Rakhshan Banietemad

Directing

04-04-1954

She/Her

Rakhshan Banietemad is a director who was born in 1954 in Tehran, Iran. She started her career in cinema and starred as a director in “Kharej az Mahdoodeh” in 1987. She has won a lot of awards such as the Crystal Simorgh of Best Director for “Narges”, Best Script Award and Best Second Role Actress for “The Blue-Veiled”, the Crystal Simorgh of Best Script for “The May Lady” from Fajr Film Festival. Her other activities are “Mainline” and “Tales”.

Popular Movies/Shows

Tales

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.

Persian Carpet

Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors contributed films on the subject of Persian carpet. Carpets are the reflection of the cultural and historical identity of Iran.

The Blue-Veiled

An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old man to abandon the relationship with the poor girl, the old man makes his final choice of love.

Under the Skin of the City

Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into trouble due to his burgeoning career in radical politics; and an older son who goes to great lengths--such as attempting to sell the family's meager house--in...

Tales of an Island

An anthology directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Testing Democracy) and Dariush Mehrjui (Dear Cousin is Lost)

Mainline

The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab

Top Rated Movies/Shows

Under the Skin of the City

Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into trouble due to his burgeoning career in radical politics; and an older son who goes to great lengths--such as attempting to sell the family's meager house--in...

Mainline

The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab

Tales

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.

Nargess

A sharp-edged look at people who live outside the constraints of Islamic law.

The Blue-Veiled

An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old man to abandon the relationship with the poor girl, the old man makes his final choice of love.

Tales of an Island

An anthology directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Testing Democracy) and Dariush Mehrjui (Dear Cousin is Lost)

Movies (Production)

Narratives ad hominem

A Lifetime in an Hour

See You Tomorrow Elina

We Are Half of Iran's Population

Angels of the House of Sun

The Second Home

Under the Skin of the City

Tales of an Island

Baran and the Native

The Blue-Veiled

The last meeting with Iran Daftari

Who Will You Show These Films To?

Foreign Currency

The Lord of The Secrets

Movies (Acting)

Moonshadow – The Myth of Fahimeh

A Good Time for Tragedy