Kianush Ayyari

Directing

Kianush Ayyari

Born 1951-05-14 · Ahvaz, Iran

Kianush Ayyari (کیانوش عیاری) is an Iranian editor, writer, producer and director. Born in Ahvaz in 1951, Ayyari began his film career in 1970 when he joined the Free Cinema Group in his hometown, and soon made a name for himself in this experimental trend of amateur cinema. Kianush Ayyari made several 8mm short films, including Rain of Dust.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Iranian Spread poster
9.0

A counterfeit 1000 tomin bank note is passed in a bazaar. It passes through a broad cross-section of Iranian society, stopping with a pickpocket, a pomegranate seller, an abortionist, an estate sale, a beggar, a college student, a wedding reception, some musicians, smuggling rings, and some New Year's revelers. Most of them realize it is counterfeit, but too late to take action.

Iranian Spread

2002

Iranian Spread poster
9.0

A counterfeit 1000 tomin bank note is passed in a bazaar. It passes through a broad cross-section of Iranian society, stopping with a pickpocket, a pomegranate seller, an abortionist, an estate sale, a beggar, a college student, a wedding reception, some musicians, smuggling rings, and some New Year's revelers. Most of them realize it is counterfeit, but too late to take action.

Iranian Spread

2002

The Grand Day poster
4.5

In the years before the Iranian revolution, after winning the Asian Gold Medal a bicycling champion named Gol Aqa [Ali Reza Khamseh] received an enthusiastic welcome from his compatriots when he returned to his birthplace in the City of Semnan. The government officials in his town immediately ordered that he attend a meeting about welcoming the shah's sister Ashraf Pahlavi on her arrival in the city...

The Grand Day

1989

The Grand Day poster
4.5

In the years before the Iranian revolution, after winning the Asian Gold Medal a bicycling champion named Gol Aqa [Ali Reza Khamseh] received an enthusiastic welcome from his compatriots when he returned to his birthplace in the City of Semnan. The government officials in his town immediately ordered that he attend a meeting about welcoming the shah's sister Ashraf Pahlavi on her arrival in the city...

The Grand Day

1989

Beyond the Fire poster
5.8

Nowzar & Abdulhamid, two brothers from south of Iran confront against each other for the share of money which National Iranian Oil Company supposed to pay them as a compensation of seizing their house. Meanwhile, adventure of Nowzar’s affection to Asieh (a dumb saleswoman) makes the story more complicated. Winner of golden plate for best sound mixing, and winner of golden plate for best director.

Beyond the Fire

1987

Beyond the Fire poster
5.8

Nowzar & Abdulhamid, two brothers from south of Iran confront against each other for the share of money which National Iranian Oil Company supposed to pay them as a compensation of seizing their house. Meanwhile, adventure of Nowzar’s affection to Asieh (a dumb saleswoman) makes the story more complicated. Winner of golden plate for best sound mixing, and winner of golden plate for best director.

Beyond the Fire

1987

The Abadanis poster
6.0

The car of a war refugee who is now living in Tehran is stolen. He with the help of his son begins a desperate search for finding his stolen car. Meanwhile he meets a man who can help him and his son Borna is too after his missing eyeglasses.

The Abadanis

1994

The Abadanis poster
6.0

The car of a war refugee who is now living in Tehran is stolen. He with the help of his son begins a desperate search for finding his stolen car. Meanwhile he meets a man who can help him and his son Borna is too after his missing eyeglasses.

The Abadanis

1994

Soil And Coral poster
NR

A man has left his country when his wife was killed during the war. Now he must go back to Kabul for wedding of one of his daughters. Unwillingly he gets involved in an internal conflict...

Soil And Coral

2013

Setayesh poster
NR

"Setayesh" tells the story of a mother who works as a physician and has a daughter who has recently gotten engaged. Then events unfold that open the daughter's eyes to her past, leading her to discover things in which...

Setayesh

2006

Beach Villa poster
2.7

Beach 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

Beach Villa poster
2.7

Beach 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

The Monster poster
7.5

An Iranian villager wants to restore a nearby well in hopes of solving a water sortage, but is haunted by a local legend of a monster that drinks the wells dry.

The Monster

1985

The Monster poster
7.5

An Iranian villager wants to restore a nearby well in hopes of solving a water sortage, but is haunted by a local legend of a monster that drinks the wells dry.

The Monster

1985

Wake Up, Arezu! poster
6.5

Moments after the earthquake, a young teacher in a village outside the town of Bam, scrambles from under the rubble and finds out that her colleagues has died in the quake. She sets out for the town of Bam to get rescue aid for the villagers, but to her amazement, she discovers that the main tragedy has occurred there. Cries of help are heard from every side and the hospital is filled with the injured and the dead. On the recommendation of a cleric, she goes to the mortuary to help with the washing of the dead bodies of women. A prisoner, who managed to get out after the prison building is destroyed asks the teacher to wash the bodies of his dead mother, wife and child, Arezu.

Wake Up, Arezu!

2005

Wake Up, Arezu! poster
6.5

Moments after the earthquake, a young teacher in a village outside the town of Bam, scrambles from under the rubble and finds out that her colleagues has died in the quake. She sets out for the town of Bam to get rescue aid for the villagers, but to her amazement, she discovers that the main tragedy has occurred there. Cries of help are heard from every side and the hospital is filled with the injured and the dead. On the recommendation of a cleric, she goes to the mortuary to help with the washing of the dead bodies of women. A prisoner, who managed to get out after the prison building is destroyed asks the teacher to wash the bodies of his dead mother, wife and child, Arezu.

Wake Up, Arezu!

2005

Wake Up, Arezu! poster
6.5

Moments after the earthquake, a young teacher in a village outside the town of Bam, scrambles from under the rubble and finds out that her colleagues has died in the quake. She sets out for the town of Bam to get rescue aid for the villagers, but to her amazement, she discovers that the main tragedy has occurred there. Cries of help are heard from every side and the hospital is filled with the injured and the dead. On the recommendation of a cleric, she goes to the mortuary to help with the washing of the dead bodies of women. A prisoner, who managed to get out after the prison building is destroyed asks the teacher to wash the bodies of his dead mother, wife and child, Arezu.

Wake Up, Arezu!

2005

The Paternal House poster
5.3

A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the family as it reverberates through the following generations. Ayyari’s film is staged exclusively in this house and was banned several times in Iran.

The Paternal House

2014

The Paternal House poster
5.3

A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the family as it reverberates through the following generations. Ayyari’s film is staged exclusively in this house and was banned several times in Iran.

The Paternal House

2014

The Paternal House poster
5.3

A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the family as it reverberates through the following generations. Ayyari’s film is staged exclusively in this house and was banned several times in Iran.

The Paternal House

2014

The Paternal House poster
5.3

A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the family as it reverberates through the following generations. Ayyari’s film is staged exclusively in this house and was banned several times in Iran.

The Paternal House

2014

Sofa poster
NR

The movie Kanapeh tells the story of the lives of two families who want to get together, but in the end, a couch causes problems in their lives.

Sofa

2025

Sofa poster
NR

The movie Kanapeh tells the story of the lives of two families who want to get together, but in the end, a couch causes problems in their lives.

Sofa

2025

Sofa poster
NR

The movie Kanapeh tells the story of the lives of two families who want to get together, but in the end, a couch causes problems in their lives.

Sofa

2025