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The cinema of Iran (or Persian cinema) is a flourishing film industry with a long history. Many popular commercial films are made in Iran, and CFEDF films have won many international film awards. Image File history File linksMetadata Persian_art_collage. ... The Iranian Cultural Continent - consisting of the modern nations Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and surrounding regions - is home to one of the richest art heritages in world history and encompasses many disciplines including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and stone masonry. ... The Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world. ... Persian painting has several branches, most famously the classical art of the Persian miniature, and including the modern popular form of Qahveh Khanehei Painting (Tea House style of painting). ... The themes of Persian miniature are mostly related to the Persian mythology and poetry. ... The decorative arts are traditionally defined as ornamental and functional works in ceramic, wood, glass, metal, or textile. ... Iran (Persia) possesses an extraordinary treasure of royal jewelry including the mothers-of-pearl caught in the Persian Gulf. ... Persian embroidery is one of the many forms of the multi-faceted Persian arts. ... Persia (Iran) has an ancient tradition of its own design of motifs. ... Pottery Vessel, Fourth Millennium BCE. The Sialk collection of Tehrans National Museum of Iran. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... Kelileh va Demneh Persian manuscript copy dated 1429, from Herat, depicts the Jackal trying to lead the Lion astray. ... The beliefs and practices of the culturally and linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the Iranian Plateau and its borderlands, as well as areas of Central Asia from the Black Sea to Khotan (modern Ho-tien, China), form Persian mythology. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... Iranian architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Iranian cuisine. ... The Persian carpet (Pahlavi bōb[1] Persian farš فرش, meaning to spread and Arabic qāli, Turkish hali)[2] is an essential part of Persian art and culture. ... Art depicting two men in a Persian Garden Persian Gardens refers to a tradition and style of garden design which originated in Persia, modernday Iran. ... This article is about Performance art. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Figurines playing stringed instruments, excavated at Susa, 3rd millennium BC. Iran National Museum. ...

Iranian film Festivals are held annually around the globe. Along with China, Iran has been lauded as one of the best exporters of cinema in the 1990s.^[1] Some critics now rank Iran as the world's most important national cinema, artistically, with a significance that invites comparison to Italian neorealism and similar movements in past decades.^[2] World-renowned Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke and German filmmaker Werner Herzog, along with many film critics from around the world, has praised Iranian cinema as one of the world’s most important artistic cinemas.^[3] Italian neorealism is a film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed in long takes on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors for secondary and sometimes primary roles. ... Michael Haneke A feature film is twenty-four lies per second. ... Werner Herzog (born Werner Stipetić on September 5, 1942) is a critically and internationally acclaimed German film director, screenwriter, actor, and opera director. ...

Besides films made in Iran, the terms "Iranian cinema" and "Persian cinema" can also refer to the cinema of the Iranian Cultural Continent ("Greater Iran"), such as Tajikistan and Afghanistan. The term may also refer to movies made using the Persian language but filmed or produced in other regions, such as Europe and the United States or to movies made by Iranians in languages other than Iranian ones. After Islamic Conquest  Modern SSR = Soviet Socialist Republic Afghanistan  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Iran  Iraq  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan  This box:      Greater Iran (in Persian: Irān-e Bozorg, or Irān-zamÄ«n; the Encyclopedia Iranica uses the term Iranian Cultural Continent[1]) is a term for the Iranian plateau in addition to... Farsi redirects here. ... The Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family. ...

History

Visual arts in Persia

See also: Persian theatre One of the earliest examples in visual representations in Iranian history can be traced to the bas-reliefs in Persepolis (c. 500 B. C.). Bas reflief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. Persepolis was the ritual center of the ancient kingdom of Achaemenids and "the figures at Persepolis remain bound by the rules of grammar and syntax of visual language."^[4] Theater background in Persia goes back to antiquity (641-1000 BC). ... Bas relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. ... This article is about the ancient city. ... Achaemenid Empire The Achaemenid Dynasty was a dynasty in the ancient Persian Empire, including Cyrus II the Great, Darius I and Xerxes I. At the height of their power, the Achaemenid rulers of Persia ruled over territories roughly emcompassing some parts of todays Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon...

This style and complexity of visual representation reached its high peak about a thousand years later during the Sassanian reign. A bas-relief in Taq-e-Bostan (western Iran) depicts a complex hunting scene. In these visual representations, movements and actions are articulated in a sophisticated manner. It is even possible to see the progenitor of the cinema close-up: a wounded wild pig escaping from the hunting ground.^[5] Head of king Shapur II (Sasanian dynasty A.D. 4th century). ... Bas relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. ...

After the Arab invasion and conversion from Zoroastrianism to Islam — a religion in which visual symbols were avoided — Persian art continued its visual practices. Persian miniatures are great examples of such attempts. The deliberate lack of perspective enabled the artist to have different plots and sub-plots within the same image space. A very popular form of such art was Pardeh-Khani. Another type of art in the same category was Naqqali.^[6] Zoroastrianism is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra, Zartosht). ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

Other than-popular dramatic performance arts, before the advent of cinema in Iran, are Khaymeshab-bazi (puppet show), Saye-bazi (shadow plays), Rouhozi (comical acts), and Ta'zieh.^[7] Tazieh (Persian: تعزیه) and Naqqali are traditional Persian theatrical genres in which the drama is conveyed wholly or predominantly through music and singing. ...

Early Persian cinema

Cinema was only five years old when it came to Persia at the beginning of the 20th century. The first Persian filmmaker was Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi, the official photographer of Muzaffar al-Din Shah, the Shah of Persia from 1896–1907. After a visit to Paris in July 1900, Akkas Bashi obtained a camera and filmed the Shah's visit to Europe upon the Shah's orders. He is said to have filmed the Shah’s private and religious ceremonies, but no copies of such films are extant. A few years after Akkas Bashi started photography, Khan Baba Motazedi, another pioneer in Iranian motion picture photography emerged.^[8] He shot a considerable amount of newsreel footage during the reign of Qajar to the Pahlavi dynasty.^[9] Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi was the royal photographer of Mozzafar al-Din Shah Qajar, the King of Persia. ... Mozzafar-al-Din Shah (1853 - 1907) was the Shah of Persia between 1896 and 1907. ... One of the worlds longest-lasting monarchies, the Iranian monarchy went through many transformations over the centuries, from the days of Persia to the creation of what is now modern day Iran. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi was the royal photographer of Mozzafar al-Din Shah Qajar, the King of Persia. ... Shah or Shahzad is a Persian term for a monarch (ruler) that has been adopted in many other languages. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Qajar dynasty was the ruling family of Persia from 1796 to 1925. ... The Pahlavi dynasty (in Persian: دودمان پهلوی) of Iran began with the crowning of Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1925 and ended with the Iranian Revolution of 1979, and the subsequent collapse of the ancient tradition of Iranian monarchy. ...

In 1904, Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi opened the first movie theater in Tehran.^[10] After Mirza Ebrahim Khan, several others like Russi Khan, Ardeshir Khan, and Ali Vakili tried to establish new movie theaters in Tehran. Until the early 1930s, there were little more than 15 theatres in Tehran and 11 in other provinces.^[11] Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi was a poineering Persian photographer and cinematographer. ... For other uses, see Tehran (disambiguation). ...

In 1925, an Armenian-Iranian cinematographer, Ovanes Ohanian, decided to establish the first film school in Iran. Within five years he managed to run the first session of the school under the name "Parvareshgahe Artistiye cinema" (The Cinema Artist Educational Centre).^[12] Armenian-Iranians, also known as Parska-Hye (meaning those that are from Iran) are one of the ethnic minorities living in Iran. ... Ovanes Ohanian was an Armenian-Iranian filmmaker who established the first film school in Persia. ...

1930s and 40s

In 1932, Abdolhossein Sepanta made the first Iranian sound film, entitled Lor Girl. Later, in 1935, he directed movies such as Ferdowsi (the life story of the most celebrated epic poet of Iran), Shirin and Farhaad (a classic Iranian love story), and Black Eyes (the story of Nader Shah's invasion of India). In 1937, he directed Laili and Majnoon, an Eastern love story similar to the English story of Romeo and Juliet. Abdolhossein Sepanta (June 4, 1907 – March 28, 1969 ) was a noted iranian film director and producer . ... 1902 poster advertising Gaumonts sound films, depicting an optimistically vast auditorium A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. ... Lor Girl ( Dokhtar-e Lor ) was the first talkie film ever to be produced in the Persian language. ... Ferdowsi Tousi (فردوسی طوسی in Persian) (more commonly transliterated Firdausi, Ferdosi or Ferdusi) (935–1020) is considered to be one of the greatest Persian poets to have ever lived. ... Nader Shah’s portrait from the collection of Smithsonian Institute Nāder Shāh Afshar (Persian: نادر شاه افشار ; also known as Nader Qoli Beg, نادر قلی بیگ, Tahmasp-Qoli Khan, تهماسپ قلی خان) (October 22, 1688 - June 19, 1747) ruled as Shah of Iran (1736–47) and was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty. ... ... Romeo and Juliet in the famous balcony scene by Ford Madox Brown For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation). ...

