Ebrahim Golestan
Birthday: 1922-10-19
Place of Birth: Shiraz, Iran
Biography: Ebrahim Golestan (Taghavi Shirazi) (also spelt Ibrahim Golestan, Persian: ابراهیم گلستان), (born October 19, 1922 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has lived in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975. He was closely associated with the controversial and eminent Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad until her death, whom he met at his studio in 1958. He is said to have inspired her to live more independently.
Movies
Ebrahim Golestan, Full stop
This documentary that its filming has taken 10 years long, has shows a new picture of Ebrahim Golest...
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See You Friday, Robinson
"We should start with a correspondence, maybe we will not correspond to one another. Ebrahim can sen...
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The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries
A satirical comedy about a poor farmer who, while plowing his field, accidentally uncovers an ancien...
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The Hills of Marlik
This is a short documentary about Marlik hills and the archaeology's explorations there. But also it...
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Wave, Coral and Rock
A documentary about the oil pipe installation in Khark, Iran in 1962....
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The Crown Jewels of Iran
The Crown Jewels of Iran is a 1965 film commissioned and then banned by the Shah’s cultural ministry...
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Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island
Simin Daneshvar was an Iranian pioneering novelist who lived nearly for a century and under 3 differ...
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The Brick and the Mirror
Hashem is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he give...
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The House Is Black
Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness," of which there...
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Scenes from A Separation
Documentary showing behind-the-scenes footage of the film 'Nader and Simin, A Separation'. Director ...
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Harvest and Seed
The banned and unseen Harvest and Seed is a sardonic look at the conditions of a poverty-stricken Ir...
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Fannizadeh
Fanizadeh documentary is about the famous actor of Iranian cinema Parviz Fanizadeh. This documentar...
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Moon Sun Flower Game: A True Fairytale
A documentary fairy-tale that begins in northern Iran and winds its way to Munich’s Westend. There, ...
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