Ali and Zahra are the children of a poor family. When Ali loses Zahra’s shoes one day, he finds out they are in big trouble – they have only one pair of shoes to share! Ali’s only hope is a running race, in which he must finish third to win a pair of shoes. But things don’t go as he hopes them to …

Majid Majidi, now an internationally renowned director, has written and directed many award – winning movies, such as Baduk, The Color of God, and The father. The Children of Heaven was the first movie in the history of Iranian cinema to be nominated for an Oscar. It also won many awards at film festivals around the world.