Blames & Flames

Synopsis

The history of the Iranian revolution as the history of cinema: In 1978, on the verge of the Islamic revolution, more than 130 cinemas burned down across Iran, including 28 in Tehran. Great strikes, signs of the onset of the revolution, affected cinema at large. The debates also addressed the films as such: which films should be shown, which should be made?

Director Biography

Born 1979, lives and works in Tehran. He works as filmmaker, translator, writer, researcher and actor. His film Gom O Gour (Into Thin Air) premiered at Forum Expanded 2011 and has subsequently been shown at many other international festivals.