11th edition CIFF – 9-13 April 2025

FILMS 2025: Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees

FILMS 2024:  Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees
FILMS 2019: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2018: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2016: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2015: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film

Critical Zone

Iran | 2023 | 99 min | Persian | e.s.

Another film from Iran that had to be shot clandestinely. Drug dealer Amir (Amir Poosti) roams the streets of Tehran, supplying his clients. Living alone with his horny bulldog, Mr. Fred, his nightly journeys take him to the most unexpected places, where he encounters a diverse array of people from all walks of life: a yoga teacher, transgender prostitutes, a hospital patient, and flight attendants who double as drug mules.
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To his clients, Amir is much more than just a dealer; he is a confidant, a shoulder to cry on, a soulmate, a healer. With minimal technical resources and support, Ahmadzadeh has crafted a series of intimate portraits, bringing to the screen individuals from a society that has lost faith in higher powers; whether government or God.

Filmed with three hidden cameras and featuring mostly non-actors, this is a raw and striking example of true underground cinema.

Place: The Cinemas 

Date: April 9

Time: 20:00 

Duration:99 min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 12 

Time: 

Duration:99 min

Year in
Festival

2025

Director

Ali Ahmadzadeh

Country

Iran

Language

Persian

Length

99

Year of Production

2023