Director: Amir Dasargar
Cast: Hadi Hajifar, Mohammad Fili, Matin Pakzad, Matin Kermani, Alireza Akbari
Mantagheie Parvaz Mamnoo is a 2020 Iranian adventure-fantasy film directed by Amir Dasargar, following three enterprising teenagers whose drone-building project collides with a surprising local mystery — the rumored return of a wild cheetah to the plains outside their town.
What is Mantagheie Parvaz Mamnoo about?
Three secondary-school friends pour their energy into building a drone, hoping to enter a local competition and prove what they can do. Their focused routine is upended when word spreads that a cheetah has been spotted roaming the open countryside surrounding their small town — a creature long believed absent from the region. Curiosity overtakes caution, and the teens find themselves drawn away from circuit boards and propellers into an unexpected outdoor chase. What begins as an engineering challenge gradually becomes a quest that tests friendship, quick thinking, and their relationship with the wild landscape around them. The film keeps the competition and the animal mystery running side by side, building suspense without sacrificing its warm family tone.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Amir Dasargar and features a young ensemble led by Hadi Hajifar alongside Mohammad Fili, Matin Pakzad, Matin Kermani, and Alireza Akbari. The cast leans heavily on its teenage core, giving the story an authentic youthful energy and grounding the adventure in believable adolescent camaraderie.
Context & significance
Iranian family-adventure cinema has long used the natural landscape as both backdrop and protagonist, drawing on a tradition that stretches back through celebrated titles aimed at younger audiences. Mantagheie Parvaz Mamnoo fits squarely into that lineage, pairing a contemporary STEM storyline — teenagers competing in drone technology — with the kind of wide-open outdoor adventure that resonates across generations. For diaspora families raising children abroad, the film offers a window into an Iran of plains, wildlife, and cooperative youth culture rarely visible in international media. Its ecological undercurrent, centering on the endangered Asiatic cheetah, gives the story a gentle conservationist weight that elevates it beyond a simple coming-of-age romp.
Where & how to watch
Mantagheie Parvaz Mamnoo is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no extra download required, no VPN needed, no geo-blocking. Subscribe and cancel anytime.