Shirin Neshat Movies

This film is a rumination on cultural identity told through the viewpoint of a female photographer from Iran, traveling across the western US.

Shining a light on the trailblazing role of women war artists, on the front lines round the world, championing the female perspective on conflict...

In a highly fictionalized and stylized way, Neshat’s new film addresses the sexual exploitation of female political prisoners by the Islamic...

Three stories. We see, but little is explained. In "The Married Couple," a salesman pays a call on an old customer who is with his wife in the...

The installation features two black-and-white projections. One depicts a group of men dressed in Western suits and the other captures a group of...

Produced in collaboration with the American musical composer Philip Glass, Neshat’s narrative follows a procession of men as they carry a body...

Two screens face each other in a dark room, only a bench off to the side interrupting the space between them. Settling into this interstitial expanse...

In a world of chaos, a mystic finds solace in quiet moments—until a chance meeting with young activists forces him to confront the horrors of...