
Directing
Kiumars Pourahmad
Born 1949-12-16 · Najafabad, Iran
Kiumars Pourahmad (Persian: کیومرث پوراحمد; December 16, 1949 – April 5, 2023) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer and novelist. Pourahmad started his career as a film critic and assistant director in a TV series in early 1970s. He made his directorial debut, Tatureh in 1983 after making some short films. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acting credits
7.5Twelve stories, one per month, from April to March. They all take place in the same place—inside vehicles—and during the “magic hour.” The characters also experience similar situations: they are hesitating to make an important decision in their lives, a moment that will mark them forever.
Golden Time
2017
This documentary examines the professional and artistic life of Rasoul Sadrameli, a prominent Iranian film director, from the pre-revolutionary era to the present day. One of the main parts of the film is a heartfelt conversation between Rasoul Sadrameli and the late Kiyomars Pourahmad, in which they talk about their cinematic works and their long-standing friendship.
Masahat Zendegi
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2.7Beach Villa tells the story of a village family who are supposed to take care of a villa for 6 months as caretakers. Chavosh, the owner of the villa, is going to live outside of Iran for 6 months for his daughter to go to university, and he leaves the villa to Yunus and his wife, and they move to the villa with their 3 children. But upon entering the house, Yunus' brother-in-law creates stories that...
Beach Villa
2022
NRA documentary about Kiumars Pourahmad (Persian: کیومرث پوراحمد) (16 December 1949 – 5 April 2023). Pourahmad was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and film producer.
Semi-Finished Childhood
2006
6.8Due to drought, Rasoul has left the village. He is glad to find a job as a night guardian at a complex under construction. In the deserted construction site, something wrong is going on. In the strange circumstances around him, Rasoul finds himself trapped…
The Night Guardian
2022
NRDocumentary about Film magazine. Film (Persian: فیلم) is an Iranian film review magazine published for more than 40 years (founded in 1982).
Cahiers du Film
2016
Behind the camera
5.0Three stories about the life of a boy named Majid. Stories about misunderstanding and being misunderstood and the struggles he deals with at school. How a rosary scares him and how he thinks he's doing good while a bunch of other problems come up.
The Next Morning
1992
5.0Three stories about the life of a boy named Majid. Stories about misunderstanding and being misunderstood and the struggles he deals with at school. How a rosary scares him and how he thinks he's doing good while a bunch of other problems come up.
The Next Morning
1992
10.0A loyal gamekeeper enters the Pardis Kala region with his teenage son. There, an ill-wisher landlord has influence over all the people but no one likes him. A flighty sergeant is not happy about the gamekeeper entering there. A new teacher can not understand the gamekeeper's discipline so she does not like him. Khaleh Khanom who lives with the teacher also does not like her husband Hossein Amoo. Good guys fight the bad guys to fulfill the dream of the gamekeeper's son.
The Silent Hunt
1990
10.0A loyal gamekeeper enters the Pardis Kala region with his teenage son. There, an ill-wisher landlord has influence over all the people but no one likes him. A flighty sergeant is not happy about the gamekeeper entering there. A new teacher can not understand the gamekeeper's discipline so she does not like him. Khaleh Khanom who lives with the teacher also does not like her husband Hossein Amoo. Good guys fight the bad guys to fulfill the dream of the gamekeeper's son.
The Silent Hunt
1990
NRBased on the novel "My Sweet Orange Tree" by José Mauro de Vasconcelos. Majid lives with his mother in his bad-tempered stepfather's house. He gets on Javad's lorry secretly but the trucker scolds and beats him. Hating Javad, Majid promises to kill him. He goes to a trainer to get ready and confides in a tree. Javad realises Majid's emotional needs and they form a deep friendship after a while.
Swallow, My Tree
1986
NRBased on the novel "My Sweet Orange Tree" by José Mauro de Vasconcelos. Majid lives with his mother in his bad-tempered stepfather's house. He gets on Javad's lorry secretly but the trucker scolds and beats him. Hating Javad, Majid promises to kill him. He goes to a trainer to get ready and confides in a tree. Javad realises Majid's emotional needs and they form a deep friendship after a while.
Swallow, My Tree
1986
4.8Reza is a divorced author who is trying to adopt to his new life after divorce while he finds a new romance.
Reza
2019
5.7Captain Olov is going to sea for fishing with 14 other men but only he returns home. People are blaming him for the accident and attack his family. In between his little girl Hanieh is become parallel. Captain takes his family and leaves his city Tangak for Bushehr. He takes an oath on himself to beat drum one night till morning just for the healing of his daughter Hanieh but before that he dies. Now his son is after fulfilling his father's oath but for that he has to return for their city where people are still hostile with them.
