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Unsuccessful efforts; Historical Assessment of Iranian Animation
The first attempts to produce animation in Iran date back to the 1950s; however, animation…
The Salesman (2016), Gheirat, and Negotiations with the State
The Salesman (2016) by Asghar Farhadi is one of the most successful films in Iranian…
Taste of Cherry
In the film Taste of Cherry (Dir. ‛Abbās Kīyārustamī, 1997), Mr. Badīʻī (played by Humāyūn…
Shirin Neshat’s Land of Dreams: Moving from the Personal to the Universal
This article primarily centers on Shirin Neshat’s latest videographic installations titled “Land of Dreams,” while…
Shifting Paradigms: Childhood Constructs in Iranian Children’s Cinema Across Five Decades
Iranian children’s cinema serves as a lens through which the evolving constructs of childhood and…
Screaming in Silence; Representation of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Post-Islamic Revolution Iranian Cinema
The issue of sexual and gender minorities in many Muslim countries has never been discussed…
Nasir Malek Motiʿi
Nasir Malek Motiʿi (1930-2018), iconic actor/director of the Pahlavi-era commercial cinema. Malek Motiʿi began his…
Local Genre and National Identity ; The Role of National Identity in the Development of the Filmfarsi Genre
The term “local genre” is one of the terms that may not be accepted by…
Gendered Spaces on Screen: Iranian Cinema’s Reflections on Urban Life
This research explores how cinema depicts the complex interaction between gender and urban environments, examining…
Furuzan
Furuzan, aka Parvin Kheirbaksh (1937-2016), prolific actress of the Pahlavi-era commercial cinema. Like a number…
From Mongols to Television and Cinema (The Mongols / Mogholha- Parviz Kimiavi)
Combining past and present and personal occupation as a tv expert and producer with his…
Film-Farsi and Everyday Life: Popular Cinema and Modernity in Pre-Revolutionary Iran
Iran’s popular film industry began its operation as a sustained national industry after World War…
Film Dubbing before 1979
Film Dubbing before 1979: Played an important role in the development and popularity of cinema…
Fereydun Gole
Fereydun Gole (1940-2005), writer/director of the Pahlavi-era commercial cinema. After studying dramatic arts at New…
Mahdi Ivanov (Rusi Khan)
Mahdi (Rusi Khan) Ivanov was born in Tehran on 15 October 1875 of Russian Tatar…
The Anthropological Unconscious of Iranian Ethnographic Films: A Brief Take
Pre-Revolution Ethnographic Filmmaking: Salvage Ethnography Ethnographic filmmaking—defined as making films that represent one culture to…
Maybe Some Other Time | شاید وقتی دیگر
Introduction Maybe Some Other Time (Shayad Vaghti Digar [1988]) displays the lives of Modabber and…
Self-Reflexivity in Iranian New Wave Cinema
Introduction In Khers (translated into English as No Bear [2022]), the acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi,…
Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Homayunshahr, also known as Sedeh (now called Khomeinishahr),…