The present day Iranian film industry owes a lot of its progress to two industrious personalities, Esmail Koushan and Farrokh Ghaffari. By establishing the first National Iranian Film Society in 1949 at the Iran Bastan Museum and organizing the first Film Week during which English films were exhibited, Ghaffari laid the foundation for alternative and non-commercial films in Iran. Esmail Koushan or Kooshan is a one of the pioneering figures of Persian cinema. ...

Early Persian directors like Abdolhossein Sepanta and Esmail Koushan took advantage of the richness of Persian literature and ancient Persian mythology. In their work, they put emphasized ethics and humanity.^[13] Abdolhossein Sepanta (June 4, 1907 – March 28, 1969 ) was a noted iranian film director and producer . ... Esmail Koushan or Kooshan is a one of the pioneering figures of Persian cinema. ... Kelileh va Demneh Persian manuscript copy dated 1429, from Herat, depicts the Jackal trying to lead the Lion astray. ... The beliefs and practices of the culturally and linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the Iranian Plateau and its borderlands, as well as areas of Central Asia from the Black Sea to Khotan (modern Ho-tien, China), form Persian mythology. ... For other uses, see Ethics (disambiguation). ... Compassion is best described as an understanding of the emotional state of another; not to be confused with empathy. ...

Pre-revolutionary cinema, 1950s-70s

Poster of the film Kaiser

The 1960s was a significant decade for Iranian cinema, with 25 commercial films produced annually on average throughout the early ‘60s, increasing to 65 by the end of the decade. The majority of production focused on melodrama and thrillers. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

The movie that really boosted the economy of Iranian cinema and initiated a new genre was Ganj-e-Qarun (Croesus Treasure), made in 1965 by Siamak Yasami. Four years later Masud Kimiaie made Kaiser. With Kaiser (Qeysar), Kimiaie depicted the ethics and morals of the romanticized poor working class of the Ganj-e-Qarun genre through his main protagonist, the titular Qeysar. But Kimiaie's film generated another genre in Iranian popular cinema: the tragic action drama.^[14] Qeysar (Persian: ‎ ),also written as Gheisar, Kaiser and Gheysar, is a 1969 film by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Masoud Kimiai. ...

With the screening of the films Kaiser and The Cow, produced by Masoud Kimiay and Darius Mehrjui in 1969, alternative films established their status in the film industry. Attempts to organize a film festival that had begun in 1954 within the framework of the Golrizan Festival, called for the boring of fruits with the Sepas Festival in 1969 and the endeavors of Ali Mortazavi, which resulted in the formation of the Tehran World Festival in 1973. Qeysar (Persian: ‎ ),also written as Gheisar, Kaiser and Gheysar, is a 1969 film by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Masoud Kimiai. ... Gaav (Eng: The Cow) is a 1969 Iranian movie directed by Dariush Mehrjui,and written by Gholam-Hossein Saedi based on his own play and novel. ... Massoud Kimiay (in Persian: مسعود کیمیایی), director, screenwriter, producer, Born in 1941, Tehran, Iran. ... Darius Mehrjui (in Persian: داریوش مهرجویی), Director, Scriptwriter. ...

Pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema produced notable movies such as:

• The Bride of the Sea, by the late Arman (1965)
• Siavash at Persepolis, by the late Ferreydun Rahnama (1967)
• The Brick and The Mirror, by Ebrahim Golestan (1967)
• The House of God, by Jalal Moghaddam (1966)
• The Husband of Ahoo Khanom, by Davood Mollapour (1968)

Ebrahim Golestan is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure, with a career spanning half a century. ...

Post-revolutionary cinema

"The Last Supper" touches on traditional Iranian cinema taboos such as inter-generational marriage.

Post-revolutionary Iranian cinema has been celebrated in many international forums and festivals for its distinct style, themes, authors, idea of nationhood, and cultural references. Starting With Viva... by Khosrow Sinai and followed by Many excellent Iranian directors who emerged in the last few decades, such as Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi. Kiarostami, who some critics regard as one of the few great directors in the history of cinema,^[15] planted Iran firmly on the map of world cinema when he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Taste of Cherry in 1997. Image File history File linksMetadata Sham_e_akhar. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Sham_e_akhar. ... Khosrow Sinai (born 19 January 1941 in Sari, Iran) is a famous Iranian film director. ... Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: `Abbās Kiyārostamī; born 22 June 1940) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Jafar Panahi (born July 11, 1960 in Mianeh, Iran) is an internationally-acclaimed independent filmmaker. ... Palme dOr The Palme dOr (Golden Palm) is the highest prize given to a film at the Cannes Film Festival. ... The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ... Taste of Cherry (Persian: طعم گيلاس Tam-e gilass) is a 1997 film by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. ...

The continuous presence of Iranian films in prestigious international festivals such as Cannes, the Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival attracted world attention to Iranian masterpieces., as Iranian films have repeatedly been nominated for or won prestigious prizes at those festivals. In 2006, six Iranian films, with six different styles, represented Iranian cinema at the Berlin Film Festival, and critics considered this a remarkable event in the history of Iranian cinema. ^[16][17] The Venice Film Festival ( ) is the oldest film festival in the world. ... The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the most important film festivals in Europe and the world. ...

An important step was taken in 1998 when the Iranian government began to fund ethnic cinema. Since then Iranian Kurdistan has seen the rise of numerous filmmakers. In particular the film industry got momentum in Iranian Kurdistan and the region has seen the emergence of filmmakers such as Bahman Ghobadi, actually the entire Ghobadi family, Ali-Reza Rezai, Khosret Ressoul and many other younger filmmakers.^[18] Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Îranê [1] or Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) [2] or Rojhilatê Kurdistan (East of Kurdistan) [3], formerly: Persian Kurdistan) is an unofficial name for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has borders with Iraq and Turkey. ... Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Îranê [1] or Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) [2] or Rojhilatê Kurdistan (East of Kurdistan) [3], formerly: Persian Kurdistan) is an unofficial name for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has borders with Iraq and Turkey. ... Bahman Ghobadi (born February 1, 1969) is a Kurdish film director. ...

Contemporary Iranian cinema

Today, the Iranian box office is dominated by commercial Iranian films. Western films are not commonly shown in cinemas, but classic and contemporary western films are shown on state television in censored versions, and uncensored versions are easily available in markets. Iranian art films are often not screened officially, and are viewable via illegal DVDs which are easily available. Nevertheless, some of these acclaimed films were screened in Iran and had box office success. Examples include Rassul Sadr Ameli's "I’m Taraneh, 15", Rakhshan Bani-Etemad's "Under the skin of the City", Bahman Ghobadi's "Marooned in Iraq" and Manijeh Hekmat's "Women’s Prison".^[19]

Commercial cinema in Iran

Actress La'ya Zanganeh stars in the box office hit Mozahem.

The internationally award-winning cinema of Iran is quite different from the domestically oriented films. The latter caters to an entirely different audience, which is largely under the age of 25. This commercial Iranian cinema genre is largely unknown in the West, as the films are targeted at local audiences. There are two categories of this type of film: Image File history File links Mozahem. ... Image File history File links Mozahem. ...

• Films about the victory of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the ensuing Iran–Iraq war, filled with strong religious and national motifs.
• Formulaic films starring popular actors. With 130 Iranian films looking for a screening each year, cinema managers tend to prefer crowd-pleasing comedies, romantic melodramas, and family comedies over the other genres.^[20] The Lizard, Outsiders, Aquarium, Ceasefire, M like Mother, Glass Agency, Charlatan and Killing Mad Dogs were among the post-revolutionary films that gained the highest box office records.^[21][22][23]These films have similarities with Indian popular cinema and with Hollywood (but also have distinct differences). They are chaste, in that the hero and his love interest do not so much kiss but rather walk off into the metaphorical sunset as the end credits roll. The appeal of these films is the escapism offered by their “western” attributes and their "non-Iranian" identity.^{[citation needed]}

For many years, the most visible face of Iranian commercial cinema was Mohammad Ali Fardin, who starred in a number of popular successful films. In the more conservative social climate of Iran after the Iranian Revolution of 1979, however, he came to be considered an embarrassment to Iranian national identity and his films — which depicted romance, alcohol, scantily-clad women, and a lifestyle now condemned by the Islamic government — were banned. Although this would effectively prevent Fardin from making films for the remainder of his life, the ban did little to diminish his broad popularity with Iranian moviegoers: His funeral in Tehran was attended by 20,000 mourners.^[24] Before Fardin, one could argue, Iran simply did not have a commercial cinema.^[25] Mim Mesle Madar (or M like mother; also M for Mother) is Academy Award nominated Iranian film directed by Rasoul Mollaqolipour. ... Mohammad Ali Fardin (1930 - April 6, 2000) was an Iranian actor. ... After Islamic Conquest  Modern SSR = Soviet Socialist Republic Afghanistan  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Iran  Iraq  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan  This box:      The Iranian Revolution (also known as the Islamic Revolution,[1][2][3][4][5][6] Persian: انقلاب اسلامی, Enghelābe Eslāmi) was the revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... A ban is, generally, any decree that prohibits something. ... For other uses, see Tehran (disambiguation). ...

