Cinema of Iran

Cinema of Iran
No. of screens596 (2018)[1]
 • Per capita0.7 per 100,000 (2018)
Produced feature films (2017)[2]
Total200
Number of admissions (2018)[3]
Total28,537,410
National films28,514,921
Gross box office (2018)[3]
Total$23.8 million
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The cinema of Iran (Persian: سینمای ایران), or of Persia, refers to the film industry in Iran. In particular, Iranian art films have garnered international recognition.[4] Iranian films are usually written and spoken in the Persian language.[5]

Iran has been lauded as one of the best exporters of cinema in the 1990s.[6] Some critics now rank Iran as the world's most important national cinema, artistically, with a significance that invites comparison to Italian neorealism and similar movements in past decades.[4] A range of international film festivals have honoured Iranian cinema in the last twenty years. Many film critics from around the world have praised Iranian cinema as one of the world's most important artistic cinemas.[7]

  1. ^ Arbabi, Mahmoud. "شناسنامه سینماهای کشور در سال 97". Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. ^ Salehi Amiri, Reza. "سالانه 200 فیلم در ایران ساخته می‌شود". ILNA. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Ershad content" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  4. ^ a b "The Iranian Cinema". Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. ^ "History of Iran Cinema". fotros.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Abbas Kiarostami: Articles & Interviews". 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-20. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  7. ^ "The Iranian Cinema: A Dream With No Awakening". Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2006-03-26.