List of Iranian films of the 2010s explained

A list of films produced in Iran ordered by year of release in the 2010s. For an alphabetical list of Iranian films see

2010s

Year Title Director ProducerActors Genre Notes
2010 Certified Copy
Farewell BaghdadDEFCAnti-war Selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.
2011 Alzheimer Drama
A SeparationAsghar FarhadiLeila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab HosseiniDramaofficial Iranian candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards and became the first Iranian film to win the award.[1] [2]
first Iranian film won the Golden Bear (at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival)[3]
Salve Drama
2012 Dizzy Hits The Bar Attila Shaaran Sports Daniel Moorehead in one of his foreign language forays (shown at the 30th Fajr International Film Festival.
2012 Iranian horse Hojjat Baqaee Real Documentary Awarded by Ministry of Culture and Guidance of Iran - Equestrian Federation / Guilan Board - Documentary Film Festival on Iranian Horse - Ministry of Agriculture of Iran.
2013 The Corridor Mahmoud RazaviQisas Reza Attaran and Hanieh Tavassoli star in this film that deals in the Islamic concept of Qisas. Hanieh Tavassoli won the crystal simorgh for best actress in a leading role in 31st Fajr International Film Festival.
2014 The Upside-down Triangle Drama
2016 The Salesman Asghar Farhadi Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Asghar FarhadiShahab Hosseini, Taraneh AlidoostiDramaWon Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards
2017 Kupal Kazem Mollaie Levon Haftvan, Nazanin Farahani Drama Won Jury Award at the "23rd Kolkata International Film Festival 2017", and Best Film at the "34th Bogota Film Festival 2017"
Disappearance
Ava
LerdReza akhlaghirad-sudabe beyzaei-nasim adabi-bagher yektadrama Winner of a kind of look at the Cannes Film Festival -Excellent presence at the Belgian Film Festival-Iranian film festival
2018 Wound of Sepidroud Social Documentary Social Documentary Festival]] (2018)
2019 Skin Horror, Drama Award, Best Film (Art and experience) 38th Fajr Film Festival (2019)Nominated, Best Film (New vision) 38th Fajr Film Festival (2019)
2019 Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness Drama Grand Jury Prize for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Nominations at Berlin and other festivals.

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Notes and References

  1. Staff (2011-09-16). "Iran’s “Nader and Simin” goes for an Oscar" . Tehran Times. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
  2. Web site: 63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar . 2011-10-14 . oscars.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120518164120/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20111013.html . 2012-05-18 .
  3. News: Iranian Film Takes Top Prize at Berlinale . 2011-02-19 . 2011-02-20.