During the war years, crime thrillers such as Senator (1983), The Eagles (1984), Boycott (1985), The Tenants (1986), and Kani Manga (1987) occupied the first position on the sales charts.^[26]

Officially, the Iranian government disdains American cinema: in 2007 President Ahmadinejad's media adviser told the Fars news agency, "We believe that the American cinema system is devoid of all culture and art and is only used as a device."^[27] However, numerous western commercial films such as Edison, The Illusionist, Passion of the Christ, House of Sand and Fog, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Others and The Aviator have been screened in Iranian cinemas and Iranian film festivals since the revolution. Despite great pride in the country’s more than one hundred year old film history, Western cinema is enormously popular among Iran’s young people, and practically every recent Hollywood film is available on CD, DVD, or video.^{[28][29][30][31]} Conservative-controlled state television has also broadcast more Western movies -- partly because millions of Iranians have been switching to the use of banned satellite television equipment.^[32] Edison Force is a 2005 movie written and directed by David J. Burke. ... For the Scar Symmetry song see The Illusionist (song). ... The Passion of the Christ promotional poster The Passion of the Christ (2004) is an independent film about the last twelve hours of the life of Jesus Christ. ... This article is about the movie. ... Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a film released on September 17, 2004 in the United States. ... The Others has been the name of various films and TV series: In film: The Others, a 2001 film by Alejandro Amenábar, starring Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston. ... For other uses, see Aviator (disambiguation) The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese, and based largely on the book Hughes by Richard Hack. ...

There is no particular love of Arab or Indian cinema among the Iranian masses – in the last eight years, there has not been a single film from these countries screened in Iran. 6 to 8 Hollywood films make it to Iranian movie theaters each year.

Iranian New Wave films

Main article: Iranian New Wave

In the 1960s, there were 'New Wave' movements in the cinema of numerous countries. The pioneers of the Iranian New Wave were directors like Forough Farrokhzad,Khosrow Sinai, Sohrab Shahid Saless, Bahram Beizai, and Parviz Kimiavi. They made innovative art films with highly political and philosophical tones and poetic language. Subsequent films of this type have become known as the New Iranian cinema to distinguish them from their earlier roots. The most notable figures of the Iranian New Wave are Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi, Majid Majidi, Bahram Beizai, Darius Mehrjui, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Khosrow Sinai, Sohrab Shahid-Saless, Parviz Kimiavi, Samira Makhmalbaf, Amir Naderi, and Abolfazl Jalili. Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi belong to the so called New wave of Persian cinema Iranian New Wave refers to a new movement in Persian cinema. ... Forough Farrokhzad Forough Farrokhzad (Persian: فروغ فرخزاد) (January 5, 1935 — February 13, 1967) was an Iranian poetess and film director. ... Khosrow Sinai (born 19 January 1941 in Sari, Iran) is a famous Iranian film director. ... Sohrab Shahid Saless (Born 1944 Ghazvin) was an Iranian filmmaker and one of the most celebrated figures in 20th century Iranian cinema. ... Bahram Beyzayi (born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian play writer and film director. ... Parviz Kimiavi (Born 1939 Tehran) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian (Persian) film director, screenwriter, editor and one of the most prominent figure of Persian cinema of the 20th century. ... Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: `Abbās Kiyārostamī; born 22 June 1940) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Jafar Panahi (born July 11, 1960 in Mianeh, Iran) is an internationally-acclaimed independent filmmaker. ... Majid Majidi Majid Majidi (Persian: مجید مجیدی; born 1959, Tehran, Persia (Iran)) is an Iranian film producer, director, and screenwriter. ... Bahram Beyzayi (born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian play writer and film director. ... Darius Mehrjui (in Persian: داریوش مهرجویی), Director, Scriptwriter. ... </gallery> Image:http://www. ... Khosrow Sinai (born 19 January 1941 in Sari, Iran) is a famous Iranian film director. ... Sohrab Shahid Saless (1944, Ghazvin - 1998, Washington DC) was an Iranian filmmaker and one of the most celebrated figures in 20th century Iranian cinema. ... Parviz Kimiavi (Born 1939 Tehran) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian (Persian) film director, screenwriter, editor and one of the most prominent figure of Persian cinema of the 20th century. ... Image:Makhmalbaf-samira. ... Amir Naderi (in Persian: امیر نادری) Director, Screenwriter, Born in 1945, Abadan, Iran. ... Abolfazl Jalili (Born 1957, Saveh, Iran) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director. ...

The factors leading to the rise of the New Wave in Iran were, in part, due to the intellectual and political movements of the time. A romantic climate was developing after the 19 August 1953 coup in the sphere of arts. Alongside this, a socially committed literature took shape in the 1950s and reached a peak in the 1960s, which may consider as the golden era of contemporary Persian literature.^[33] is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Kelileh va Demneh Persian manuscript copy dated 1429, from Herat, depicts the Jackal trying to lead the Lion astray. ...

Features of New Wave Iranian film, in particular the works of legendary Abbas Kiarostami, can be classified as postmodern.^[34] Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: `Abbās Kiyārostamī; born 22 June 1940) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Postmodernity (also called post-modernity or the postmodern condition) is a term used by philosophers, social scientists, art critics and social critics to refer to aspects of contemporary art, culture, economics and social conditions that are the result of the unique features of late 20th century and early 21st century...

Iranian New Wave films shared some characteristics with the European art films of the period, in particular Italian Neorealism. However, in her article 'Real Fictions', Rose Issa argues that Iranian films have a distinctively Iranian cinematic language Italian neorealism is a film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed in long takes on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors for secondary and sometimes primary roles. ...

"that champions the poetry in everyday life and the ordinary person by blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality, feature film with documentary." She also argues that this unique approach has inspired European cinema directors to emulate this style, citing Michael Winterbottom's award winning In This World (2002) as an homage to contemporary Iranian cinema. Issa claims that "This new, humanistic aesthetic language, determined by the film-makers’ individual and national identity, rather than the forces of globalism, has a strong creative dialogue not only on home ground but with audiences around the world." ^[35]

In his book Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, Future (2001) Hamid Dabashi describes modern Iranian cinema and the phenomenon of [Iranian] national cinema as a form of cultural modernity. According to Dabashi, "the visual possibility of seeing the historical person (as opposed to the eternal Qur'anic man) on screen is arguably the single most important event allowing Iranians access to modernity." For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... Michael Winterbottom (b. ... In This World DVD cover In This World is a 2002 British docu-drama directed by Michael Winterbottom. ... Hamid Dabashi (Persian: ) is an Iranian-American historian, cultural and literary critic who has made important contributions to the study of Iran, World cinema and Shia Islam from a postcolonial perspective. ...

While Kiarostami and Panahi represent the first and second generations of New wave filmmakers respectively, the third generation is represented by Bahman Ghobadi, Maziar Miri, Asghar Farhadi, Mani Haghighi, and Babak Payami, ^[36][37] along with newly emerged filmmakers such as Kiarash Anvari, Maziar Bahari, Sadaf Foroughi, Saman Saloor, and Mona Zandi-Haqiqi. Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: `Abbās Kiyārostamī; born 22 June 1940) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Jafar Panahi (born July 11, 1960 in Mianeh, Iran) is an internationally-acclaimed independent filmmaker. ... Bahman Ghobadi (born February 1, 1969) is a Kurdish film director. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Asghar Farhadi (born in 1972) is a notable Iranian screen writer and film director. ... Mani Haghighi (Born in 1969 Tehran) is a renowned Iranian filmmaker and screen writer. ... Babak Payami is an Iranian film director. ... A scene from (2000) directed by Kiarash Anvari Kiarash Anvari (born 1977 in Tehran) is an Iranian film maker and video artist. ... Maziar Bahari (born 1967 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian journalist and film maker. ... Sadaf Foroughi (born 1976 in Tehran) is an Iranian film maker and video artist. ... Saman Saloor (born 1976 Boroujerd) is an award winning Iranian (Persian) filmmaker and screen writer. ... Mona Zandi is an Iranian film director and script writer. ...

Iranian popular art films

Parallel to the Iranian New Wave, with its neorealist and minimalist art cinema, there exists a so-called "popular art cinema" in Iran. Filmmakers who belong to this circle make films with a broader range of audience than the narrow spectrum of highly educated people who admire the New Wave, but believe that their movies are also artistically sound. Filmmakers such as Nasser Taghvaee and Ali Hatami are the best examples of this cinematic movement (some of these filmmakers also make new wave films (e.g. Mum's guests by Darius Mehrjui). Neorealism is a cultural movement in cinema that, following the realism in literature, brings elements of true life in the stories it describes, in contrast with a tendency to depict a world mainly existing in imagination only. ... This article is about minimalism in art and design. ... Nasser Taghvaee (in Persian: ناصر تقوایی). Director, screenwriter, Born 1941, Abadan, Iran. ... Ali Hatami (in Persian: علی حاتمی), Director, Screenwriter, Art Director and Costume designer, Born 1944, Tehran, Iran, Died 1996. ... Darius Mehrjui (in Persian: داریوش مهرجویی), Director, Scriptwriter. ...

