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Inside Amir

Directed by Amir Azizi

May 2, 2026, 8:00PM PT

Marina Theater, San Francisco

Producer Ali Azizi is expected to attend for a post-screening Q&A.

While he awaits the approval of a visa to join his girlfriend, Tara, abroad in Italy, Amir inhabits an existence in limbo. He spends his days biking through Tehran, delivering packages and visiting with friends across the city where hot afternoons playing table tennis intermingle with his memories of first meeting Tara. As Amir hovers on the precipice of a major life change, each conversation explores the push and pull of emigration and the uncertainty of leaving home, even if departing means rejoining a cherished relationship. With intimately rendered performances and an eye toward making even the present feel nostalgic, director Amir Azizi paints an evocative portrait of being not quite here, yet not quite there. In both its quiet drama and its sweeping imagery of Tehran, Inside Amir is a warmly honest portrayal of life’s in-between moments. —Amber Love

Original Title: Daroon-e-Amir

Country: Iran

Year: 2025

Writer / Director: Amir Azizi

Producers: Amir Azizi, Ali Azizi, Elham Azizi

Cinematographer: Ali Ehsani

Editor: Amir Azizi

Music: Delaram Kamareh

Cast: Amirhossein Hosseini, Nader Pourmahin, Nariman Farrokhi, Hadis Nazari, Pirouz Nemati, Sohrab Mahdavi, Elham Azizi, Sajjad Hamidian, Delaram Kamareh

Running Time: 104 minutes

Language: Persian / English

About Amir Azizi

Amir Azizi (Ahvaz, Iran, 1984) began his career in film in 2003. He worked as a director’s assistant with renowned Iranian filmmakers, including Kianoush Ayari and Rakhshan Banietemad. He directed several short films, such as The Idiot (2007), Two Cold Meals for One Person (2009), and Family Portrait (2010), which all screened at national and international festivals. His documentaries, Nature and Cities of Iran (2013), Wolf (2018), and Home (2022) focus on local and environmental themes and received critical acclaim. His first feature, Temporary (2015), was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival and Med Film Festival in Rome, winning a Special Jury Prize. His second feature, Two
Dogs (2020), competed at Warsaw and won awards at Bangalore and other festivals.