Cinema Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Saffari, Bijan

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Personal and educational background; on the encounter between the traditional and the modern in twentieth century Iran; revival of interest in the traditional art forms in the 1970s; cultural crisis in the late Pahlavi era; on the cultural roots of the Revolution; beginnings of the Shiraz Art Festival; Festival’s aim and agenda; impact of the Festival on the artistic circles outside of Iran; reaction of SAVAK and the media to the Festival; influence of the Festival on the development of performing arts in Iran; on Queen Farah’s patronage of the Festival; recollections of the contribution of the National Iranian Radio and Television Organization (NIRT) to the performing arts in Iran; workings of NIRT; on the creation and objectives of the Queen Farah Foundation.

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Pahlbod, Mehrdad

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:02 +0000

Family and educational history; early career at the Ministry of Culture and Arts; aims and operations of the Ministry in the 1950s and the 1960s; reviving traditional Persian music; operations of the Institute of Fine Arts; rivalry within the Ministry of Information and Tourism; creation and management of Rudaki Hall; film production at the Ministry; Shah’s views on the Mansur government; Queen Farah’s cultural activities; National Iranian Radio and Television Organization and propagation of Persian culture; attempts at the Ministry to promote archaeological activities and restoring historical sites; on the Academy of Language; Ministry’s role in promoting festivals and official events; on censorship and the development of the film industry in Iran; impact of leftist propaganda on the Ministry’s activities; recollections of the Shah’s Coronation and Twenty Five Hundred Years of Monarchy Celebrations.

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Golestan, Shahrokh

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

Personal background and education; recollections of the Point Four Program; early career in film making; emergence of news broadcasting and documentary films in Iran; working with the Bureau of Fine Arts and the Ministry of Culture and Arts; bureaucratic and organizational impediments to film making in Iran; on the nature and extent of censorship of films in Iran; on the Shiraz Art Festival; covering official events and royal trips; on the aims and achievements of the National Iranian Radio and Television Organization; personal experiences with the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Ghaffari, Farrokh

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +0000

Recollections of childhood and early education; studies in France; participation in the activities of the Tudeh Party; recollections of Malekoshsho`ara-ye Bahar’s involvement with the Tudeh Party; history of cinema in Iran; on censorship in the film industry in Iran; artistic tastes of the directors and the public’s response to them; assessment of the Iranian cinema over the past four decades; activities of the Ministry of Culture and Arts; establishment of the National Iranian Radio and Television Organization; NIRT’s structure and objectives; NIRT’s relations with other governmental bodies in general and SAVAK in particular; on the Shiraz Art Festival; Festival’s aims, achievements and shortcomings.

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Av, Fereydun

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:01 +0000

Recollections of childhood and service in the military; problems confronted by a Zoroastrian growing up and working in Iran; first projects at the Iran-America Society; on the National Iranian Radio and Television Organization; development of theater in Iran; on the Shiraz Art Festival; artistic circles in Iran in the 1960s and the 1970s; forming an art gallery in Tehran; on Queen Farah’s patronage of the arts; on the Revolution of 1978-79; impact of the Revolution on the minorities; cinema in post-revolutionary Iran.

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