To Each His Own Cinema

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

The Badger

The Badger is the story of a 40-year-old woman called Soodeh Sharifzadegan who faces a strange incident, right before her second marriage.

I am Diego Maradona

After a rock is thrown through a window, two families become intertwined in a dispute after an incident following an unsuccessful marriage. The couple in question try to hash out what actually went wrong, as the surrounding family members point fingers at one another. Tension builds as all of their other problems seem to bubble to the surface at the same time.

The Sorceress

A man who lives in an old big house with his mother alone proposes to an actress. She agrees and they get marries but little by little, she begins to notice strange things happening in the house and becomes suspicious.

The Good, the Bad & the Corny

An artistic director is put under pressure by a wealthy investor to make a police movie featuring two commercial actors. The director believes they are the worst choices for the film but in order to prepare them for the roles he enlists the help of a police officer.

The Red Trauma

This movie is a romance scene in the context of a city trip in Tehran, where the main character of the film is trying to maintain the balance between the four personality dimensions of a woman (Mistress, Mother, Amazon, and Madonna archetypes). Like the very close encounter, this movie has a playfulness and narcissistic feelings besides thematic and temporal concerns.

Ice Flower