Mina Kavani

Red Rose (2014)

A politically complacent middle-aged man and a young pro-democracy activist debate about the future of their country while hiding from the police, in this fascinating drama that blends scripted scenes with on-the-ground footage from Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sepideh Farsi
CAST:  Mina Kavani  •  Vassilis Koukalani  •  Shabnam Toloui

A politically complacent middle-aged man and a young pro-democracy activist debate about the future of their country while hiding from the police, in this fascinating drama that blends scripted scenes with on-the-ground footage from Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sepideh Farsi
CAST:  Mina Kavani  •  Vassilis Koukalani  •  Shabnam Toloui

Decent People (2020)

Manon, 30 years old and 8 months pregnant, is a struggling singer. Consumed by her administrative issues and under finacial pressure, her relationship with Ludo cumbles and they don’t prepare for the birth of their child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maxime Roy
CAST:  Clara Ponsot  •  Maxime Roy  •  Anna Galiena  •  Jean Masini

Manon, 30 years old and 8 months pregnant, is a struggling singer. Consumed by her administrative issues and under finacial pressure, her relationship with Ludo cumbles and they don’t prepare for the birth of their child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maxime Roy
CAST:  Clara Ponsot  •  Maxime Roy  •  Anna Galiena  •  Jean Masini

Undercover (2022)

October 2015. French customs seize seven tonnes of cannabis in the heart of the capital. The same day, Hubert Antoine, a former mole with a shady past, contacts Stéphane Vilner, a journalist at Libération. He claims to be able to demonstrate the existence of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thierry de Peretti
CAST:  Pio Marmaï  •  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  •  Alexis Manenti  •  Vincent Lindon

October 2015. French customs seize seven tonnes of cannabis in the heart of the capital. The same day, Hubert Antoine, a former mole with a shady past, contacts Stéphane Vilner, a journalist at Libération. He claims to be able to demonstrate the existence of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thierry de Peretti
CAST:  Pio Marmaï  •  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  •  Alexis Manenti  •  Vincent Lindon

La fille et le garçon (2023)

Malina, a young Iranian immigrant, visits Jean in his beautiful downtown apartment. She wants to know why her boyfriend Denis, who is working on Jean's apartment, lingers after hours, showering in front of Jean's wife Paula. Step by step, Jean and Paula get to know ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marie Besset
CAST:  Arielle Dombasle  •  Aurélien Recoing  •  Louka Meliava  •  Mina Kavani

Malina, a young Iranian immigrant, visits Jean in his beautiful downtown apartment. She wants to know why her boyfriend Denis, who is working on Jean's apartment, lingers after hours, showering in front of Jean's wife Paula. Step by step, Jean and Paula get to know ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marie Besset
CAST:  Arielle Dombasle  •  Aurélien Recoing  •  Louka Meliava  •  Mina Kavani

No Bears (2022)

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jafar Panahi
CAST:  Naser Hashemi  •  Bakhtiyar Panjeei  •  Mina Khosravani  •  Jafar Panahi

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jafar Panahi
CAST:  Naser Hashemi  •  Bakhtiyar Panjeei  •  Mina Khosravani  •  Jafar Panahi

The Siren (2023)

November 1980. Southern Iran. We are at the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war. Abadan, the capital of the Iranian petrol industry resists the repeated assaults of the Iraqi army, but is soon under full siege. Omid, a 14-year-old boy, has stayed back in the city, with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sepideh Farsi
CAST:  Mina Kavani  •  Hadmidreza Djavdan

November 1980. Southern Iran. We are at the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war. Abadan, the capital of the Iranian petrol industry resists the repeated assaults of the Iraqi army, but is soon under full siege. Omid, a 14-year-old boy, has stayed back in the city, with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sepideh Farsi
CAST:  Mina Kavani  •  Hadmidreza Djavdan