The Dignity of “Fajr Festival” Is Over/ Navid Mihandoust

Over its 44-year history, the Fajr Film Festival has gone through different periods which, based on the documented record of this state-run festival, I divide into three main eras: 1) the era of enmity and camaraderie; 2) the era of misery; 3) the era of disgrace. The first era began in February 1983 (Bahman 1361). […]...

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The issue of distinguishing between hero and anti-hero in Iran / Keyumars Amiri

The film “Hero”, written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, tells the story of a young man named “Rahim” who is played by “Amir Jadidi” brilliantly. Rahim has divorced his wife and has a teenage son who stutters. He is in prison because of a 70,000 tomans debt to his former boss and bankruptcy – which […]...

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“Red Nail Polish”, A Mediating Approach to Representing Women in Iranian Cinema / Zahra Bagheri Shad

This is a picture of a flower. Zahra Bagheri is happy. The importance of an intersectional approach in examining the position of women. One of the main criticisms of classical feminist theories is that many of these theories have been one-dimensional and based on polarizing gender roles, implying that all women are inherently oppressed and […]...

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Book Introduction: Film and Feminist Critics

Since the 1970s, the theory of film has gained a special place in film studies. One of the most important and challenging areas in this regard is the connection between film studies and feminist theories, which should be directly addressed in the emergence of prominent theorists who often borrow some concepts from previous or contemporary […]...

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