Movies: Loris Tjeknavorian

This film, based on a well-known novel of the same name by Sadegh Chooback, is about a wronged man seeking revenge. Director Amir Naderi's inspiration for making the film was one of his childhood heroes, the legendary Zar Mohammad, who waged a one-ma...

Based on D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and one of the pioneering films of the Iranian New Wave...

A film documenting the exorbitant 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire, held in October 1971, organized by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and attended by leaders from around the world....

"Fanoos Khiyal", with a brief introduction from illustration in Persian literature to mezzanine in Iranian miniatures and folk paintings, introduces the first camcorder in Iran and shows the first available films. After that, with the development of ...

Hajir Darioush's first and last commercially successful film, "Bita" is about a young woman's struggle to come to terms with social barriers facing her, starring Googoosh....

There are 50 different colours of soil on Hormuz Island. An eco-artist travels there to teach the women inhabitants how to create works of art from the soil....

This short documentary pictures Abadan city in southern Iran in the early 70s and how the National Oil Industry development has affected its progress....

A documentary about Iranian-Armenian maestro Loris Tjeknavorian, the celebrated Iranian-Armenian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. His compositions have been performed by major orchestras, including the London Symphony Orc...

Introduces the official religions and denominations in Iran and It depicts the performance of various religious ceremonies in mosques, prayer rooms, churches and fire temples....

A short documentary about Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque...