Parviz Nazerian — An Isfahani in New York (1972)
An Isfahani in New York is the story of a young man (Nosratolah Vahdat) who, at the request of his father (Arham Sadr) travels to New York searching for his playboy brother to find out whether he is seriously attending school. New York is a very strange place for the young Isfahani. During and after [...]
Albert Lamorisse — Baadeh Sabah (1970)
The following is the concise version of the article in the current issue of Bidoun (#19, Noise) which tells the incredible story behind Albert Lamorisse’s lost film:
In 1970, the Shah’s government hires Albert Lamorisse to make a documentary film about Iran using his helicopter filming technology, Helivision
Lamorisse shoots a folky, poetic, beautiful film:
The ministry rejects [...]
Parviz Khatibi — Seh Mullah (1985)
Uploaded to UbuWeb via Bidoun: http://ubu.com/film/khatibi_mullah.html
Serge Rezvani aka Cyrus Bassiak
Born in Iran in 1928 to an Iranian father and Russian mother, Serge Rezvani is a prolific painter, novelist, poet, playwright and most notably, songwriter. Between the years 1955 and 1965, sometimes under the alias Cyrus Bassiak, Rezvani penned the music for several seminal films of the French new wave, among them Jules et Jim [...]
Abbas Kiarostami — Ghazieh Shekle Aval…Shekle Dovvom (1980)
An incredible all-star cross section cast of characters..
Gayle Thomas — A Sufi Tale (1980)
An animated short film from The National Film Board of Canada: This animated film is based on an old Persian parable. The inhabitants of a village learn to overcome their fear of the unknown. The benefit of their new-found knowledge is demonstrated. The black-and-white images are reminiscent of German wood-cuts.
Vould you like some syrup? (1982)
Scene from Haji Washington
Pars Video Commercials
Ay Ay Zad, Ay Ay…
Animation interlude from Maxx (2005)
Parviz Kimiavi — Moghollha (the Mongols)
Sunday April 19th, 2009 at 4pm
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue, New York
$8 in advance / $10 day-of-show
Moghollha (The Mongols)
Parviz Kimiavi
16mm On Video / 92 min / 1973
Included in Jonathan Rosenbaum’s list of 1000 essential films, Parviz Kimiavi’s The Mongols (1973) is a leftfield satire and sharp commentary on the expanding presence of cinema and television [...]
Haikus for Pars Video
Tarzana, CA
The finest Irooni films
Lowest quality
Flashing in yellow
The number starts eight one eight
Hiding subtitles
Video of Pars
The rights to all those movies
You can’t own baba