Mohammad Rasoulof

Directing

Mohammad Rasoulof

Born

1972-11-16 (53)

Place of birth

Shiraz, Iran

Known for

Directing

Credits

43 titles

Mohammad Rasoulof (Persian: محمد رسول‌اف; born November 16, 1972; Shiraz) is an Iranian independent filmmaker. He is known for several award-winning films, including The Twilight (2002), Iron Island (2005), Goodbye (2011), Manuscripts Don't Burn (2013), A Man of Integrity (2017) and There Is No Evil (2020). For the latter, he won the Golden Bear at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival. He has been arrested several times and had his passport confiscated, as the nature and content of his films has brought him into conflict with the Iranian Government. In May 2024, Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced by the Islamic Republic to 8 years in prison, whipping, and a fine. Rasoulof fled to an undisclosed locat…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Seed of the Sacred Fig poster
7.5

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2024

The Seed of the Sacred Fig poster
7.5

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2024

The Seed of the Sacred Fig poster
7.5

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2024

There Is No Evil poster
7.4

Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties.

There Is No Evil

2020

There Is No Evil poster
7.4

Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties.

There Is No Evil

2020

There Is No Evil poster
7.4

Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties.

There Is No Evil

2020

A Man of Integrity poster
6.8

Reza, residing in the wilderness with his wife and son, lives a retired life and devotes himself to freshwater fish farming. A private company that has targets on his land is ready to do anything to force him to sell.

A Man of Integrity

2017

A Man of Integrity poster
6.8

Reza, residing in the wilderness with his wife and son, lives a retired life and devotes himself to freshwater fish farming. A private company that has targets on his land is ready to do anything to force him to sell.

A Man of Integrity

2017

A Man of Integrity poster
6.8

Reza, residing in the wilderness with his wife and son, lives a retired life and devotes himself to freshwater fish farming. A private company that has targets on his land is ready to do anything to force him to sell.

A Man of Integrity

2017

Sense of Water poster
NR

On a winter night, in the northernmost reaches of the world, Ali, an Iranian writer living in exile, retreats with his former lover, Nazanin, to a glass cabin beneath the northern lights. There, in the silence of the polar night, he intends to say goodbye. Despite facing a long prison sentence, Ali has decided to return to Iran — to continue the struggle he once left behind.

Sense of Water

2026

Sense of Water poster
NR

On a winter night, in the northernmost reaches of the world, Ali, an Iranian writer living in exile, retreats with his former lover, Nazanin, to a glass cabin beneath the northern lights. There, in the silence of the polar night, he intends to say goodbye. Despite facing a long prison sentence, Ali has decided to return to Iran — to continue the struggle he once left behind.

Sense of Water

2026

The White Meadows poster
7.4

Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of Iran's political leadership emerges.

The White Meadows

2009

The White Meadows poster
7.4

Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of Iran's political leadership emerges.

The White Meadows

2009

The White Meadows poster
7.4

Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of Iran's political leadership emerges.

The White Meadows

2009

Iron Island poster
7.1

Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a lad who rescues fish trapped in the hull, an old man who stares at the sun, the idealistic teacher, and Ahmad, the Captain's assistant who has fallen in love with a young woman whose father wants to marry her to someone of means. What future has this sinking city?

Iron Island

2005

Iron Island poster
7.1

Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a lad who rescues fish trapped in the hull, an old man who stares at the sun, the idealistic teacher, and Ahmad, the Captain's assistant who has fallen in love with a young woman whose father wants to marry her to someone of means. What future has this sinking city?

Iron Island

2005

Iron Island poster
7.1

Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a lad who rescues fish trapped in the hull, an old man who stares at the sun, the idealistic teacher, and Ahmad, the Captain's assistant who has fallen in love with a young woman whose father wants to marry her to someone of means. What future has this sinking city?

Iron Island

2005

Seven Days poster
7.3

The imprisoned Iranian women’s rights activist Maryam is allowed to meet her family for seven days. Her husband and children beg Maryam to flee with them instead of returning to prison but she has not yet made her decision.

Seven Days

2025

Intentional Crime poster
NR

A documentary about the last days of Baktash Abtin’s life, who was murdered by the Iranian regime. He got infected with covid in prison and the authoriti simply refused to do a myth about it until it was already too late.

