Iranian cinema

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film industry national cinema

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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Predicate Object
instanceOf film industry ⓘ
national cinema ⓘ
awardRecognition Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Golden Bear (Berlinale) ⓘ
surface form: Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival

Golden Lion ⓘ
surface form: Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

Palme d’Or ⓘ
surface form: Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 Iranian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: 1979 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 ⓘ
Mohsen Makhmalbaf ⓘ
surface form: Samira 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 ⓘ
Azerbaijani language ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