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Iranian women's cinema

Following the rise of the Iranian New Wave, there are now record numbers of film school graduates in Iran and each year more than 20 new directors make their debut films, many of them women. In the last two decades, there have been a higher percentage of women directors in Iran than in most countries in the West.^[39]

Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, writer and director is probably Iran's best-known and certainly most prolific female filmmaker. She has established herself as the elder stateswoman of Iranian cinema with documentaries and films dealing with social pathology.^[40] Samira Makhmalbaf directed her first film, The Apple, when she was only 17 years old and won the Cannes Jury Prize in 2000 for her following film ‘’The Blackboard’’. Rakhshaan Bani Etemaad (in Persian: رخشان بنی اعتماد), Director, Screenwriter, Born 1954 in Tehran, Iran. ... A renal cell carcinoma (chromophobe type) viewed on a hematoxylin & eosin stained slide Pathologist redirects here. ... The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ...

The success and hard work of the pioneering Rakhshan Bani-Etemad is an example that many women directors in Iran were following much before Samira Makhmalbaf made the headlines. Internationally recognized figures in Persian women's cinema are: Rakhshaan Bani Etemaad (in Persian: رخشان بنی اعتماد), Director, Screenwriter, Born 1954 in Tehran, Iran. ... Image:Makhmalbaf-samira. ... The term womens cinema usually refers to the work of women film directors. ...

The White Balloon^[41]

Besides women involved in screenwriting and filmmaking, numerous award winning Iranian actresses with uniques styles and talents attract critic. The most notable Iranian actresses are: Image:Makhmalbaf-samira. ... Rakhshaan Bani Etemaad (in Persian: رخشان بنی اعتماد), Director, Screenwriter, Born 1954 in Tehran, Iran. ... Niki Karimi Niki Karimi (Persian: نیکی کریمی) born on 10 November 1971, Tehran (Iran), is an internationally recognised Iranian (Persian) actress and movie director. ... Mahin Oskouei (born in 1929 Tehran) was an Iranian (persian) theater director and instructor and Irans pioneering women theater art figure. ... Pari Saberi (Persian: ‎ , born 1932 in Tehran) is an Iranian drama and theatre director and winner of the French Literature and Art Cavalier Badge by French President Jacques Chirac. ... Tahmineh Milani (in Persian: تهمینه میلانی), Director and Screenwriter, Born 1960, Tabriz, Iran. ... Maryam Keshavarz(Born, New York, USA) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker. ... Yassamin Maleknasr (Born Tehran, Iran) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and actress. ... Marzieh Meshkini (born 1969 Tehran) is a renowned Iranian cinematographer, film director and writer. ... Hana Makhmalbaf is the younger sister of filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf and daughter of filmaker and filmteacher Mohsen Makhmalbaf. ... Mona Zandi is an Iranian film director and script writer. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

• Golshifteh Farahani, Best Actress award from Nantes Three Continents Film Festival 2004 and Simorgh award for Best Actress from Fajr Int. Film Festival 1998.
• Hedyeh Tehrani, Simorgh award for best actress from Fajr Int. Film Festival.
• Mary Apick, Best Actress Award from Moscow International Film Festival 1977.
• Niki Karimi
• Mahaia Petrosian
• Shokouh Mahde-Olia
• Leila Hatami (Best actress award, Locarno International Film Festival and Montreal World Film Festival(2002))
• Taraneh Allidousti (Best actress award, Locarno International Film Festival (2002))
• Pegah Ahangarani (Best Actress Award, the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival)
• Azita Hajian (Simorgh for the Best Actress, the 17th Fajr Int. Film Festival)
• Shohreh Aghdashloo (First Iranian woman to be nominated for an Academy Award)
• Ladan Mostofi, Best Actress Award at the third Eurasia International Film Festival in 2006.

In 2006, Marjane Satrapi, became a member of the Cannes Film festival Jury. She is an Iranian contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator and author of the best selling "Perspolis". In 2007 she won Cannes Grand Prize of the Jury. Golshifteh Farahani (Persian: , born July 10, 1983 in Tehran) is an acclaimed Iranian actress. ... Hedyeh Tehrani (also spelt Hedieh Tehrani, Persian: , born 25 June 1972 in Tehran, Iran) is an award-winning Iranian actress. ... Mary Apick (born in Tehran, Iran) is an award winning Iranian actress, writer, and producer. ... Niki Karimi Niki Karimi (Persian: نیکی کریمی) born on 10 November 1971, Tehran (Iran), is an internationally recognised Iranian (Persian) actress and movie director. ... Leila Hatami is an Iranian actress, born in 1973. ... The Locarno International Film Festival is an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. ... Pegah Ahangarani Pegah Ahangarani, born in 1984, is an Iranian actress. ... Azitaa Hidjian (in Persian: آزیتا حاجیان), Actress, Born 1957, Tehran, Iran. ... Shohreh Aghdashloo (Persian: شهره آغداشلو, born 11 May 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Iranian-American actress and self-proclaimed activist. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Ladan Mostofi (born 1972) is an award winning Iranian actress. ... Marjane Satrapi (Persian: مرجان ساتراپی) (born 1969 in Rasht, Iran) is a contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator and childrens book author. ...

Iranian war films

War cinema in Iran was born simultaneously with the beginning of Iran-Iraq war. However, it took many years until it found its way and identity by defining characteristics of Iranian war cinema. In the Alleys of Love1990, by Khosrow Sinai shows the most poematic view on the Iran Iraq war and still after years, is one of the leading films about this historical event from a humanistic aspect, although unlike other Iranain war cinema which are fully supported by the Iranian government this film was made with numerous difficulties. In the past decades, the Iranian film industry has produced many war films. In the Iranian war film genre, war has often been portrayed as glorious and "holy," bringing out the good in the protagonist and pandering to nationalist sentiments. Tears of Cold and Duel were two films that have gone beyond the traditional view of war.^[42] Combatants  Iran Kurdish Peshmerga Iraq Peoples Mujahedin of Iran Commanders Ruhollah Khomeini Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Shamkhani Mostafa Chamran â€  Saddam Hussein Ali Hassan al-Majid Strength 305,000 soldiers 500,000 Pasdaran and Basij militia 900 tanks 1,000 armored vehicles 3,000 artillery pieces 470 aircraft 750 helicopters... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Khosrow Sinai (born 19 January 1941 in Sari, Iran) is a famous Iranian film director. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Many renowned directors were involved in developing Iranian war cinema:

• History of Iranian war cinema (in Persian)

, Film Center (2007)]]

• Kamal Tabrizi
• Morteza Avini
• Ebrahim Hatamikia
• Rasoul Molla-Gholipour
• Mohsen Makhmalbaf
• Jamal Shourjeh
• Mojtaba Raei
• Azizollah Hamidnejad
• Ahmad Reza Darvish
• Shahriar Bahrani
• Mohammad Bozorgnia

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Iranian animations

See also: History of Iranian animation The oldest records of animation in Persia (Iran) dates back to 5000 years ago. ...

There exist some evidences suggesting that Ancient Iranians made animations. An animated piece on an earthen goblet made 5000 years ago was found in Burnt City in Sistan-Baluchistan province, southeastern Iran. The artist has portrayed a goat that jumps toward a tree and eats its leaves. ^[43]

The first Tehran International Animation Festival was held in 1999, four decades after the time the production of first animation films in Iran. The Second Tehran International Animation Festival was held in February 2001. Apart from Iranian films, animations from 35 foreign countries participated in the festival.^[44]

The following are makers of Iranian animated films:

• Morteza Momayez
• Vahid Nasirian
• Noureddin Zarrin-Kelk

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Timeline of Iranian films

List of Iranian films

A list of films produced in Iran ordered by year of release. ...

Ethnic and folk cinema in Iran

Iranian Azeri Cinema

In 2002, Iranian director, Mehdi Parizad, shot a documentary on Azeri filmmaking. On January 10, 2005, The Azeri cinema event "Prospects of Azeri Cinema" opened at Tehran's Contemporary Arts Museum. In 1990, Mohsen Makhmalbaf made "Time of Love". The film's dialogues are both in Turkish and Persian language. The Azeri, also referred to as Azerbaijanian Turks, are a Turkic-Muslim people. ... is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... </gallery> Image:http://www. ... Time of Love (1990),is a film by Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, based on a story wrote by Makhmalbaf himself. ...

Iranian Kurdish cinema

In 1998, Abolfazl Jalili made "Dance of Dust" in Kurdish and English. The film won Silver Leopard at Locarno Film Festival and FIPRESCI Prize at London Film Festival. In 1999, The Wind Will Carry Us, by Abbas Kiarostami, was partly shot in Iran's Kurdistan province. It was presented at both the Venice Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival. Abolfazl Jalili (Born 1957, Saveh, Iran) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director. ... This article is about the year. ... The Wind Will Carry Us (Bad ma ra khahad bord) is a 1999 film by Abbas Kiarostami. ... Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: `Abbās Kiyārostamī; born 22 June 1940) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. ... For other uses, see Kurdistan (disambiguation). ... The Venice Film Festival ( ) is the oldest film festival in the world. ... The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ...

