Director: Seyyed Mehdi Ahmadpanah
Cast: Nasrollah Radesh, Ramin Nasernasir, Rahim Norouzi, Ramin Rastad, Amir Mohammad Zand
Farar Az Tale is a 2026 Iranian horror-thriller directed by Seyyed Mehdi Ahmadpanah, running 36 minutes. It blends escape-room mechanics with psychological tension as an artificial intelligence expert engineers a high-stakes game that traps three unwilling participants, forcing them to think, cooperate, and race against an unseen clock.
What is Farar Az Tale about?
When an AI specialist designs a trap disguised as an escape-room scenario, three strangers find themselves locked into a space where the only exit is through cooperation and problem-solving. The puzzles are not purely physical — they demand that the three participants read each other, trust each other, and keep their composure under mounting psychological pressure. The film keeps the stakes clear from the opening: failure is not an abstract outcome. At 36 minutes, Farar Az Tale moves with urgency, building dread through situation rather than elaborate set design. The horror here is less about what lurks in the shadows and more about what happens when people are stripped of autonomy and forced to perform under surveillance.
Cast & crew
Seyyed Mehdi Ahmadpanah directs an ensemble that includes Nasrollah Radesh, Ramin Nasernasir, Rahim Norouzi, Ramin Rastad, Amir Mohammad Zand, and Mohammad Loghmanian. The film rests on the interplay among its six cast members, and the confined setting places the weight of the story squarely on their performances. No production background on individual cast members has been confirmed for this title.
Context & significance
The escape-room format has become one of the more globally recognizable frameworks for survival-horror storytelling, and Iranian filmmakers have begun engaging with it in short and feature formats alike. Farar Az Tale arrives in 2026 as part of a broader wave of Iranian genre experiments that mix psychological pressure with technological anxiety — here, the AI specialist is not just a plot device but a symbol of control imposed by an unseen intelligence. For diaspora viewers outside Iran, access to new Iranian genre work has historically been limited; streaming has changed that, making short-form titles like this one available the same week they surface.
Where & how to watch
Farar Az Tale streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing. It is available on the web app, Android TV, and Android phone — no VPN required, no geographic restrictions. A K-Time subscription covers the full library and can be cancelled at any time.