Vishka Asayesh
Biography: Vishka Asayesh was born on November 7, 1972 in Tehran. She is an Iranian actress, set designer and an art director. She obtained a degree in set design from the U.K. She is also a sculptor and has exhibited her art works at Etemad Gallery in Tehran in 2012. Vishka Asayesh is an Iranian actress, performer, art director, and sculptor. She became a household name following her portrayal of a female fatal in the epic hit TV series Imam Ali. She has been nominated 3 times for the best actress award of the Fajr Film Festival and won the Crystal Simorgh for best actress in a leading role in 2011 for No Men Allowed. This was the first time this award was bestowed to a female in a comedy role in the history of this festival. Her most successful films include No Men Allowed (2011), Sperm Whale (2015), Me and Sharmin (2017), The Good, the Bad & the Corny (2017), and Sly (2018). Her latest role is in The Badger (2020) and is a total shift from her comedy performances in recent years. Her stage performances include The Beauty Queen of Leenane (2013), a dramatic play written by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, and Mississippi Dies Seated (2016), based on a play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Vishka was also nominated for the best leading actress award for her role in The Beauty Queen of Leenane by the 11th Iranian Theater Actor Festival. Sculpting is one of Vishka’s main passions apart from cinema and theater and she has already exhibited her art at Etemad and Assar galleries in Tehran and is currently working on her next exhibition due in 2020.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 08, 1972
Deathday: N/A
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To Each His Own Cinema
2007-10-31
To Each His Own Cinema
Overview: Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-10-31
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Left Right
2023-01-11
Left Right
Overview: It's a story of two political activists from opposite parties whose children are accidentally mixed up at birth
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2023-01-11
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The Night Guardian
The Night Guardian
Overview: Due to drought, Rasoul has left the village. He is glad to find a job as a night guardian at a complex under construction. In the deserted construction site, something wrong is going on. In the strange circumstances around him, Rasoul finds himself trapped…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
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13
2014-12-18
13
Overview: The lack of communication between the mother and the father of a 13 year old, leads inevitably to a divorce. During this ordeal their son, feeling out of place, befriends some troubled older kids and gets involved in murder.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2014-12-18
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The Good, the Bad & the Corny
2017-02-15
The Good, the Bad & the Corny
Overview: An artistic director is put under pressure by a wealthy investor to make a police movie featuring two commercial actors. The director believes they are the worst choices for the film but in order to prepare them for the roles he enlists the help of a police officer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2017-02-15
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The Innocent
2022-08-24
The Innocent
Overview: Bahman Mardani after, 30 years, turns back to Iran to find out about a puzzle that made him left his country.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2022-08-24
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Octopus
2005-01-01
Octopus
Overview: Four women from various walks of life attempt to embezzle money from a credit institution
Genres: Action
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Sperm Whale
2015-05-20
Sperm Whale
Overview: Arjang, who was born before the revolution in Iran, has been in love with his childhood sweetheart, Roya, for the past 40 years. Roya, however, has brought him nothing but trouble. Now 50, and having experienced a revolution, a war, a divorce and both poverty and wealth, Arjang finds himself still in love with Roya.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2015-05-20
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I am Diego Maradona
2015-04-29
I am Diego Maradona
Overview: After a rock is thrown through a window, two families become intertwined in a dispute after an incident following an unsuccessful marriage. The couple in question try to hash out what actually went wrong, as the surrounding family members point fingers at one another. Tension builds as all of their other problems seem to bubble to the surface at the same time.
Genres: Family Drama Crime
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2015-04-29
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The Snow on the Pines
2013-04-09
The Snow on the Pines
Overview: Piano teacher Roya (Mahnaz Afshar) realizes that her marriage to Ali is in a deadlock when she discovers some of her husband's secrets. In the meantime she meets a young musician (Saber Abar) and has to make a painful choice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2013-04-09
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Ice Flower
2004-04-01
Ice Flower
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2004-04-01
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No Men Allowed
2011-06-15
No Men Allowed
Overview: In order to prepare her best and brightest for the upcoming chemistry Olympiad, strict, conservative headmistress Ms. Darabi is forced to break her lifelong rule of not allowing male teachers in the school and reluctantly hires the bumbling Mr. Jebeli. Little does she know though that several of her students, led by the self-assured Paria, have a plan to get her to fall in love with him. 'No Men Allowed' is a hilarious, rollicking romcom, chock-full of witty dialogue and zany antics that will have you coming back time and time again!
