Is The Night (2025) a real Iranian film or an international co-production?

It is an Iranian production directed by Ahari, featuring Iranian lead actors including Shahab Hosseini, and draws on Persian and seventeenth-century European folk traditions as its central subject matter.

Koja mitonam filme 'The Night' ro ba zirnevis farsi tamasha konam?

On K-Time you can stream The Night with Persian subtitles or switch to the Persian dub. No VPN needed — the platform is accessible from North America, Europe, Australia, and everywhere the Iranian diaspora lives.

Is this the same Shahab Hosseini from A Separation and The Salesman?

Yes — Shahab Hosseini, the acclaimed Iranian actor known internationally for his roles in Asghar Farhadi's films, stars here under Ahari's direction in a very different, darker genre register.

Aya 'The Night' baraaye tamam sanat monaseb hast ya filme tarsnak ast?

The film is classified as fantasy-horror and carries a dark, unsettling atmosphere rooted in folklore. It suits adult audiences who appreciate slow-burn, atmosphere-driven horror rather than action-heavy jump scares.

The Night

Name: The Night
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Released: 2025
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Kathreen Khavari, Elester Latham

Director: Kourosh Ahari

Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Kathreen Khavari, Elester Latham

The Night is a 2025 Iranian fantasy-horror film directed by Ahari, set against the eerie backdrop of a mythical forest where ancient folklore and seventeenth-century superstitions come alive — a chilling portrait of what lurks beyond the treeline when darkness falls.

What is The Night about?

When Kattalin ventures alone into a vast, fog-shrouded woodland, she discovers that the old stories her elders once whispered are far more than legend. The forest breathes with creatures drawn from centuries-old Persian and European folk memory, each one bound to the rituals and fears of a world untouched by modern reason. As night deepens around her, Kattalin must make sense of what she encounters — and decide how much of what she believes is real. The film unfolds slowly and deliberately, letting dread accumulate through atmosphere rather than shock, tracing one woman's solitary passage through a landscape where the boundary between myth and terror has long since dissolved.

Cast & crew

Shahab Hosseini, one of the most celebrated actors to emerge from Iranian cinema and a Cannes Best Actor winner, anchors the film with customary restraint and depth. Kathreen Khavari brings grounded intensity to her role, while Elester Latham rounds out the principal cast. All three perform under Ahari's direction in a film where silence and physical presence carry more weight than dialogue.

Context & significance

For Iranian diaspora audiences, The Night occupies a distinctive space: it draws on the rich tradition of Persian nighttime folklore — djinn, forest spirits, the moral weight carried by darkness in classical Iranian storytelling — while framing it within a horror register that speaks to international genre audiences. Ahari, who previously brought Iranian-American dread to the festival circuit, returns here to roots that feel specifically Persian in their pace and symbolism. Watching this film abroad, far from the physical landscapes it references, heightens its uncanny effect: the forest becomes a metaphor for cultural memory, for the inherited fears that travel with a people across borders and generations.

Where & how to watch

The Night is available on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking anywhere in the world. Subscribe and cancel anytime.