Intentional Crime

2022

Intentional Crime poster
NR

A documentary about the last days of Baktash Abtin’s life, who was murdered by the Iranian regime. He got infected with covid in prison and the authoriti simply refused to do a myth about it until it was already too late.

Intentional Crime

2022

Intentional Crime poster
NR

A documentary about the last days of Baktash Abtin’s life, who was murdered by the Iranian regime. He got infected with covid in prison and the authoriti simply refused to do a myth about it until it was already too late.

Intentional Crime

2022

Manuscripts Don't Burn poster
6.4

Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they are obliged to change their initial plans…

Manuscripts Don't Burn

2014

Manuscripts Don't Burn poster
6.4

Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they are obliged to change their initial plans…

Manuscripts Don't Burn

2014

Manuscripts Don't Burn poster
6.4

Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they are obliged to change their initial plans…

Manuscripts Don't Burn

2014

No artwork available
NR

Kimia, a neurosurgeon of Iranian descent who grew up in Germany, is confronted with a mysterious patient whose resemblance to her father, Babak, raises questions she was never allowed to explore within her family. As Kimia fights to save the patient’s life during a wakeful surgery, Babak’s past intrudes on her present life in Germany.

Grey Matter

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No artwork available
NR

Kimia, a neurosurgeon of Iranian descent who grew up in Germany, is confronted with a mysterious patient whose resemblance to her father, Babak, raises questions she was never allowed to explore within her family. As Kimia fights to save the patient’s life during a wakeful surgery, Babak’s past intrudes on her present life in Germany.

Grey Matter

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Son-Mother poster
7.0

A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security — but could also tear her family apart.

Son-Mother

2020

Son-Mother poster
7.0

A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security — but could also tear her family apart.

Son-Mother

2020

Goodbye poster
6.3

Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11.

Goodbye

2011

Goodbye poster
6.3

Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11.

Goodbye

2011

Goodbye poster
6.3

Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11.

Goodbye

2011

The Red Hatchback poster
5.5

33-year old Ali lives in Tehran and does everything he can to give his 5-year old son a good life, despite their precarious financial situation. But then the child expresses a wish for a real car – a red coupé. It’s not just the money -- inflation and corruption also stand in the way of the dream being realized. Nevertheless, Ali is determined to make his son happy. Whatever the price.

The Red Hatchback

2019

The Red Hatchback poster
5.5

33-year old Ali lives in Tehran and does everything he can to give his 5-year old son a good life, despite their precarious financial situation. But then the child expresses a wish for a real car – a red coupé. It’s not just the money -- inflation and corruption also stand in the way of the dream being realized. Nevertheless, Ali is determined to make his son happy. Whatever the price.

The Red Hatchback

2019

Gesher poster
NR

Ghobad, Jahan and Nezam, three men in pursuit of a better life, leave home and head for Oslouyeh, one of the richest gas producing regions in the south of Iran. However, the difficult living conditions together with the low salaries oblige them and others to find shelter along the disused sections of the pipeline. The group of workers manage to create an atmosphere of camaraderie despite the difficult conditions with which they are faced.

Gesher

2010

Head Wind poster
7.0

An investigation of government censorship in Iran.

Head Wind

2008

Head Wind poster
7.0

An investigation of government censorship in Iran.

Head Wind

2008

Head Wind poster
7.0

An investigation of government censorship in Iran.

Head Wind

2008

The Twilight poster
7.5

Alireza has been in prison for a long time. As he constantly gets in trouble, the prison warden suggests that Alireza should find a wife and settle down. To help him, the warden facilitates a meeting with Alireza’s own mother, who is also an inmate, so she can help arrange the marriage from within the prison.

The Twilight

2002

The Twilight poster
7.5

Alireza has been in prison for a long time. As he constantly gets in trouble, the prison warden suggests that Alireza should find a wife and settle down. To help him, the warden facilitates a meeting with Alireza’s own mother, who is also an inmate, so she can help arrange the marriage from within the prison.

The Twilight

2002

The Twilight poster
7.5

Alireza has been in prison for a long time. As he constantly gets in trouble, the prison warden suggests that Alireza should find a wife and settle down. To help him, the warden facilitates a meeting with Alireza’s own mother, who is also an inmate, so she can help arrange the marriage from within the prison.

The Twilight

2002