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2011-06-15
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Dar Moddat-e-Maloom
2016-02-10
Dar Moddat-e-Maloom
Overview: The film addresses a series of questions about the sexual problems of Iran's youth from puberty until marriage life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2016-02-10
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Seven Days
2024-09-06
Seven Days
Overview: The imprisoned Iranian women’s rights activist Maryam is allowed to meet her family for seven days. Her husband and children beg Maryam to flee with them instead of returning to prison but she has not yet made her decision.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2024-09-06
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Dracula
2016-06-10
Dracula
Overview: An addict is captured by a Dracula. Dracula's wife prevents him from killing the victim. The addict suggests a remedy which turns Dracula's life upside down.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Horror
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2016-06-10
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Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection
2017-10-06
Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection
Overview: Arjang, A 50-year old man, has loved Roya from his childhood years but he has failed to marry her due to some reasons. Roya migrates to the united states with her family due to some social restrictions of 1980s. Arjang who has never forgotten Roya, meets her different times later but each time he fails to marry her again. He has 50 now and is a wealthy man, so he insists Roya to stay in Iran and marry him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2017-10-06
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50 Kilos of Sour Cherry
2016-03-16
50 Kilos of Sour Cherry
Overview: When the corrupted groom starts shooting in the wedding ceremony, guests try to run away. Aida and Davoud accidentally end up in a car that crashes a police car. Aida lies to the inspector that Davoud is her husband and that's where the story begins.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2016-03-16
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Sly
2018-04-20
Sly
Overview: Ghodrat Samadi wants to become a member of parliament, but he has a reputation for recklessness and taking arbitrary action. Deciding his best course of action is negotiating with assorted parties and politicians, none take him seriously until he's connected to a single, notorious incident.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2018-04-20
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The Red Trauma
2017-01-28
The Red Trauma
Overview: This movie is a romance scene in the context of a city trip in Tehran, where the main character of the film is trying to maintain the balance between the four personality dimensions of a woman (Mistress, Mother, Amazon, and Madonna archetypes). Like the very close encounter, this movie has a playfulness and narcissistic feelings besides thematic and temporal concerns.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2017-01-28
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Me and Sharmin
2017-09-06
Me and Sharmin
Overview: The story of a young girl Tina who believes in her aunt's forecasts which is affecting all her life. She is not getting married, waiting for her hidden half Sharmin to come.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2017-09-06
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My Second Year in College
2019-02-01
My Second Year in College
Overview: Mahtab and Ava are classmates in their second year of college studying engineering. The story begin when they and other classmates go on a trip to Esfahan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2019-02-01
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We Are All Together
2019-06-05
We Are All Together
Overview: The adventure of a plane crash with passengers who have different secrets; the secrets that are not supposed to remain hidden forever...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2019-06-05
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In Silence
2019-07-15
In Silence
Overview: Sudabeh returns to Iran after years to escape the punishment of conscience, but he needs to tell a secret that it is difficult to tell a secret ...
Genres: Drama Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2019-07-15
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Pig
2018-04-19
Pig
Overview: A serial killer is going around killing Iran's most beloved filmmakers. Hasan, a blacklisted filmmaker himself, is depressed and wonders: why isn't he being targeted?
Genres: Drama Comedy Horror
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2018-04-19
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I Feel Sleepy
2012-06-13
I Feel Sleepy
Overview: Reza is a naive and honest middle age teacher that has difficulties in communicating with women. He meets a gummies saleswoman
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2012-06-13
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The Sorceress
1998-02-01
The Sorceress
Overview: A man who lives in an old big house with his mother alone proposes to an actress. She agrees and they get marries but little by little, she begins to notice strange things happening in the house and becomes suspicious.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1998-02-01
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Blood Orange
2010-09-01
Blood Orange
Overview: An engineer starts to have feelings for a girl named Terme which come to his office for decorating till a young photographer come to Terme's life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Maturity
2000-01-01
Maturity
Overview: Naser Khavari and his fiancee ...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Love + 2
1998-04-01
Love + 2
Overview: Four years after breaking up, Mahmood meets Yasaman on the day of her father's funeral, just after the latter has returned back from abroad. Mahmood has met Mina a year after his and ...
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1998-04-01
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The Badger
2020-10-25
The Badger
Overview: The Badger is the story of a 40-year-old woman called Soodeh Sharifzadegan who faces a strange incident, right before her second marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2020-10-25
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Sieben Tage
2025-05-15
Sieben Tage
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2025-05-15
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