Cinema Rex - Iranian Cinema Podcast

A boat drifts onto the shore of a small village, which the beautiful Rana hopes the has brought back her husband, who disappeared a year ago out on the sea. But the only passenger is Ayat, a wounded stranger with no memory of how he ended up in this land. After gradually proving himself as a member of the community, Ayat  grows increasingly paranoid about wraiths from a forgotten past.
 
Directed by Bahram Beyzaie

When he takes a job as a schoolteacher in a new neighborhood, the hapless intellectual Mr. Hekmati finds that he is a fish out of water.
Directed by Bahram Beyzaie

In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Azeri worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both of their lives.
Directed by Majid Majidi.

Leila, who has spent her entire life caring for her family, hatches a plan to help her struggling brothers - but she might have to cross her parents to do it.
Directed by Saeed Roustayi. This movie can be found in select local cinemas.

A blind woman's daughter befriends a famous singer who decides to help them in life, but unbeknownst to either party, is how they're all truly connected...
Directed by Mohamad Ali Fardin. This movie can be found on DVD through Pars Video, and on YouTube.

The four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.
Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. This movie can be found on Apple TV in the USA.

The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.
This episode also features an interview with Morvarid Sadinejad
Directed by Jafar Panahi. This movie can be found on Apple TV in Canada, as well as Prime and Apple TV in the USA.

An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape. This film is available to view on Prime Video.

An Iranian boy is lost after fleeing home for his life; his family has been killed during the Iran-Iraq war. He's saved and trained by a middle-aged woman.
This episode also features an interview with Alex Eskandarkhah with the Collective for Black Iranians.
 
Directed by Bahram Beyzaie. This movie can be found on YouTube. 

An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he takes his own life. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
 
This film is available through the Criterion Channel