Mehrdad Oskouei – MRQE

A Fox Under a Pink Moon

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

At just 16, Soraya is already creating stunning drawings and sculptures that are as beautiful as they are dark. This strong-willed Afghan sculptor and illustrator has been trying for five years to escape Iran and join her mother in Austria.

Sunless Shadows

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In an Iranian juvenile detention center, a group of adolescent girls serve their sentence for the grave crime of murdering their father, their husband or another male family member.

Starless Dreams

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Heavy snow falls from the sky as heavily-armed guards patrol the walls of an Iranian centre of correction and rehabilitation. Inside, the girls are waiting at the food counter. Among them are underage mothers and others who are married. All of them ended up here after becoming involved in crime. Drug dealing, assault, murder. Yet instead of cold-blooded criminals we discover friendly, warm young people who laugh, sing and cry together. Their close bonds have been forged by the troubled past they share. We learn of their fears of having to return to the lives they once left behind. The documental camera is intimate but respectful, the resulting portraits are full of dignity.

It’s Always Late for Freedom

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A documentary depicting the life of three teenager boys in the Tehran House of Correction. They are portrayed as victims of serious social problems such as addiction, poverty, and divorce.

Damagh be sabke irani

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A look at the reasons why every year 70,000 Iranians have a nose job.

Az pase borghe

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Other Side of Burka is a 2004 Iranian documentary directed by Mehrdad Oskouei. In the southern island of Qeshm, Iran, which is a very strict region in point of tradition and African-Arabic rules, all women are under the pressure of patriarch society. Their sufferance is manifested by different mental (Zar, Possession) and physical diseases which must be only treated by Zar Ceremony. For the first time, despite the danger these women face, this film tells us the sad story of their life and shows their confection in front of the camera. It tries to be an honest mirror which reflects their sufferance and unveils their Burka to reveal their real characters.