Navid Mihan Dost Navid Mihan Dost translates to “the good news of homeland friend” or “the promise of a friend from the homeland.”
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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Navid Mihandoust
February 20, 2026
In the circumstances of Simorgh/ Navid Mihan Dost
The Fajr Film Festival is one of the most interesting events that has been organized by the Islamic Republic. As you know, the Islamic Revolution in Iran aimed to transform all cultural, political, and social aspects, and in this process, cinema was one of the main targets for destruction and annihilation. It is not meaningless […]...
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Admin February 20, 2023
The Curtain of Masterful Mentors; A Note on the Village of Iranian Cinema Today / Naveed Mihan-Doust
Iranian cinema has gone through a turbulent path from its birth until now: from Mirza Ibrahim Khan Akasbashi and Khan Baba Mo’tazeddi, who filmed the first movies in this country, to Ebrahim Golestan, who made the first silent film in Iranian cinema, to the present time where everything, including film screenings, has become digital and […]...
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Navid Mihandoust September 22, 2021
