History of Persian Music: From Shah To Khomeini

The evolution of music from Shahrivar 1320 (August 1941) at the same time as the reign of MohammadReza Pahlavi until 22 Bahman 1357 (February 1978) and the banning of music by Ruhollah Khomeini.

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Behind Closed Shutters

Middle class Sandra, engaged to be married and living in Turin, searches for her missing sister that is estranged from her family. For this, she enters the morally degraded back allies of the port city of Genoa and is ex

Persian Pickles

A swimming study of paisley patterns traces this decorative motif from its origins in Persian weavings to appearances Irish quilting and American Counterculture. Extending on the stroboscopic tradition of anti-animation,

History of Persian Music: From ChoghaMish To ChehelSotoun

An adventure-filled journey through 60 centuries of history, to learn about the formation, changes and developments and progress of musical art in Iran.

History of Persian Music: From Suleiman Shah To Reza Shah

Second Episode: About the changes and developments in the music of this land from the end of the Safavid era to the end of the Second World War. From the courts of different kings to holding the first concerts in Iran,

Eleven Persian Fallow Deer

Eleven Persian Fallow Deer..

My Mother – A Persian Princess

After reconnecting with her biological family, a young woman travels to Iran, where she must navigate a world of unfamiliar customs and traditions.

Finnish Knife, Persian Lilac

Short feature film based on A.Vampilov's short story "Finnish knife, Persian lilac" 2015.

Persian Series #6

Persian Series #6 begins with what appears to be dried red and yellow rose petals, suddenly shot-thru with blue which causes a shift to violets and greens. This mash of colors thickens and is scored by white and then bla

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The Last Persian Shah

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi would have been 100 years in October 2019. The Shah's story begins with good ideas and ideals and ends in bloody chaos. On the one hand, he helped carry Iran into modernity. His wealth was lege

Persian Series #3

Dark, fast-paced symmetry in mixed weave of tones moving from oranges & yellows to blue-greens, then retreating (dissolves of zooming away) to both rounded and soft-edged shapes shot with black. Preserved by the Academy

Pearls of the Persian Gulf: Dubai 1975

Persian Series #17

Persian Series #17 is a series of quite distinct globules of paint brilliantly colored and shifting as if vertically in the plane (as different from the more horizontally oriented previous parts).

Bandar Abbas and the Persian Gulf

A documentary by Hassan Bani Hashemi about Bandar Abbas and the Persian Gulf in the 1350s (1970s). A calm and observational film that captures the coastal life, natural landscapes, and local culture of southern Iran.

Persian Series #1

This hand-painted and elaborately step-printed work begins with a flourish of reds and yellows and purples in palpable fruit-like shapes interspersed by darkness, then becomes lit lightning-like by sharp multiply-colored

Persian Series #5

Dark blood red slow shifting tones (often embedded in dark) / (often shot-thru with parallel wave-like lines) composed of all previous shapes and flowers as if trying, linearly, to evolve a glyph-script. Preserved by th

Persian Series #2

Multiple thrusts and then retractions of oranges, reds, blues, and the flickering, almost black, textural dissolves suggesting an amalgam approaching script. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Persian Series #7

Very pale, thin, hieroglyphic pinks, greens and blues in a white space which is thickened over by ribbed mashes of these colors which "dissolve" into varied shapes almost suggesting landscapes and ephemeral bouquets. Dar