Iranian cinema

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Iranian cinema is the national film industry of Iran, internationally acclaimed for its poetic realism, humanistic storytelling, and influential auteurs such as Abbas Kiarostami and Asghar Farhadi.

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Iranian cinema canonical 2

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instanceOf film industry
national cinema
awardRecognition Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
linked to: Golden Lion

Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
linked to: Palme d’Or
censorship subject to state censorship
commonTheme children's perspective
existential questions
family relationships
gender roles
moral dilemmas
rural-urban divide
social inequality
continent Asia
country Iran
distributionChannel art-house cinemas worldwide
exportMarket international film festivals
filmFestival Fajr International Film Festival
Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults
Tehran International Short Film Festival
filmOrganization Farabi Cinema Foundation
governingBody Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran
influenced festival-oriented filmmaking globally
world art cinema
influencedBy Italian neorealism
linked to: Italian Neorealism

Persian poetry
theater traditions of Iran
knownFor allegorical storytelling
art-house films
child-centered narratives
humanistic storytelling
location shooting
minimalist style
poetic realism
social realism
use of non-professional actors
language Persian
majorTurningPoint 1979 Iranian Revolution
linked to: Iranian Revolution

emergence of Iranian New Wave
international festival recognition in 1990s
notableActor Ali Mosaffa
Behrouz Vossoughi
Ezzatolah Entezami
Fatemeh Motamed-Arya
Golshifteh Farahani
Hedieh Tehrani
Leila Hatami
Parviz Parastui
Shohreh Aghdashloo
notableAwardWinningFilm A Separation
Taste of Cherry
Taxi
The Salesman
There Is No Evil
notableDirector Abbas Kiarostami
Ali Hatami
Asghar Farhadi
Bahram Beyzai
Dariush Mehrjui
Jafar Panahi
Kianoush Ayari
Majid Majidi
Mani Haghighi
Mohammad Rasoulof
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Niki Karimi
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Reza Mirkarimi
Saeed Roustayi
Samira Makhmalbaf
linked to: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
notableFilm A Separation
Children of Heaven
Close-Up
Crimson Gold
Gabbeh
Offside
Taste of Cherry
Taxi
Ten
The Circle
The Color of Paradise
The Cow
The Salesman
The White Balloon
The Wind Will Carry Us
There Is No Evil
Where Is the Friend's Home?
notableMovement Iranian New Wave
post-revolution art cinema
notableScreenwriter Abbas Kiarostami
Asghar Farhadi
otherLanguagesUsed Arabic
Azeri
Kurdish
period Iranian New Wave
post-Iranian New Wave
post-revolution era
pre-revolution era
region Middle East
startOfSignificantDevelopment 1960s
stylisticFeature blurring of fiction and documentary
long takes
natural lighting
open endings

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Tehran dialect usedIn Iranian cinema
Payman Maadi activeIn Iranian cinema