Film List Iran incl. fREE STREAMS 

 

  The mood in Iran is like that in Italy at the time of neorealism. There is no film industry per se, and yet outstanding films are being made. Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi, Samira Makhmalbaf, Shirin Neshat and Bahman Ghobadi are world-renowned auteurs and frequent guests at major festivals. After the Islamic Revolution, more than half of the cinemas were burned down. Since the establishment of Iran, critical films cannot be seen in cinemas, but can be easily obtained as illegal DVD pressings. What we know has also been made for us, artistic films for foreign festivals. Films that are shown in Iran, for example about the victory of the revolution, we do not know at all. Some films were also shot in Kurdistan or in Kurdish, such as A time for drunken horses, the wind will carry us or Turtles can fly. Kiarostami's films in particular are linked to Italian neorealism. Documentary and fiction intermingle, and he repeatedly makes visible that cinema is an artificial medium.