Masters of Iranian Cinema

Season

Please note : this season finished in June 2015

This short season celebrates the most magical and moving Iranian films of the last thirty years, offering the rare opportunity to experience these beautiful films on the big screen.

Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Bahram Beizai are among a generation of globally acclaimed Iranian filmmakers who won prizes at festivals across the world. Their delightful films - Where Is My Friend's House?, Bashu the Little Stranger and Gabbeh - opened a window on contemporary Iran during a time of great change.

Whilst revealing social changes in Iran to Western audiences, these films are visually striking, rich in symbolism and full of wonder. The hugely influential Iranian neorealist style has had an enduring legacy, having been adopted by many filmmakers around the world.

Ticket prices: £4.00 - 8.00.

Presented in partnership with WOW Wales One World Film Festival as part of the British Council Iran's UK-Iran Season of Culture. Part of our ongoing Conversations About Cinema: Impact of Conflict Season.

Previous screenings in this season

Gabbeh

PG Masters of Iranian Cinema

Please note: This was screened in June 2015

Film

Astonishingly beautiful and profoundly poetic, Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Gabbeh is quite possibly the most eye-poppingly gorgeous film ever made. This sumptuous allegorical tale focuses on an almost extinct nomadic tribe of South Eastern Iran who are famed for their intricately designed Persian "Gabbeh" carpets.

Where is my Friend's House?

PG Masters of Iranian Cinema

Please note: This was screened in June 2015

Film

This launched Abbas Kiarostami (Certified Copy, Close Up) onto the world stage, heralded the arrival of Iranian neo-realism, and set the prototype for Iranian "kid quest" movies. Nominally the story of a young boy who must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, in case his friend is punished by being expelled from school.

Bashu, The Little Stranger

15 Masters of Iranian Cinema

Please note: This was screened in June 2015

Film

A warm, vivid, touching tale with mysterious supernatural touches this paints a unique portrait of Iranian rural life. Scared and alone, young Bashu runs away from the Iran-Iraq war and fetches up in a little village in the far North where no one can understand him.

Previous screenings in this season

Gabbeh

Where is my Friend's House?

Bashu, The Little Stranger

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