For the Sake of Haniyeh
1994
5.7Captain Olov is going to sea for fishing with 14 other men but only he returns home. People are blaming him for the accident and attack his family. In between his little girl Hanieh is become parallel. Captain takes his family and leaves his city Tangak for Bushehr. He takes an oath on himself to beat drum one night till morning just for the healing of his daughter Hanieh but before that he dies. Now his son is after fulfilling his father's oath but for that he has to return for their city where people are still hostile with them.
For the Sake of Haniyeh
1994
6.2Hamed is unemployed. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter immigrate to Europe for a better future. Missing his family, he imprisons himself and starts to revise his life in isolation.
The Longest Night
2001
6.2Hamed is unemployed. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter immigrate to Europe for a better future. Missing his family, he imprisons himself and starts to revise his life in isolation.
The Longest Night
2001
6.7Majid who is working in a bakery, sends his poem to be published in a journal. He always dreams of becoming famous. Majid finds some pages of the book "Les Miserables" and becomes interested in reading it, but he has no access to it. He picks a book from the library of his brother-in-law and tries to change it with the book "Les Miserables" in the public library. He is not aware of the cheque of his brother-in-law between some pages of the book. This is a starting point for some other adventures which put Majid into trouble.
Bread and Poetry
1993
6.7Majid who is working in a bakery, sends his poem to be published in a journal. He always dreams of becoming famous. Majid finds some pages of the book "Les Miserables" and becomes interested in reading it, but he has no access to it. He picks a book from the library of his brother-in-law and tries to change it with the book "Les Miserables" in the public library. He is not aware of the cheque of his brother-in-law between some pages of the book. This is a starting point for some other adventures which put Majid into trouble.
Bread and Poetry
1993
6.1A young, inquisitive girl named Nargess encounters a girl from another school who could pass as her twin. Amazed by the strange coincidence, the two girls rush to their respective parents, but neither side has the time to hear them out. Nargess finds herself caught between her mother and father as she tries in vain to make herself heard, and when that fails, the two girls hatch a plan to swap places and see if their parents notice. While everything goes smoothly at first, it's not long until they start encountering problems in this double-sided family drama.
The Double Lottie
1995
6.1A young, inquisitive girl named Nargess encounters a girl from another school who could pass as her twin. Amazed by the strange coincidence, the two girls rush to their respective parents, but neither side has the time to hear them out. Nargess finds herself caught between her mother and father as she tries in vain to make herself heard, and when that fails, the two girls hatch a plan to swap places and see if their parents notice. While everything goes smoothly at first, it's not long until they start encountering problems in this double-sided family drama.
The Double Lottie
1995
5.3After his wife and daughter lose touch with him, Habib starts losing his memory to the point of Alzheimer.
Where Are My Shoes?
2016
5.3After his wife and daughter lose touch with him, Habib starts losing his memory to the point of Alzheimer.
Where Are My Shoes?
2016
8.0Two teens escape from their house and go to Bandar-Abbas because of the problems they have with their father. The father searches for them and finally manages to find their trace. So he goes to Bandar-Abbas. After a series of events, the family members become friends again and start to appreciate each other.
The Harbour
1988
8.0Two teens escape from their house and go to Bandar-Abbas because of the problems they have with their father. The father searches for them and finally manages to find their trace. So he goes to Bandar-Abbas. After a series of events, the family members become friends again and start to appreciate each other.
The Harbour
1988
6.0A teenager named Majid is making a 8 milimeter movie. Majid lends the money he had gathered to buy negative and he can't ask for it back because he's too shy. Then, the problems start.
Shame
1992
6.0A teenager named Majid is making a 8 milimeter movie. Majid lends the money he had gathered to buy negative and he can't ask for it back because he's too shy. Then, the problems start.
Shame
1992
6.0Rezvani, the director of a housing cooperative, is demanded by the shareholders to fire Farid Sadri, the contractor and the supervisor of the high-rise towers construction project, who could not manage to bring the construction process to an end on the due time, and find someone else to substitute him...
Top of the Tower
2005
4.0The film, which is in sharp monochrome, relates the story of a twenty-four-hour-long journey of two young Iranian soldiers (Issā and Emād) and a civilian driver (Amu Rahim) transporting thirty-eight Iraqi prisoners of war, taken from behind the Iraqi line, to a garrison inside Iran. From the details one is informed that the Iran–Iraq War has entered into its third year. The film masterfully depicts the deep inhumanity of acts of war amongst nations by showing the shared humanity of the combatants on both sides
Night Bus
2007
4.0The film, which is in sharp monochrome, relates the story of a twenty-four-hour-long journey of two young Iranian soldiers (Issā and Emād) and a civilian driver (Amu Rahim) transporting thirty-eight Iraqi prisoners of war, taken from behind the Iraqi line, to a garrison inside Iran. From the details one is informed that the Iran–Iraq War has entered into its third year. The film masterfully depicts the deep inhumanity of acts of war amongst nations by showing the shared humanity of the combatants on both sides
Night Bus
2007