Kurdish cinema came to international prominence in 2000 with the screening of two Kurdish language movies simultaneously at the Cannes Film Festival, namely, The Blackboard by Samira Makhmalbaf (entirely in Kurdish) and A Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi (in Kurdish and Persian). The Kurdish language is the language spoken by Kurds. ... Image:Makhmalbaf-samira. ... A Time for Drunken Horses (Zamani barayé masti asbha) is a 2000 Kurdish film directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in Iran. ... Bahman Ghobadi (born February 1, 1969) is a Kurdish film director. ...

In 2000, Farhad Mehranfar made "The Legend of Love" which tells the story of Khazara, a young female medical student who wanders courageously among nomadic Kurdish tribes looking for her fiancé, who has set off to tend the wounded in a town besieged by Iraqi attacks. ^[45] The film won Special Jury Award in Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2001).

In 2002, Songs from my Motherland (aka Marooned in Iraq), another movie by Bahman Ghobadi in Kurdish and Persian, was presented at Cannes. The movie won prizes at several other international festivals. Marooned in Iraq is a 2002 Iranian (Kurdish/Persian) film directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in Iran. ... Bahman Ghobadi (born February 1, 1969) is a Kurdish film director. ...

In 2005, Iranian director Jamil Rostami won the Fajr Festival's Simorgh for Best Director in Asia and Middle East for his Kurdish language movie Requiem of Snow written by Sholeh Shariati. In 2006, Ghobadi's Half Moon (in Kurdish and Persian) won the Golden Seashell at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The film was shot in Iranian Kurdistan and Iran's renowned actors Golshifteh Farahani, Hassan Poorshirazi and Hedyeh Tehrani (also executive and assistant director) acted in this movie. The music in the movie was made by Iran's world-class musician Hossein Alizadeh. Jamil RostamiIn 2002 he made his first short film titled The Trouble of Being a Boy which was screened in 24 domestic and international Festivals and was awarded several prizes. ... The Fajr International Film Festival Poster 2007 The Fajr Film Festival or Fajr International Film Festival (Persian: or simply Persian: ) is Irans annual film festival, held every February in Tehran. ... Requiem of Snow is a 2005 film written and directed by the Kurdish-Iranian director Jamil Rostami. ... The Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spanish town of Donostia. ... Golshifteh Farahani (Persian: , born July 10, 1983 in Tehran) is an acclaimed Iranian actress. ... Hedyeh Tehrani (also spelt Hedieh Tehrani, Persian: , born 25 June 1972 in Tehran, Iran) is an award-winning Iranian actress. ... Alizadeh at a concert in London Hossein Alizadeh (Persian: ) who is of Azerbaijani descent, is a Grammy Award nominated Iranian composer, Radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and excellent tar and setar instrumentalist and improvisor, dubbed by many as an Ostad (Master of Persian music). ...

Among other advocates of folk cinema is Iranian director Reza Allamehzadeh who trained and supported many young Kurdish directors. Reza Allamehzadeh (Born 1943 in Sari, Mazandaran) is an Iranian (Persian) film-maker, film critic and writer. ...

Iranian cinema and other Persian-speaking countries

Afghanistan

Cinema of Afghanistan is slowly rising after a long period of silence. Before the September 11th attacks, Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf attracted world attention to Afghanistan by his celebrated movie, Kandahar. It was an attempt to tell the world about a forgotten country. The film brought cinema of Afghanistan to Cannes film festival for the first time in history. Later on, Yassamin Maleknasr, Abolfazl Jalili, Samira Makhmalbaf, and Siddiq Barmak did significant contribution to Persian cinema in Afghanistan. Barmak's first Persian film Osama (2003) won several awards in Cannes and London film festivals. Siddiq Barmak is also director of the Afghan Children Education Movement (ACEM), an association that promotes literacy, culture and the arts, founded by Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The school trains actors and directors for the emerging cinema of Afghanistan. </gallery> Image:http://www. ... Kandahar (alternatively titled Safar-e Ghandehar and The Sun Behind the Moon) is a 2001 film by Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, set in Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban. ... Yassamin Maleknasr (Born Tehran, Iran) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and actress. ... Abolfazl Jalili (Born 1957, Saveh, Iran) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director. ... Image:Makhmalbaf-samira. ... Siddiq Barmak (Born September 7, 1962 in Panjshir, Afghanistan) is an Afghan film director and producer. ... Not to be confused with Osama bin Laden, although the title of the film highlights his allegorical relevance. ... </gallery> Image:http://www. ...

The situation of Afghanistani immigrants has been also addressed extensively by Iranian cinematographers. The first step in this field was taken by Mohsen Makhmalbaf in Bicycle ran in 1998. Other examples in this line are Jafar Panahi's White Balloon in 1994, Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry in 1997, Majid Majidi's Rain and Bahram Beizaei's Killing Mad Dogs. Languages of Afghanistan (1985)  50% Dari dialect of Persian  35% Pashto  8% Uzbek  3% Turkmen  2% Baloch        Ethnic groups of Afghanistan (1985)  42% Pashtun  27% Tajik  9% Hazara  9% Uzbek         3% Turkmen  2% Baloch        The Demographics of Afghanistan are ethnically and linguistically mixed. ... Baran (2001) is a film by Majid Majidi based on a book by the same name, though written in Persian (A translation in English is not available as of 2005). ...

In 2000, Djomeh made by one of Abbas Kiarostami’s assistants, Hassan Yektapanah; the story focuses on the plight of one of the two million young Afghan refugees in Iran without legal status. When the non-professional Afghanistani actor, used in this film, was invited to the Hamburg Film Festival, and then denied re-entry to Iran, his story became another film, Heaven's Path in 2002, by the architect-actor-film-maker Mahmoud Behraznia, who lives in Germany. Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: `Abbās KiyārostamÄ«; born 22 June 1940) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Hassan Yektapanah (Born 1963 Tehran) is a world class Iranian (persian) filmmaker and screen writer. ... The Muhajir or Mohajir Afghans are the Afghan refugees that fled Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion in 1979. ... Languages of Afghanistan (1985)  50% Dari dialect of Persian  35% Pashto  8% Uzbek  3% Turkmen  2% Baloch        Ethnic groups of Afghanistan (1985)  42% Pashtun  27% Tajik  9% Hazara  9% Uzbek         3% Turkmen  2% Baloch        The Demographics of Afghanistan are ethnically and linguistically mixed. ...

Tajikistan

In Tajikistan, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the internationally known Iranian movie director, is playing the same role as he played in the reconstruction of the cinema of post-Taliban Afghanistan. The first Didar Film Festival, the first film festival to be held in Tajikistan, took place in 2004. The festival and the House of Cinema of Makhmalbaf (in Iran) allocated grants for the creation of short-feature film by young and gifted filmmakers Mirzob Nugmanov, Aloviddin Abdullaev, Denis Mechetov, Shahruyor Nazari, and grant to Bakhtiyor Kakhorov for the creation of a cartoon.

In 2002, Jamshid Usmonov won FIPRESCI Prize at London film festival for his Persian language comedy, Angel on the Right. Jamshid Usmonov (also Jamshed and Djamshed)(Born 1965 Asht) is a Tajik film director, producer, scriptwriter and one of most notable figures of contemporary Persian cinema. ...

In 2003, Iran’s Film Week was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Several Iranian films including My Eyes for You, Last Supper, Bride, Avicenna, and Passion, went on screen at the Vatan Cinema in Dushanbe. Location of Dushanbe in Tajikistan Coordinates: , Country Government  - Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev Area  - City 100 km²  (38. ... There have been several movies named Passion: Passion (1954), directed by Allan Dwan Passion (1982), directed by Jean-Luc Godard The Passion, released as The Passion of the Christ (2004), directed by Mel Gibson This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise...

Tajikistan’s Filmmakers Guild which is an affiliate of Moscow Filmmakers Guild, in a ceremony on August 26, 2005 held in Dushanbe’s House of Cinema, presented the Guild’s honorary membership to Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Makhmalbaf made two of his 18 feature films in Tajikistan: “Silence” in Persian and “Sex and Philosophy” in Russian are the titles. is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Influence of Iranians on French New Wave

Amongst the pioneers of French New Wave were François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Goddard, Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer or Barbet Schroeder (born in Tehran, Iran in 1941 where his German geologist Father was on assignment). François Truffauts New Wave film Jules et Jim The New Wave (French: la Nouvelle Vague) was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced (in part) by Italian Neorealism. ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard (born December 3, 1930) was one of the most influential members of the nouvelle vague. ... Claude Chabrol (French IPA: ) (born June 24, 1930, Paris) is a French film director and has become well-known since his first film, Le Beau Serge (1958) for his chilling tales of murder, including Le Boucher (1970). ... Eric Rohmer (born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer, April 4, 1920, Nancy, France) is a French film director. ... Barbet Schroeder (born August 26, 1941 in Teheran to a Swiss diplomat father) is a movie director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working together with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. ... For other uses, see Tehran (disambiguation). ...

