Summary Iran enjoys one of the most productive film cultures of our time, yet what is less known by contemporary audiences , is the formative past of this vibrant cinema. The creativity, modern lyricism and social commitment of the filmmakers before the 1979 revolution is seldom remembered by the film critics outside the country. This film sets out to portray that the post revolution cinema that came to be recognized by the world was a product of Kanoon, an institution that influenced the artistic culture of several generations. Kanoon was a medium for filmmakers to express their socio political and cultural criticisms under the title of children's cinema. It gave rise to an aesthetic art that was itself a by product of that very historical embodiment. View more details
Directed : Khatereh Khodaei
Written : Khatereh Khodaei
Stars : Mohammad Reza Aligholi Kurosh Afsharpanah Aydin Aghdashloo Ali Akbar Sadeghi
Genres : History Biography Documentary
Release date : Dec 14, 2015
Countries of origin : France Iran
Language : Persian
Summary Iran enjoys one of the most productive film cultures of our time, yet what is less known by contemporary audiences , is the formative past of this vibrant cinema. The creativity, modern lyricism and social commitment of the filmmakers before the 1979 revolution is seldom remembered by the film critics outside the country. This film sets out to portray that the post revolution cinema that came to be recognized by the world was a product of Kanoon, an institution that influenced the artistic culture of several generations. Kanoon was a medium for filmmakers to express their socio political and cultural criticisms under the title of children's cinema. It gave rise to an aesthetic art that was itself a by product of that very historical embodiment. View more details
Genres : History Biography Documentary
Release date : Dec 14, 2015
Countries of origin : France Iran
Language : Persian
