |
Left Foot Forward on the Beat | Kazem Ma'asoumi | | | Entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival |
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 | | | Drama | Award-winning |
Maxx | Saman Moghaddam | | Musical comedy | |
Nose, Iranian Style | Mehrdad Oskouei | | Documentary | |
One Night | Niki Karimi | | Drama | Nominated for Prix un certain regard at the 2005 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 | | | Comedy / Drama | |
The Willow Tree | | | | |
2006 | A Few Days Later | | | 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 | | | Comedy / War | Highest grossing Iranian movie of all time |
The Night Bus | | | War | |
SANTOURI The Music Man | Dariush Mehrjui | Bahram Radan | | Crystal Simorgh Audience Award & Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bahram Radan) at Fajr Film Festival | |
2008 | Football Under Cover | David Assmann, Ayat Najafi | | Documentary | |
As Simple as That | | | | Won the Golden George at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival |
Nuclear Iran | ali hoseinpoor - hojjat baqaee | | | Attendance at Documentary film contest |
The Song of Sparrows | Majid Majidi | Reza Naji | Drama | |
2009 | No One Knows About Persian Cats | | | | Competing in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival |
Tardid | Varuzh Karim-Masihi | Bahram Radan, Taraneh Alidoosti | | Won Crystal Simorgh for Best Film in 27th Fajr Film Festival |
Seyghalan | Hojjat Baqaee-Bagher Yekta | Ali Hoseinpoor | | Appreciation from the Governor of Gilan - Mayor of Soomehsara - Ministry of Iran Interior - Ministry of Iran Agriculture |
About Elly | Asghar Farhadi | Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini | Drama | Iran's official selection to compete at the 82nd Academy Awards in the field of Best Foreign Language Film. Won Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin film festival |
The White Meadows | Mohammad Rasoulof | Mohammad Shirvani | Drama | AsiaAfrica Special Jury Prize for Feature Film and Muhr AsiaAfrica Award for Best Actor (Hassan Pourshirazi) at Dubai International Film Festival, Golden Seashell Award at San Sebastián International Film Festival | |