During the first half of the 20th century, France was the major destination for Iranian students who wished to study abroad. Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Fereydoun Hoveyda was one of them. Fereydoun Hoveyda played a major role in French cultural scene and especially in the field of Cinema, for he was the protégé of François Truffaut whom he befriended and with which he helped create the well-known film magazine Les Cahiers du Cinéma that spearheaded the French Nouvelle Vague or New Wave Cinema. He also worked closely with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini on several film scripts during that period. Fereydoun Hoveyda was not the only Iranian of his generation to play an active role in promoting the French Cinéma d'Auteur. Youssef Ishaghpour is another example.^[46] UN and U.N. redirect here. ... Fereydoun Hoveyda(1924-2006) an Iranian influential writer and thinker was born in Damascus, Syria where his father was the Consul-General of Iran, Hoveyda was raised in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... Cahiers du cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951 by André Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. ... François Truffauts New Wave film Jules et Jim The New Wave (French: la Nouvelle Vague) was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced (in part) by Italian Neorealism. ... Roberto Rossellini (May 8, 1906 - June 3, 1977), was an Italian film director. ...

Another Iranian figure in French New Wave was Shusha Guppy a singer, writer and filmmaker who was Jacques Prévert's girlfriend. However, the most important contribution to the French New Wave cinema is that of Serge Rezvani an Iranian poet born in Tehran in 1928. He played a major role as music composer of both François Truffaut Jules et Jim and Jean Luc Godard Pierrot le Fou, considered as landmarks of French New Wave Cinema. Farah Diba studied at the Beaux Arts and became the focus of attention and the French Press was to see her as the new Persian Cinderella. Farah Diba was one of the rare foreign dignitaries to become a permanent member of the French Academie des Beaux Arts . Shusha Guppy (born 1940 in Tehran, Iran) is a writer, editor and - under the name of Shusha - a singer of Persian and Western folk songs. ... Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter who was born on February 4, 1900 in Neuilly-sur-Seine and died on April 11, 1977 in Omonville-la-Petite. ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard (born December 3, 1930) was one of the most influential members of the nouvelle vague. ... Farah Diba Farah Diba (born October 14, 1938 in Tehran, Iran) (also known as Farah Pahlavi) was the third wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran and the Shahbanu (Empress) of Iran. ...

Iranian Robert Hossein (son of legendary musician Aminollah Hossein) started his acting career with his French Armenian friend Chahnour Varinag Aznavourian (known as the famed crooner Charles Aznavour) in the mid fifties essentially type casted as " Mr. Tough Guy ". However he got international acclaim in the early Sixties particularly in Europe, Russia and Asia as the mysterious " Jeoffrey, Comte de Peyrac " lover of the lovely Michèle Mercier in the soft erotic-adventure film series of Angélique Marquise des Anges . In the seventies and eighties he was to play opposite Jean Paul Belmondo in police thrillers like The Professional . Hossein became known for being a talented theater director and his taste for popular historical vehicles involving large sets and numerous actors.^[47] Robert Hossein (born December 30, 1927 in Paris) is a French film actor, director and writer. ... Aminollah Hossein (Born 1284 in Samarghand) was a celebrated Persian (Iranian) composer and Tar soloist. ... Charles Aznavour (Armenian: Õ‡Õ¡Õ¼Õ¬ Ô±Õ¦Õ¶Õ¡Õ¾Õ¸Ö‚Ö€; born May 22, 1924) is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor and public activist. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... Jean Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Belmondo (born April 9, 1933) is a French actor. ...

After the overthrow of French President Charles De Gaulle, Iranian Anicée Shahmanesh became known under the screen name Anicée Alvina, playing a French girl in a British film hit called Friends , the music score of which propelled British Pop Star Elton John. She was also to take on a courageous Lesbian role in the screen adaptation of Françoise Mallet-Joris' novel Le Rempart des Béguines. Please post proper article, this page was tampered with, thank you. ... Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche (b. ... Sheet music is written representation of music. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... This article is about same-sex desire and sexuality among women. ...

Two major documentaries were produced in these years by respectively Agnès Varda and the duo Claude Lelouche-Claude Pinoteau. Agnès Varda (born May 30, 1928) is a French filmmaker and director based in Paris and one of the key figures in modern film. ...

Agnès Varda, first to be discovered to young actor Gérard Depardieu in her 1970 film Nausicaa , directed a love story set in Isfahan (1976) between a French woman (Valérie Mairesse) visiting Iran as a tourist and her guide an Iranian Man (Ali Raffi). The film was entitled Plaisir D'Amour en Iran. The romantic film was shot on location in The Masjed Shah. Agnès Varda (born May 30, 1928) is a French filmmaker and director based in Paris and one of the key figures in modern film. ... Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (born 27 December 1948,  ) is an Academy Award-nominated French actor. ... Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan This article is about the city of Isfahan. ...

Claude Pinoteau and Claude Lelouche on the other hand shot their documentary just after the Persepolis Celebrations in 1971. They decided to address the urban transformations and cultural emancipation that the country was subject to by the early seventies. Claude Pinoteau (born May 25, 1925) is a French film director and scriptwriter. ... Claude Lelouch (born October 30, 1937) is a French film director, writer and producer. ... This article is about the ancient city. ...

Several Iranian expats such as Philippe Khorsand or Persian play writer/actor Yasmina Reza have also gained notice in recent years. The latter is particularly known for her highly intellectual introspections in such plays like Art (Sean Connery bought the film rights advised by his French wife).^[48] Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959), a multi-talented Iranian born in France, is a playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter. ...

Iranian-American cinema

Iranian American community is the largest Iranian community out of Iran. In December 2006 a showcase of Modern Independent Iranian-American Cinema was held in San Francisco.^[49]

There is an Iranian presence in Hollywood commercial cinema. Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo appeared in the House of Sand and Fog which portrays the life of Iranian-Americans. Bahar Soomekh appeared in the award wining Crash, produced by Iranian American Bob Yari. Also Persian actress and artist Nazanin Boniadi appears in Snitch and the feature film Gameface. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Shohreh Aghdashloo (Persian: شهره آغداشلو, born 11 May 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Iranian-American actress and self-proclaimed activist. ... This article is about the movie. ... Iranian Americans (or Persian Americans) are Americans of Iranian (Persian) descent, including those who are expatriates in exile or permanent immigrants. ... Bahar Soomekh (Persian: بهار سومخ born March 30, 1975) is an Iranian-born American Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actress and environmental activist. ... Crash is an Academy Award-winning drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ... Bob Yari (Born in 1962) is an American film producer. ... Nazanin Boniadi (born in Tehran, Iran) is a Iranian actress. ...

2006 film Apocalypto was written by Australian-American Mel Gibson and Iranian Farhad Safinia who was also a producer. It earned Golden Globe, BAFTA and BFCA nominations for Best Foreign-Language Film. It was nominated for 79th Academy Award for Sound Mixing, Sound Editing and Makeup. Sound editing of the film was done by another Iranian sound editor Kami Asgar.^[50] Apocalypto is an Academy Award nominated 2006 epic film directed by Mel Gibson. ... Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-Australian actor, Academy Award winning director and producer. ... Farhad Safinia is a screenwriter and producer. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada, representing 199 television, radio and online critics. ... Kami Asgar is an Iranian-American Supervising Sound Editor. ...

The following are films made also by Iranian-Americans:

• I Am A Sex Addict ^[51]
• Daybreak ^[52]
• The Keeper ^[53]

Music in Iranian cinema

Although Iranian composers usually have their own special style and music structure, they all share one thing: melodic, lively rhythms. That might be because they often begin with folkloric songs and shift to film music. In the past few decades, a few composers have emerged in the Iranian cinema with highly appraised works. Composers like Morteza Hannaneh, Fariborz Lachini, Ahmad Pejman, Majid Entezami, Babak Bayat, Naser Cheshmazar and Hossein Alizadeh were some of the most successful score composers for Iranian films in the past decades.^[54] h Hossein Derakhshan (حسين درخشان; born January 7, 1975), also known as Hoder, is an Iranian-Canadian journalist and weblogger, based in Toronto. ... Fariborz Lachini (born August 25, 1949) is an Iranian|Persian composer, best known for composing film scores. ... Alizadeh at a concert in London Hossein Alizadeh (Persian: ) who is of Azerbaijani descent, is a Grammy Award nominated Iranian composer, Radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and excellent tar and setar instrumentalist and improvisor, dubbed by many as an Ostad (Master of Persian music). ...

Iranian international film festivals

Film festivals have a rather long history in Iran that goes back to 1950s. The first Tehran International Film Festival opened in April 1973. Although the festival never reached the level of Cannes and Venice, however, it managed to become well known as a class A festival. It was a highly reputable festival and many well-known filmmakers took part in it with their films. Great filmmakers such as Francesco Rosi, Grigori Kozintsev, Alain Tanner, Pietro Germi, Nikita Mikhalkov, Krzysztof Zanussi, Martin Ritt won the festival's awards.^[55] Francesco Rosi (born November 15, 1922 in Naples) is an Italian film director. ... Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev (Russian: ; Kiev, 22 March (O.S. 9 March) 1905 – Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, 11 May 1973) was a Soviet Russian film director. ... Alain Tanner (born 6 December 1929 in Geneva) is a Swiss film director. ... Pietro Germi (Genova, September 14, 1914 - Rome February 22, 1975) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. ... Nikita Mikhalkov in the 2005 Fandorin movie The Councillor of State. ... Krzysztof Zanussi, (b. ... Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914&#8211;December 8, 1990) was an American director, actor, and playwright who worked in both film and theatre. ...

