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• Salman the Persian 2023 Series Series and programmes Iran

  Davoud Mirbagheri's Iranian mega-series on Salman al-Farisi's journey from Persia to Islam and his meeting with the Prophet — Iran's largest recent religious production.

• Damascus Time 2018 Film Films Iran

  Ebrahim Hatamikia's Iranian film about pilots flying aid into besieged Syria under ISIS attack — a major contemporary Iranian war production.

• Muhammad: The Messenger of God 2015 Film Films Iran

  Majid Majidi's Iranian epic about the Prophet's childhood in Mecca; he is shown from behind and in silhouette, never his face. It was planned as the first part of a trilogy.

• A Separation 2011 Film Films Iran

  Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-winning film about a Tehran divorce entangled with a religious-legal dispute — Qur'anic oaths and piety at the centre of the moral dilemma.

• Mokhtarnameh 2011 Series Series and programmes Iran

  Davoud Mirbagheri's Iranian series on al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd's uprising in Kufa to avenge Karbala; members of the Prophet's family are depicted on screen per Shia convention.

• The Kingdom of Solomon 2010 Film Films Iran

  Shahriar Bahrani's Iranian film on the prophet Solomon's kingdom as told in Islamic sources; Solomon appears on screen per Iranian convention.

• The Stoning of Soraya M. 2009 Film Films IranUnited States

  A film dramatising the true account of Soraya Manutchehri, falsely accused of adultery and stoned in an Iranian village — from Freidoune Sahebjam's book.

• Snow 2008 Film Films Bosnia & HerzegovinaGermanyFrance

  Snow.

• The Song of Sparrows 2008 Film Films Iran

  The Song of Sparrows.

• Prophet Joseph 2008 Series Series and programmes Iran

  A 45-episode Iranian series telling the complete story of the prophet Joseph; dubbed into dozens of languages and among Iran's most successful religious dramas.

• The Messiah 2007 Film Films Iran

  Nader Talebzadeh's Iranian film presenting the life of Jesus from the Islamic perspective, including the Muslim account of the crucifixion.

• Persepolis 2007 Animation Films FranceIran

  The French-Iranian animated film of Marjane Satrapi's childhood in revolutionary and post-revolutionary Iran — Oscar-nominated.

• Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame 2007 Film Films FranceIran

  Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame.

• Offside 2006 Film Films Iran

  Jafar Panahi's film about Iranian girls trying to enter a stadium closed to women; Silver Bear winner at Berlinale.

• The Lizard 2004 Film Films Iran

  The Lizard.

• Turtles Can Fly 2004 Film Films FranceIraqIran

  Turtles Can Fly.

• At Five in the Afternoon 2003 Film Films FranceIran

  At Five in the Afternoon.

• Osama 2003 Film Films AfghanistanIran

  Siddiq Barmak's film — the first Afghan feature after the Taliban — about a girl disguised as a boy named Osama to feed her family; Golden Globe winner.

• Baran 2001 Film Films Iran

  Majid Majidi's film about an Iranian construction worker who discovers his co-worker is an Afghan girl in disguise; one of his Afghan-refugee works.

• Kandahar 2001 Film Films FranceIran

  Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film about an Afghan-Canadian journalist travelling to Kandahar to save her sister under Taliban rule; a landmark pre-2001 film on Afghanistan.

• Saint Mary 2001 Film Films Iran

  Shahriar Bahrani's Iranian film about Maryam daughter of Imran and the birth of Jesus, told from the Qur'anic and Islamic tradition.

• The Circle 2000 Film Films SwitzerlandIranItaly

  The Circle.

• The Day I Became a Woman 2000 Film Films Iran

  Marzieh Meshkini's Iranian film: three stories of Iranian women at three ages; among the best-known Iranian films on women.

• The Color of Paradise 1999 Film Films Iran

  Majid Majidi's film about a blind boy in Iran and his ties to father and grandmother; a warm classic of Iranian cinema.

• The Men of Angelos 1997 Series Series and programmes Iran

  Farajollah Salahshour's Iranian series on the People of the Cave — the youths who slept through a pagan empire's persecution; an early Iranian religious drama widely dubbed into Arabic.

• Children of Heaven 1997 Film Films Iran

  Majid Majidi's Iranian film about two poor Tehran children sharing one pair of shoes; among the best-known Iranian films, Oscar-nominated.

• Leila 1997 Film Films Iran

  Leila.

• Taste of Cherry 1997 Film Films Iran

  Abbas Kiarostami's Palme d'Or winner about a Tehran man seeking someone to bury him if he dies by suicide — its dialogues turn on Islamic arguments over life and death.

• The White Balloon 1995 Film Films Iran

  The White Balloon.

• Imam Ali 1995 Series Series and programmes Iran

  Davoud Mirbagheri's Iranian series on Ali ibn Abi Talib from the Prophet's death to his martyrdom in Kufa; Ali is depicted on screen, per Shia convention.