The Riverside (Kenar-e Roodkhaneh)

In a desolate mountain pass near the Iraq-Iran border, a beautiful young woman screams hysterically to her new husband for help when she realises she's stepped on an anti-personnel mine that will explode as soon as she lifts her foot. Her groom races off across the rocks in search of assistance. Meanwhile, a number of wandering Kurds traverse the rocky landscape: a man transports a body wrapped in plastic; an old homeless woman has her worldly possessions strapped to the back of a cow; three men follow a row of enormous power lines to the Iran border; a young man scuttles over the terrain with guns slung over his back; a woman carries her two young granddaughters to safety. As helicopters fly overhead, the refugees flee for their lives, eventually reaching the border where the young bride waits for her husband to return.
Effectively capturing the sense of loss and displacement of this innocent group of people, director Ali-reza Amini has crafted a tense and timely allegorical tale.