Fajr Film Festival

Main article: Fajr International Film Festival

The Fajr Film Festival has taken place since 1983. It was intended to be as magnificent and spectacular as possible from its very onset. It had a background as powerful as that of the Tehran International Film Festival and wanted to remain on the same track. Although the Fajr Film Festival is not yet classed among the top film festivals, it has been successful in making policies and setting examples for the future of Iranian cinema. ^[56] In its early years it had a competition section for professional as well as amateur film (8 mm, 16 mm). Since 1990, there has been an international along with the national competition. The festival also features a competition for advertisement items like posters, stills and trailers. In 2005, the festival added competitions for Asian as well as spiritual films. The tope prize is called Crystal Simorgh.^[57] The Fajr International Film Festival Poster 2007 The Fajr Film Festival or Fajr International Film Festival (Persian: or simply Persian: ) is Irans annual film festival, held every February in Tehran. ...

Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults

This festival has taken place since 1985. In its first three years, it was part of the Fajr Film Festival. From 1988 to 1989, it was located in Tehran and in 1996, it was held in Kerman. The festival features international and national film and video competitions. The top prize is called Golden Butterfly.^[58]

Iran Cinema Celebration Awards

On September 12, the national day of Iranian cinema, a celebration is held annually by the House of Cinema. In the 2006 event, Akira Kurosawa was honored. is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kurosawa redirects here. ...

• 2006 Best film: Crossroad directed by Abolhassan Davudi.
• 2005 Best film: So Close, So Far directed and produced by Reza Mir-Karimi.

International recognition of Iranian cinema

Here is a list of Grand prizes awarded to Iranian cinema by the most prestigious film fetivals:^[59][60]

Cannes

First presence of Iranian cinema in Cannes dates back to 1991 when in the alleys of love by Khosrow Sinai and then 1992 when Life and nothing more by Abbas Kiarostami represented Iran in the festival. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Khosrow Sinai (born 19 January 1941 in Sari, Iran) is a famous Iranian film director. ...

• Golden Palm: Abbas Kiarostami (1997)
• Grand Prize of the Jury: Marjane Satrapi (2007)
• Jury prize: Samira Makhmalbaf (2000 & 2003)
• Golden Camera: Mohsen Amiryoussefi (2004), Hassan Yektapanah (2000), Bahman Ghobadi (2000), Jafar Panahi (1995)

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Venice

• Golden Lion: Jafar Panahi (2000)
• Silver Lion: Abolfazl Jalili (for best direction-1995), Abbas Kiarostami (Grand Jury Prize 1999),Babak Payami (Best Director-2001)

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Berlinale

• Golden Bear: several nominations
• Silver Bear: Jafar Panahi (2006), Parviz Kimiavi (1976), Sohrab Shahid Saless (1974)

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Locarno

The first film from Iranian cinema that won a prize in Locarno festival was khaneie doost kojast directed by Abbas Kiarostami (1989).

• Golden Leopard: Saman Salvar (2006), Abbas Kiarostami (2005), Jafar Panahi (1997).
• Silver Leopard: Hassan Yektapanah (2004), Abolfazl Jalili (1998)

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London

• Sutherland Trophy: Marjane Satrapi (2007), Siddiq Barmak (2003), Samira Makhmalbaf (1998)

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San Sebastian

• Golden Shell: Bahman Ghobadi (2004 & 2006)
• Silver Shell: Niki Karimi (1993)

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FIPRESCI

• Grand Prize: Jafar Panahi (2001)
• FIPRESCI prize: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (1995 & 1998), Abbas Kiarostami (1999), Marzieh Meshkini (2000), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (2001), Jamshid Usmonov (2002), Atiq Rahimi & Kambuzia Partovi (2004), Ramin Bahrani(2005), Kambuzia Partovi (2006), Bahman Ghobadi (2000 & 2006).

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Life long achievement awards

• Abbas Kiarostami: Prix Roberto Rossellini, Cannes Festival (1992)
• Abbas Kiarostami: François Troufaut Award (1992)
• Abbas Kiarostami: Honorary doctorate, Ecole Normale Supérieure (2003)
• Abbas Kiarostami: Federico Fellini Gold Medal, UNESCO (1997)
• Behrouz Gharibpour: The Hans Christian Andersen Award (2002)
• Abbas Kiarostami: Prix Henri Langlois Prize (2006)
• Mohsen Makhmalbaf: Parajanov Award for outstanding Artistic contribution to the world cinema (2006)
• Mohsen Makhmalbaf: Federico Fellini Gold Medal, UNESCO (2001)
• Rakhshan Bani-Etemad: Prince Claus Awards (1998)
• Ezatolah Entezami: UNESCO award (2006)
• Farroukh Qasim: Prince Claus Awards (2004)
• Behrooz Vossoughi, San Francisco International Film Festival "The Unvanquished" honoree (2006)
• Jafar Panahi: Podo Award, at Valdivia Film Festival (2007)

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The Annual Academy Awards (Oscar)

• 1997 and 2001: Habib Zargarpour (2 Nominations) Best Visual Effects for; Twister 1997, and The Perfect Storm 2001
• 1998: Zahra Dowlatabadi (Nomination)
• 1999: Majid Majidi (Nomination)
• 2004: Shohreh Aghdashloo (Nomination)
• 2007: Kami Asgar, (Nomination) best Sound Editing on Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto.^[61]

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Censorship

Although the Iranian film industry is flourishing, its filmmakers have operated under severe censorship rules, both before and after the revolution. Some Iranian films that have been internationally acclaimed are banned in Iran itself. Conversely, some Iranian filmmakers have faced hostility in other countries.

Censorship within Iran

Dariush Mehrjui's seminal film Gaav (The Cow, 1969) is now considered a pioneering work of the Iranian New Wave. The film was sponsored by the state, but they promptly banned it upon completion because its vision of rural life clashed with the progressive image of Iran that the Shah wished to project, while its prominence at international film festivals annoyed the regime. ^[62] Darius Mehrjui (Persian: داریوش مهرجویی , born 8 December 1939 in Tehran) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, producer, and film editor. ... Gaav (The Cow) is a 1969 Iranian movie directed by Dariush Mehrjui, written by Gholam-Hossein Saedi based on his own play and novel, and staring Ezatolah Entezami as Masht Hasan. ... Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi belong to the so called New wave of Persian cinema Iranian New Wave refers to a new movement in Persian cinema. ...

After the Iranian revolution, filmmakers experienced even more restrictions. Several films now regarded as the seeds of a renaissance in Iranian art films, such as Bahram Beizai's Cherikeh-ye Tara (Ballad of Tara, 1980) and Marg-e Yazd-e Gerd (Death of Yazd-e Gerd, 1982), and Amir Naderi's Jostoju (Search, 1982), were banned in Iran. After Islamic Conquest  Modern SSR = Soviet Socialist Republic Afghanistan  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Iran  Iraq  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan  This box:      The Iranian Revolution (also known as the Islamic Revolution,[1][2][3][4][5][6] Persian: انقلاب اسلامی, Enghelābe Eslāmi) was the revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza... U.S. theatrical release poster for German New Wave director Werner Herzogs 1973 drama Aguirre: The Wrath of God An art film (also called an “art cinema”, “art movie”, or in the US, an independent film or “art house film”) is a typically serious, noncommercial, independently made film that... Bahram Beyzayi (born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian play writer and film director. ... Amir Naderi (in Persian: امیر نادری) Director, Screenwriter, Born in 1945, Abadan, Iran. ...

Since the mid 1980s, Iran's policy on film censorship has been changed in order to promote domestic film production: the strict censorship eased a little after December 1987. Old directors resurfaced and new ones emerged. ^[63] However, the application of the rules is often inconsistent. Several films have been refused release inside Iran, but have been given export permits to enter international film festivals. Even here, the censorship is inconsistent: May Lady by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (1998) got through but her contribution to Stories of Kish (1999) did not. ^[64] Rakhshaan Bani Etemaad (in Persian: رخشان بنی اعتماد), Director, Screenwriter, Born 1954 in Tehran, Iran. ...

All of Jafar Panahi's films, including his recent film about women's football, Offside (2006), have been banned from public theaters in Iran. ^[65] Offside was relegated to "a guest slot" at the International Fajr Film Festival. "It was not shown as an important film," says Panahi. "They didn't give any value to it."^[66] Jafar Panahi (born July 11, 1960 in Mianeh, Iran) is an internationally-acclaimed independent filmmaker. ... Womens football can mean either a female version of American football or of football (soccer). ... Offside (Persian: ) is a 2006 Iranian film about girls who try to enter a World Cup qualifying match but are forbidden by law because of their gender. ... The Fajr Film Festival or Fajr International Film Festival (Persian: جشنواره بین المللی فیلم فجر or simply جشنواره فیلم فجر) is Irans annual film festival, in Tehran. ...

