FILMFARSI [2019] | Documentary | 83min - 5.1 / Stereo Mix

For the past four years, filmmaker Ehsan Khoshbakht has been unearthing a long lost cinematic history of film stars from the Middle East. In opening a Pandora’s box of Iranian popular films, Khoshbakht unlocked one of the richest film genres recorded on celluloid. Filmfarsi uncovers the cinematic and social history of Iran under the Shah, suppressed since the 1979 revolution.

The world premiere of Khoshbakht’s essay film brings back a cinema of passion, horror and melodrama that was led by Iran’s most beloved actors. [Text source: BFI news].

This excellent article written by Ehsan for The Guardian is a great introduction to cinema in Pre-revolutionary Iran.

Director: Ehsan Khoshbakht
Sound Designer: Rob Szeliga
Additional Sound Editing: John Cohen