Starting with her own memories of working as an actress on Abbas Kiarostami's Ten, filmmaker Roya Akbari proceeds to elicit other testimonies on the masters of Iranian cinema from three people who are themselves among the foremost Iranian directors: Rafi Pitts on Parviz Kimiavi; Amir Naderi on Sohrab Shahid Saless; and Bahram Bayzai on Arby Ovanessian. Bayzai also analyses Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor (1933) by Ovanes Ohanian, considered the first feature film made in Iran.
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A testament of the greta B-movie director Lucio Fulci, whose films inspired great director like Quen...
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A harrased dog is found by animal helpers near a small village in Iran, they take him to the shelter...
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What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it?
Against a collage of excerpts that span thirty-four films, a filmmaker reflects on the community he ...
A documentary made on the set of "The Learning Tree." Narrated by Gordon Parks Jr., and featuring in...