Iran Cinema, has a rich history to its credit. The political, historical and the cultural history of the country has influenced the country's film history in a major way. Iran Cinema has excelled in both commercial and art films.
Mohammad Ali Fardin, is considered as the most famous and popular commercial film maker in Iran. The commercial films made by Fardin faced a big blow after the Iranian revolution of 1979. The popularity and a box office hit claimed Fardin to come back with his films. The commercial films of Iran are basically of two types, the first types revolves around the revolution and the Iran-Iraq war, portraying a sense of patriotism and the second category of films are the formula movies. The movies revolves around contemporary and light issues which concentrates in a love affair between the protagonists of the films.
The other most popular genre of the Iran Cinema is the Iranian New Wave Films. The Iranian New Wave films have gained appreciation in the film festivals circuits. The films are based on varied topics and great Iranian film directors like Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Majid Majidi, Jafar Panahi have stood as icon of the forthcoming film makers. Forough Farrokhzad, Bahram Beizai have stood as stalwarts among the Iranian film makers who has brought the new wave Iranian cinema in front of the whole world.
Iranian Cinema has also been dominated by great women film directors. Women film directors have focused their films on pointing out the women related issues that the women of the country face even today. Women Directors like Samira Makhmalbaf, Merzieh Meshkini are among the two notable women film directors of Iran.
Iran Cinema has stood the test of time as being notable and popular in the film arena and is striving forward to create a much better impression in front of the film lovers of the world.
