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Persian Carpet
Wide Angle
True Story · Tradition · History
- CountryIran
- Production Year2007
- Running Time120min
- Format35mm
- ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran’s National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors contributed films on the subject of Persian carpet. Carpets are the reflection of the cultural and historical identity of Iran. The carpets carry meaning with them, mostly aspects of the ordinary lives of Iranians, and the way to weave carpets symbolizes the Iranian values of unity and solidarity. Moreover, the carpets’ designs and patterns depict the spiritual realm of Iranians and their perception of the universe. 15 directors including Abbas Kiarostami, Majid Majidi and Jafar Panahi present short films in various genres of cinema from fiction to documentary and animation to deliver the meaning of Persian carpets. Persian Carpet gives us the pleasure of witnessing Iran’s cultural identity through a cultural object, the carpet, and at the same time, the joy of learning about the presence of Iranian cinema.
Director
Behruz Afkhami
Khosro Sinaee
Bahman Farmanara
Mojtaba Raee
Nor-ol-Din Zarrin-kelk
Rakhshan Bani-etemad
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad was born in Tehran in 1954. After studying at the University of Dramatic Arts in Iran, she made several documentaries for Iranian television, and in 1987, directed her first feature film, Off the Limits. In 1991, she became the first woman recipient of the Best Director award at the Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran for Nargess (1991). She won the Bronze Leopard at the 1995 Locarno Film Festival for The Blue Veiled (1994). Mainline is Bani-Etemad`s ninth feature film.
Dariush Mehrjui
Kamal Tabrizi
Reza Mir-Karimi
Mohammad Reza Honarmand
Seifollah Daad
Abbas KIAROSTAMI
Born in Tehran in 1940, he graduated from the College of Fine Arts, and then started graphic work includeing film credit designs. and film advertisement. He started his collaboration with the Insititute for the Intellectual Development of Chidren and Young Adults in 1970 and directed a short film [Bread and Alley]. He made his first feature film [The Traveller] in 1974. [Taste of Cherry] won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1997. His films have been shown twice at PIFF
Bahram Beizai
Jafar PANANHI
Born in 1960 in Tehran, he graduated from the Iranian College of Cinema and TV. Since his first feature, [The White Balloon] (1995), the Camera d’Or winner, he became the leading filmmaker of Iran. Being accused for involving anti-government activities, he was sentenced 6 years imprisonment and banned for any kind of filmmaking for 20 years. His films include [The Mirror] (1997), [The Circle] (2000), and the Silver Bear-winning [Offside] (2006).
Majid Majidi
Majid Majidi was born in 1959 in Tehran, Iran, where he appeared in amateur productions before completing his studies in acting at the Academy for Dramatic Arts. He began making his own short films and documentaries in the 1980s, and moved onto features films in 1992. He became one of Iran’s most renowned directors with award-winning films including [Children of Heaven], which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1997, [The Father](1996), [The Colour of Paradise](1999) and [Baran](2001).
Credit
- Director
Behruz Afkhami
Khosro Sinaee
Bahman Farmanara
Mojtaba Raee
Nor-ol-Din Zarrin-kelk
Rakhshan Bani-etemad
Dariush Mehrjui
Kamal Tabrizi
Reza Mir-Karimi
Mohammad Reza Honarmand
Seifollah Daad
Abbas KIAROSTAMI
Bahram Beizai
Jafar PANANHI
Majid Majidi - ProducerReza Mir-Karimi
- World SalesFARABI CINEMA FOUNDATION
fcf1@dpi.net.ir

