Iran, periferia sterrata e polverosa di Teheran. Un uomo gira con la sua automobile alla ricerca di qualcuno disposto, dietro compenso, a fare un lavoro per lui. I primi tentativi vanno a vuoto. Poi incontra un ragazzino curdo, nell'esercito per racimolare un po' di soldi, e lo conduce davanti a una grosso buca. Il compito è quello di tornare lì la mattina successiva e chiamarlo due volte. Se non risponde, il ragazzo, aiutato da una pala, dovrà coprire il suo corpo con la terra.
Un bambino che vive in un villaggio iraniano cerca di raggiungere un compagno che abita in un altro paesino. Deve consegnargli il quaderno che per errore è rimasto nella sua cartella. Se non potrà fare i compiti, il compagno verrà punito. Kiarostami racconta con tempi sospesi la microdissea del suo protagonista. Sembrano non esserci speranze per l'infanzia iraniana, se non quelle che sorgono dalla forza e dalla generosità interiore. Opera prima della trilogia dedicata alla difficoltà di essere giovani.
Da tempo emigrata, Nafas, una donna afgana, tenta di tornare in patria per soccorrere la sorella.
Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness," of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.
An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?
A minimalist study of lonely, isolated existence. Mohamad Sardari has spent thirty years at a remote outpost raising and lowering a gate to keep road traffic from crossing tracks when a train passes. He lives with his wife in an unadorned shack; a few bare trees dot the threadbare landscape.
THE BRIGHT DAY weaves a story that has its roots in the complexity of Iran’s draconian laws governing capital punishment. A kindergarten teacher hopes to aid the father of one of her young students, a man accused of manslaughter, by convincing each of seven reluctant witnesses to come forward. No one lacks a hidden agenda in this drama in which shades of truth collide with self-interest and the specter of payback. (Gene Siskel Film Center)
Echo (Persian: پژواك) is a 1997 Iranian Drama film Written and directed by Hossein Shahabi.
For forty years, Esfandiar has been unconcernedly preparing corpses for the journey to their final resting place. One day, whilst preparing a burial service, he's taken ill. Might he too be mortal?
A film written and directed by Siavash
Hundred to one hundred (Persian: صدبرابرصد) is a 1995 Iranian film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)
Forough is a middle aged woman whose husband has temporarily married with another woman. Even though that was kept secret from her, but his action is considered legal in Iran. Now the husband is in prison, due to not being able to pay second wife’s “Mehrieh” (the bride’s marriage portion).The second wife intends to receive her Mehrieh by asking the court’s permission to sell his house. Forough, the first wife, in order to not lose her home, intends to sell all she has to pay for her husband’s debt and release him from the jail.
The Last Word (Persian: حرف آخر) is a 2009 social drama Iranian film Written And Directed By Hossein Shahabi. This is a film about Iranian champion athletes.
Tunnel 18 (Persian: تونل 18) is a 1997 Iranian Historical drama film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)
The Traces of Light (Persian: رد پاي نور) is a 1996 Iranian drama film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)
A documentary about life and career of an eighty-year-old Iranian actress, Iran Daftari.
The Photo (Persian: عکس) is a 2001 Iranian drama film Written and directed by Hossein Shahabi
Siavash Shahabi film made in 2011.