In the national day of the Cinema of Iran : Some facts about the history of this art in our country
Tehran (KNA) : Today, Shahrivar 21th ( September 12th ) is the national day of Iranian cinema. Because of this , We have a review of some historical facts about the cinema of Iran.
The first film produced in Iran, "Blue and Robbie", is a silent film that was directed in
1309.
Taste of Cherry which is a 1997 film by the Abbas Kiarostami, is awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. It was the first film from Iran which has awarded at cannes festival.
Separation of Nader from Simin is a 2011 Iranian drama written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to win the award.
Asghar Farhadi won the best Screenplay from the Cannes Film Festival for his another movie, The Salesman. Apart from Asghar Farhadi, Shahab Hosseini also won the Best Actor Award from the Cannes Film Festival.
Lor Girl is the first sound film to be produced in the Persian language. It was produced by Ardeshir Irani and Abdolhossein Sepanta under a Film Company in Bombay.
Shahla Riyahi is the first Iranian woman who has directed a movie (Marjan_ 1956)
Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is the first Persian film maker and cameraman. He was theofficial photographer of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah of Qajar , the king of the time of Iran.