The Iran Film Foundation is a non-political UK unregistered charity with a mission to promote and preserve the cinematic history of the Persian speaking world. The remit of the Foundation is specific and is only related to cinematic history, television history and the moving image. The Foundation covers the late nineteenth century to the present day.
The Foundation achieves its objectives by organising and supporting lectures, cultural events and conferences, for archivists, and by supporting publications and museum programs.
The Foundation is funded by contributions from trustees and patrons and by various fund-raising events. The Foundation does not accept financial support from any Government, Semi-Government organisations or lobbying groups. The IFF is governed by a body of trustees supported by a Film and Moving Image Committee.
History
The organizers of the Foundation have contributed to the Iranian film industry during the past ten years prior to the formal founding of group.
Prior to the formal registration of the organization, the organizers of the foundation worked to build and contribute to publication of several art documentaries in both the English language and
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
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The Foundation has also offered some of its catalogue to large organizations based in Europe for the dissemination of historical archive footage in 2014, notably the recent Iran history series at universities in the United Kingdom.
In 2015, members of the moving image committee contributed to the
Berlin Film Festival with supporting the distribution of Iranian cinematography through access deals.
See also
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Iranian studies
Iranian studies ( fa, ايرانشناسی '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It ...
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Azerbaijani art
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Culture of Iran
The culture of Iran () or culture of PersiaYarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) is among the most influential in the world. Iran, also known as Persia, is widely considered to be one of the cradles of civilization. Due t ...
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International rankings of Iran
The following are international rankings for Iran:
Agriculture
Communication and information technology
Demographics
Economy
Education
Energy
Environment and ecology
General
Globalization
Health
History and culture
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Iran's House of Art
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Iranian modern and contemporary art
A cursory glance at the history of art reveals that social, political and economic conditions have always played a major role in the emergence of new artistic currents and styles. As an example ''Flight'' by Morteza Katouzian is showing the margi ...
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List of Iranian films
A list of films produced in Iran ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of Iranian films see :Iranian films.
* List of Iranian films before 1960
* List of Iranian films of the 1960s
* List of Iranian films of the 1970s
* List of ...
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International Fajr Film Festival
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London Iranian Film Festival
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Bāgh-e Ferdows, ''Film Museum of Iran''
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Persian theatre
Persian theater ( fa, تئاتر ایرانی) goes back to antiquity. The first initiation of theater and phenomena of acting can be traced in ceremonial theaters to glorify national heroes and legends and to humiliate the enemy, as in the class ...
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Persian Film
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
References
External links
The Iran Film Foundation - UK
Foundations based in the United Kingdom
Iranian culture
Politics of Iran
Persian art
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