Pourya Azarbayjani

Feast of Sorrow (2018)

The film contains four different stories. In the first story Jahan is a 32 years old man who is dreaming of becoming famous. In the second story Afsaneh and Reza are a middle aged couple who are facing new problems and difficulties in their life. Third Laleh and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pourya Azarbayjani
CAST:  Mohsen Kiaei  •  Mina Sadati  •  Babak Hamidian  •  Behnam Tashakkor

The film contains four different stories. In the first story Jahan is a 32 years old man who is dreaming of becoming famous. In the second story Afsaneh and Reza are a middle aged couple who are facing new problems and difficulties in their life. Third Laleh and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pourya Azarbayjani
CAST:  Mohsen Kiaei  •  Mina Sadati  •  Babak Hamidian  •  Behnam Tashakkor

Unfinished Stories (2007)

Unfinished Stories employs a structure familiar to Western indie cinema by following a set of seemingly random but interlocking episodes. Debut director Pourya Azarbayjani presents the tales of several women who spend much of the film alone on the streets of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pourya Azarbayjani
CAST:  Saiideh Amir Saii  •  Hengame Ghaziani  •  Setareh Pesyani  •  Naghi Seif Jamali

Unfinished Stories employs a structure familiar to Western indie cinema by following a set of seemingly random but interlocking episodes. Debut director Pourya Azarbayjani presents the tales of several women who spend much of the film alone on the streets of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pourya Azarbayjani
CAST:  Saiideh Amir Saii  •  Hengame Ghaziani  •  Setareh Pesyani  •  Naghi Seif Jamali

Arvand (2016)

Jonas (Saeed Aghakhani), a former Iranian soldier during the Iran-Iraq War, sets out to search for his fallen brother's bodies years after they were killed in action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pourya Azarbayjani
CAST:  Saeed Aghakhani  •  Pantea Panahiha  •  Mehrdad Sedighian  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei

Jonas (Saeed Aghakhani), a former Iranian soldier during the Iran-Iraq War, sets out to search for his fallen brother's bodies years after they were killed in action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pourya Azarbayjani
CAST:  Saeed Aghakhani  •  Pantea Panahiha  •  Mehrdad Sedighian  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei

Everything Is Fine Here

25-year-old Arghavan lives with her parents in Tehran, and intends to marry her fiancé, Hesam. One day, her short stories win her a grant to attend a writing workshop in Germany. Soon before she is to leave, however, Arghavan is abducted and raped. In a strict, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pourya Azarbayjani
CAST:  Marziyyeh Valipoor  •  Erfan Naseri  •  Pantea Cyrus  •  Nader Mashayekhi

25-year-old Arghavan lives with her parents in Tehran, and intends to marry her fiancé, Hesam. One day, her short stories win her a grant to attend a writing workshop in Germany. Soon before she is to leave, however, Arghavan is abducted and raped. In a strict, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pourya Azarbayjani
CAST:  Marziyyeh Valipoor  •  Erfan Naseri  •  Pantea Cyrus  •  Nader Mashayekhi