Fatemeh Mortazi

A girl is a nursing home worker and she wants to fulfill an old woman's wish before she dies.

Innocent civilians search for love, hope and meaning as they rebuild their lives in the aftermath of a devastating war; each protecting something which represents a strand of life in a place where there is no sign of existence.

A lonely old man's companion is an old man who watches birds every morning in his house. But after a while, the old man is faced with the problem of having to lock himself in the house.

A solar eclipse has brought people to the edge of madness. The Earth witnesses extreme brutality manifested by the need to make terrible sacrifices to an unknown evil. How could this have happened? Is this the wrath of God? Such is the view of a group of extremists who are quick to deal with those responsible. But who decides who is guilty and who is not? Vahid Vakilifar’s fourth film offers an intoxicating, visionary sci-fi which, in spite of the darkness consuming the world, believes in the power of light. Even the goriest images conceal at least a sliver of hope; they serve as a necessary ritual if we are to accept the demons that inhabit us all.

"The Stranger" follows a woman ensnared by external events, blurring the line between reality and illusion. Lost in inner delusions, she unravels into a fractured, unstable soul.