List of Iranian films of the 2000s
A list of films produced in Iran ordered by year of release in the 2000s. For an alphabetical list of Iranian films, see :Category:Iranian films
2000s
Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
2000 | ...Va man dar khoshbakhti-e shirin be donya amadam! | Kiarash Anvari | Short film | Official selection in international competition section of 48th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen | |
2000 | Blackboards | Samira Makhmalbaf | Drama | Entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival | |
2000 | The Circle | Jafar Panahi | Drama | Won Golden Lion at Venice | |
2000 | The Day I Became a Woman | Marzieh Meshkini | Drama | ||
2000 | Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine | Bahman Farmanara | Bahman Farmanara | Drama | |
2000 | A Time for Drunken Horses | Bahman Ghobadi | Drama | Won Caméra d'Or at Cannes | |
2000 | Djomeh | Hassan Yektapanah | Won Caméra d'Or at Cannes | ||
2001 | ABC Africa | Abbas Kiarostami | Documentary | Screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival | |
2001 | Baran | Majid Majidi | Hossein Abedini | Drama | Won the Freedom of Expression Award at the National Board of Review |
2001 | Kandahar | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Nelofer Pazira | Drama | Won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
2001 | Raye makhfi | Babak Payami | Comedy | ||
2001 | Under the Skin of the City | Rakhshan Bani-E'temad | Entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival | ||
2002 | Barefoot to Herat | Majid Majidi | Documentary | Won FIPERSCI Prize | |
2002 | Marooned in Iraq | Bahman Ghobadi | Documentary Drama | Won François Chalais Award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival | |
2002 | Noora | Mahmoud Shoolizadeh | Drama / Fiction film | Won Best Film award of Taormina Film Festival in Italy | |
2002 | Ten | Abbas Kiarostami | Documentary Drama | Entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival | |
2002 | To Stay Alive | Dariush Mehrjui | Screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival | ||
2002 | Unruled Paper | Nasser Taghvai | Khosrow Shakibai, Hadyeh Tehrani, Jamileh Sheikhi, Jamshid Mashayekhi | ||
2003 | Abadan | Mani Haghighi | Shahrokh Foroutanian, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Hedieh Tehrani | Drama | |
2003 | Crimson Gold | Jafar Panahi | Drama | Screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami | |
2003 | Dancing in the Dust | Asghar Farhadi | Entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival | ||
2003 | Five | Abbas Kiarostami | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival | ||
2003 | At Five in the Afternoon | Samira Makhmalbaf | Premiered at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival First film shot in Kabul after invasion | ||
2003 | 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 |
2004 | Duel | Ahmad Reza Darvish | Pejman Bazeghi | Drama / War | Biggest budget in the history of the cinema of Iran |
2004 | Marmoulak | Kamal Tabrizi | Parviz Parastui | Comedy | |
2004 | Mehman-e Maman | Dariush Mehrjui | Golab Adine, Amin Hayai | Comedy / Drama | Written by Houshang Moradi Kermani |
2004 | 10 on Ten | Abbas Kiarostami | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival | ||
2004 | 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 |
2005 | Maxx | Saman Moghaddam | Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Pegah Ahangarani | Musical comedy | |
2005 | Nose, Iranian Style | Mehrdad Oskouei | Documentary | ||
2005 | One Night | Niki Karimi | Drama | Nominated for Prix un certain regard at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival | |
2005 | Requiem of Snow | Jamil Rostami | Drama | The first film to represent Iraq in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars | |
2005 | 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 | |
2005 | Tickets | Abbas Kiarostami Ken Loach Ermanno Olmi | Comedy / Drama | ||
2005 | The Willow Tree | Majid Majidi | Parviz Parastui | Drama | |
Left Foot Forward on the Beat | Kazem Ma'asoumi | Entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival | - | ||
2006 | A Few Days Later | Niki Karimi | Drama | Script won the Rotterdam festival's Hubert Bals Fund | |
2006 | 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 | |
2007 | SANTOURI The Music Man | Dariush Mehrjui | Bahram Radan | Crystal Simorgh Audience Award & Best Actor in a Leading Role at Fajr Film Festival | |
2008 | Football Under Cover | David Assmann, Ayat Najafi | Documentary | ||
2008 | As Simple as That | Reza Mirkarimi | Won the Golden George at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival | ||
2008 | The Song of Sparrows | Majid Majidi | Reza Naji | Drama | |
2009 | No One Knows About Persian Cats | Bahman Ghobadi | Competing in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival | ||
2009 | Tardid | Varuzh Karim-Masihi | Bahram Radan, Taraneh Alidoosti | Won Crystal Simorgh for Best Film in 27th Fajr Film Festival | |
2009 | 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 |
2009 | The White Meadows | Mohammad Rasoulof | Mohammad Shirvani | Drama | Asia/Africa Special Jury Prize for Feature Film and Muhr AsiaAfrica Award for Best Actor at Dubai International Film Festival, Golden Seashell Award at San Sebastián International Film Festival |