Title from menu screen. Accompanying booklet includes essays by Chris Marker, Jonathan Rosenbaum and Susan Doll. Special features include: interactive menus; film selection; two short films directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf; interview with Forough Farrokhzad's sister, Pooran, excerpted from PBS television special, Adventure divas: Iran. The two short films directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf are "Images from the Qajar Dynasty", (1993, 18 min.) and "The school blown away by the wind", (1996, 8 min.). "Images from the Qajar Dynasty", a documentary, was made when the filmmaker was preparing his feature, "Once upon a Time, Cinema". The Qajar (aka Ghajar) family ruled Iran from 1785-1925. The film shows rare photos and early films shot at the Shah's court, along with family portraits. "The school blown away by the wind" (aka "The school that was blown away") is about a school for nomad children seen in the film, "Gabbeh". An old man visits the classroom and is at first, mistaken for an inspector. He is eventually revealed as a former teacher of nomad children and has stopped by the school to refresh his memories of a happy time in his life. Cinematography, Soleyman Minasian; production assistants, Amir Karrari, Herand Minasian. In Farsi with English subtitles.