A list of films produced in Iran ordered by year of release in the 2000s. For an alphabetical list of Iranian films, see :Category:Iranian films

2000s

Year Title Director Actors Genre Notability 2000 ...Va man dar khoshbakhti-e shirin be donya amadam! (aka ...and I was born to sweet delight!)Kiarash Anvari Short film Official selection in international competition section of 48th International Short Film Festival OberhausenBlackboards Samira MakhmalbafDramaEntered into the 2000 Cannes Film FestivalThe Circle Jafar Panahi DramaWon Golden Lion at VeniceThe Day I Became a WomanMarzieh Meshkini DramaSmell of Camphor, Scent of JasmineBahman FarmanaraBahman FarmanaraDramaDefenseless generation Mohammad memari- hojjat baqaee police film festival/tvducumentryfilms festival2000 sony Film FestivalDjomehHassan YektapanahWon Caméra d'Or at CannesA Time for Drunken HorsesBahman Ghobadi DramaWon Caméra d'Or at Cannes 2001 ABC Africa Abbas Kiarostami Documentary Screened at the 2001 Cannes Film FestivalBaran Majid Majidi Hossein Abedini DramaWon the Freedom of Expression Award at the National Board of Review (USA) Kandahar Mohsen Makhmalbaf Nelofer Pazira DramaWon the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival Raye makhfi Babak Payami Comedy Under the Skin of the City Rakhshan Bani-E'temad Entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival 2002 Barefoot to Herat Majid Majidi Documentary Won FIPERSCI PrizeMarooned in IraqBahman Ghobadi Documentary DramaWon François Chalais Award at the 2002 Cannes Film FestivalNooraMahmoud Shoolizadeh Drama / Fiction filmWon Best Film award of Taormina Film Festival in ItalyTenAbbas Kiarostami Documentary Drama Entered into the 2002 Cannes Film FestivalTo Stay Alive Dariush Mehrjui Screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival Unruled Paper Nasser Taghvai Khosrow Shakibai, Hadyeh Tehrani, Jamileh Sheikhi, Jamshid Mashayekhi 2003 Abadan Mani HaghighiShahrokh Foroutanian, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Hedieh TehraniDrama Crimson Gold Jafar Panahi DramaScreenplay by Abbas Kiarostami Dancing in the Dust Asghar Farhadi Entered into the 25th Moscow International Film FestivalFive Abbas Kiarostami Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film FestivalAt Five in the Afternoon Samira Makhmalbaf Premiered at the 2003 Cannes Film FestivalFirst film shot in Kabul after invasion To Have or Not to Have Niki Karimi DocumentaryNiki Karimi's directional debut 2004 20 FingersMania AkbariBijan DaneshmandDramaShot in several long takes on a DV cameraDuelAhmad Reza DarvishPejman BazeghiDrama / WarBiggest budget in the history of the cinema of IranMarmoulakKamal TabriziParviz ParastuiComedy Mehman-e Maman Dariush MehrjuiGolab Adine, Amin HayaiComedy / DramaWritten by Houshang Moradi Kermani 10 on Ten Abbas Kiarostami Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film FestivalLeft Foot Forward on the BeatKazem Ma'asoumiEntered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival Turtles Can Fly Bahman Ghobadi Drama / WarThe first film made in Iraq after the fall of Saddam HusseinWon Golden Seashell at San Sebastian International Film Festival 2005 Dame sobh Hamid Rahmanian Hossein Yari Drama Award-winning [The Online Kill] Masoud Abparvar Hamid Goodarzi,

Shahab Hosseini

Elnaz Shakerdoost,

Jamshid Hashempour,

Amir Hossein ArmanCrime/horror thrillerMaxxSaman MoghaddamMohammad Reza Sharifinia, Pegah Ahangarani Musical comedy Nose, Iranian Style Mehrdad Oskouei DocumentaryOne NightNiki Karimi DramaNominated for Prix un certain regard at the 2005 Cannes Film FestivalRequiem of Snow Jamil Rostami DramaThe first film to represent Iraq in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the OscarsSo Close, So Far Reza Mirkarimi DramaWon Crystal Simorgh for the Best Film at the 24th Fajr Film FestivalSelected to represent Iran in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the OscarsTickets Abbas Kiarostami Ken LoachErmanno Olmi Comedy / DramaThe Willow Tree Majid Majidi Parviz Parastui Drama 2006 A Few Days Later Niki Karimi DramaScript won the Rotterdam festival's Hubert Bals Fund Offside Jafar Panahi Comedy/Drama/SportWon Silver Bear at Berlin Film Festival 2007 Ekhrajiha Masoud Dehnamaki Akbar Abdi Comedy / WarHighest grossing Iranian movie of all time The Night Bus Kiomars Pourahmad Khosrow Shakibai, Mehrdad Sedighian, Mohammad-Reza Foroutan War SANTOURI The Music Man Dariush MehrjuiBahram RadanCrystal Simorgh Audience Award & Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bahram Radan) at Fajr Film Festival 2008 Football Under Cover David Assmann, Ayat Najafi Documentary As Simple as That Reza Mirkarimi Won the Golden George at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival Nuclear Iran ali hoseinpoor - hojjat baqaee Scientific documentary Attendance at Documentary film contest The Song of Sparrows Majid MajidiReza NajiDrama 2009No One Knows About Persian Cats Bahman Ghobadi Competing in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Tardid Varuzh Karim-MasihiBahram Radan, Taraneh AlidoostiWon Crystal Simorgh for Best Film in 27th Fajr Film Festival Seyghalan Hojjat Baqaee-Bagher YektaAli HoseinpoorAppreciation from the Governor of Gilan - Mayor of Soomehsara - Ministry of Iran Interior - Ministry of Iran Agriculture About Elly Asghar FarhadiGolshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab HosseiniDramaIran's official selection to compete at the 82nd Academy Awards in the field of Best Foreign Language Film. Won Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin film festival The White Meadows Mohammad RasoulofMohammad ShirvaniDramaAsiaAfrica Special Jury Prize for Feature Film and Muhr AsiaAfrica Award for Best Actor (Hassan Pourshirazi) at Dubai International Film Festival, Golden Seashell Award at San Sebastián International Film Festival Checkmate Jamshid Heidari Hamid Goodarzi, Elnaz Shakerdoost, Nima Shahrokh Shahi Romantic comedy

External links Iranian film at the Internet Movie Database