Several of Mohsen Makhmalbaf's films are also banned in Iran. For example, Time of Love and The night of Zaiandeh-rood were banned for dealing with physical love and for raising doubts about the revolution.^[67] </gallery> Image:http://www. ... Time of Love (1990),is a film by Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, based on a story wrote by Makhmalbaf himself. ...

In 2001, feminist filmmaker Tahmineh Milani made The Hidden Half, which was accused of presenting the anti-revolutionary forces in a positive light. Milani was jailed and her belongings stolen. Many Iranian and international artists and filmmakers protested and demanded her release. Eventually President Khatami and the Minister of Culture were able to secure her release. Of a subsequent film, Two Women, Milani has said "[it] was banned for seven months and before I could even start on it my script was banned for seven years. It was eventually released and was a box office hit in Iran.^[68] Tahmineh Milani (in Persian: تهمینه میلانی), Director and Screenwriter, Born 1960, Tabriz, Iran. ... President Khatami Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Mohammad Khatami (Persian: &#1581;&#1580;&#1578;&#8204;&#1575;&#1604;&#1575;&#1587;&#1604;&#1575;&#1605; &#1587;&#1740;&#1583; &#1605;&#1581;&#1605;&#1583; &#1582;&#1575;&#1578;&#1605;&#1740;; born October, 1943 in Ardakan) is the fifth and current President of Iran. ...

Among Iran's censorship rules is a ban on the depiction of women without headscarves. Joy of Madness, a documentary about the process of casting At Five in the Afternoon, was banned when Samira Makhmalbaf's own headscarf was deemed "insufficiently modest".^[69] Tahmineh Milani's Kakadu, which was about the environment, was banned and still cannot be seen in Iran because it depicts a beautiful eight-year old girl who is not wearing a headscarf. Image:Makhmalbaf-samira. ...

In Nargess, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad who is a pioneer of Iranian cinema, pushes censorship codes to the limits, questioning the mores of society, showing desperate people overwhelmed by social conditions and a couple living together without being married.^[70] Rakhshaan Bani Etemaad (in Persian: رخشان بنی اعتماد), Director, Screenwriter, Born 1954 in Tehran, Iran. ...

Abbas Kiarostami has had significant acclaim in Europe over several of his films, the Iranian government has refused to permit the showing of his films in his native Iran. Kiarostami's films have been banned in his country for more than 10 years.^[71] They are only accessible there through pirate DVDs and underground screenings. Kiarostami is uncertain what the government dislikes about his films, saying "I think they don't understand my films and so prevent them being shown just in case there is a message they don't want to get out."[39]. Despite this, Kiarostami has displayed an extraordinarily benign perspective, at least in recorded interviews: "The government is not in my way, but it is not assisting me either. We lead our separate lives."^[72] Despite the censorship, Kiarostami insists on working in Iran, saying "I think I really produce my best work in Iran."^[73] He believes that throughout the ages and all over the world censorship has existed in one form or another and artists have managed to live with this, saying "Today, the most important thing is that, although there is censorship, Iranian filmmakers are doing their job and they surpass the difficulties of censorship showing and discussing many things. So why ask me about what's not in the films? It has happened many times that a filmmaker hides a weakness under the excuse of censorship but difficulties have always existed in our lifestyle and our role is to surpass them."^[74] For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Hostility outside Iran

Given the tense relationship between Iran and the United States, Iranian filmmakers have faced hostility there, even if they have also been banned in their own country. Abbas Kiarostami was refused a visa to attend the New York Film Festival, Ohio University and Harvard University in 2002, in the wake of the September 11 attacks.^{[75][76] [77]} Festival director Richard Pena, who had invited him, said: "It's a terrible sign of what's happening in my country today that no one seems to realise or care about the kind of negative signal this sends out to the entire Muslim world".^[78] Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki boycotted the festival in protest.^[79] Similarly, Bahman Ghobadi, winner of the Golden Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival, refused to accept the prize in protest of the U.S. government's refusal to issue him a visa.^[80] In 2007, Ahmed Issawi, the abashed Arab director of the New York South Asian Film Festival admitted that a conscious decision was made not to invite any Iranian filmmakers, saying "That’s a territory I no longer want to tread [...] It’s over. Given the whole thing with Iran—I refuse to approach it."^[81] Entry visa valid in Schengen treaty countries. ... The New York Film Festival is the one of the United Statess most prestigious film festivals, first held in 1962 in New York. ... Ohio University (OU) is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre (7. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Richard Pena (born 1953) is an American film program director noted for his organization of the New York Film Festival. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Aki Olavi Kaurismäki ( ) (born April 4, 1957 in Orimattila, Finland) is a Finnish script writer and film director. ... Bahman Ghobadi (born February 1, 1969) is a Kurdish film director. ... The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival that is presented by Cinema/Chicago. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...

Several other Iranian film makers have experienced hostilities from other countries. In November 2001 in Afghanistan, Taliban officials, who banned movies and most filmmaking, arrested three of Majid Majidi's crew members who were helping him secretly shoot Barefoot to Herat, a documentary on the country's internal refugees.^[82] Samira Makhmalbaf also survived a kidnapping in Afghanistan. Majid Majidi Majid Majidi (Persian: مجید مجیدی; born 1959, Tehran, Persia (Iran)) is an Iranian film producer, director, and screenwriter. ... Barefoot to Herat (Persian: ) (Pa Berahneh ta Herat) is a 2002 Iranian film by Majid Majidi. ... Image:Makhmalbaf-samira. ...

In March 2007, a bomb explosion severely injuring several actors and crew members halted production in Afghanistan of Two Legged Horse, the film by Iranian helmer Samira Makhmalbaf. Mohsen Makhmalbaf was the target of two unsuccessful murder attempts when he shot Kandahar in Iran near the Afghan border in 2000, and his daughter Hana was twice the victim of a failed abduction attempt during the shooting of Samira's last film At Five in the Afternoon in the Afghan capital Kabul in 2002.^[83] Image:Makhmalbaf-samira. ... Kandahar (alternatively titled Safar-e Ghandehar and The Sun Behind the Moon) is a 2001 film by Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, set in Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban. ...

References

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Further reading

• Hamid Dabashi, Masters & Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema, Mage Publishers (May 15, 2007) ISBN 093421185X
• Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Cinemas of the Other, Intellect (April, 2006) ISBN 9781841501437

Hamid Dabashi (Persian: ) is an Iranian-American historian, cultural and literary critic who has made important contributions to the study of Iran, World cinema and Shia Islam from a postcolonial perspective. ...

See also

• World cinema
• Asian cinema
• List of Iranian films
• Persian theatre
• Category:Iranian actors
• Category:Iranian films
• Category:Iranian film directors
• International Fajr Film Festival
• Farabi Cinema Foundation
• Tehran International Short Film Festival[40]
• Tehran International Animation Festival
• Noor Film Festival
• Intellectual Movements in Iran
• Iran and copyright issues

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• Hamid Dabashi author of Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, Future.
• Houshang Golmakani
• Mohammad Haghighat
• Kambiz Kaheh
• Houshang Kavusi
• Ahmad Sadri
• Robert Safarian
• Javad Toossi

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• Watch Iranian CINEMA DOCUMENTARY. The history of Iranian Cinema
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Films A-Z • Chronology of films • Films by year:  Pre 1960 • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s Actors • Directors • Cinematographers • Iranian New Wave • Producers • Score composers • Screenwriters West Asian cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of the West Asia. ... Cinema of Armenia was born on April 16, 1923, when the Armenian State Committee on Cinema was established by the government decree. ... The film industry in Azerbaijan dates back to 1898. ... The Cinema of Bahrain is very small, there being only three Bahraini-made films as of 2007, all directed by Bassam Al-Thawadi. ... // List of Cypriot films Michael Cacoyannis Nicolas Economou DerviÅŸ Zaim World cinema Cyprus International Film Festival Culture of Cyprus Culture of Greece List of Greek actors Film Cinema of Greece List of Cypriot films History of Cyprus Peter Polycarpou DerviÅŸ Zaim Michael Cacoyannis Nicolas Economou Categories: | ... The Cinema in Georgia is one of the best known and recognized cinematography of the world. ... Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi belong to the so called New wave of Persian cinema Iranian New Wave refers to a new movement in Persian cinema. ... The current war in Iraq has been the influence of many films being produced. ... Israel has had a notable cinema industry for some time. ... Films produced in Jordan: Categories: | ... West Asian cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of the West Asia. ... The Cinema of Lebanon has been in existence since 1930. ... Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab Cinema as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European / Arab funding and subject to Israeli restrictions due to the current situation in the Palestinian territories. ... West Asian cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of the West Asia. ... An A-Z list of films produced in Syria. ... The first film showing in Turkey was held in the Yildiz Palace, Istanbul in 1896. ... The Cinema of the United Arab Emirates is very small. ... West Asian cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of the West Asia. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A list of films produced in Iran ordered by year of release. ... Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi belong to the so called New wave of Persian cinema Iranian New Wave refers to a new movement in Persian cinema. ...