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Nations Cultures - Muslims is a documentary film series. In these series, different countries were visited by the director group, the countries included: England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Guinea, Mali and Senegal. The cultural, social and historical situations were considered and the life and culture of Muslims in their countries were analyzed.
The cinema of Iran, or of Persia, refers to the film industry in Iran. In particular, Iranian art films have garnered international recognition. Iranian films are usually written and spoken in the Persian language.
Muhammad Ali Jauhar was an Indian Muslim freedom activist, a preeminent member of Indian National Congress, journalist and a poet, a leading figure of the Khilafat Movement and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia.
The depiction of Islamic prophet Muhammad in film is a controversial topic both within and outside of Islam. Although the Quran does not explicitly forbid images of Muhammad, there are a few hadith which have explicitly prohibited Muslims from creating visual depictions of figures. Because the different branches of Islam use different Hadith collections, there is a split on this issue between the two major denominations of Islam, Sunni and Shia Islam.
The cinema of Saudi Arabia is a fairly small industry that only produces a few feature films and documentaries every year. Theaters were closed after religious activism in the 1980s. With the exception of one IMAX theater in Khobar, there were no cinemas in Saudi Arabia from 1983 to 2018, although there was occasionally talk of opening movie theaters, and in 2008 conference rooms were rented to show the comedy Mennahi. Saudis wishing to watch films have done so via satellite, DVD, or video. Cinemas were banned for 35 years until the first cinema in Saudi Arabia opened on 18 April 2018 in Riyadh. AMC Theatres planned to open up to 40 cinemas in some 15 Saudi cities over the following five years. The government hopes that by 2030, Saudi Arabia will have more than 300 theaters with over 2,000 movie screens. Cinema of Saudi Arabia, whether locally-produced or foreign-sourced, is subject to Saudi censorship.
Jews of Iran is a 2005 documentary film by Iranian-Dutch filmmaker Ramin Farahani. The film examines the lives of Persian Jews living in Iran's predominantly Islamic society. Although they face discrimination, they choose to remain in their homes rather than leave the country.
Green faces, Burnt bodies is a film by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh about the life and death of trees during wars.
The Bitter Dawn is a 1988 film by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh. It is a story about a young boy who is very interested in taking photos and while learning how to take pictures academically, he tries to experience it himself. In the morning when he hears the Iran islamic revolution Leader's death, he comes to the streets anxiously to record the reactions of the people to this important news.
The Noon of the 10th Day is a 1988 documentary film by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh about people mourning in Ashoora in the city of Khansar in Isfahan province, Iran. In this ceremony, which takes place every year in the tenth day of Moharram by Shiite Muslims, the customs of the public mourning for the loss of their religious leader is shown. In this film, poetic and dramatic scenes from the Battle of Karbala is reconstructed.
A City Surrounded By the Mountains is a documentary by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh, and it introduces the social, cultural and geographical life of the people in Khansar, in the Isfahan province of Iran. In this film, the beauty of nature with the capsized tulips in the very high mountain slope that surrounded the city, and also the people and their cultures are portrayed.
One Land, Five Nations is a documentary by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh. It introduces the cultural and social and geographical life of the people in Faridan in Isfahan Province of Iran. In this region, five different Nations: Armenians, Lors, Georgian, Turkish and Persian are living peacefully together, celebrating their own languages, customs and cultures.
The Text Books is an Iranian documentary by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh. It introduces the strengths and weaknesses of textbooks in Iran. Editors, experts and teachers explain their views and critic the current situation of textbooks in Iran.
The Boys from Baghdad High, also known as Baghdad High, is a British-American-French television documentary film. It was first shown in the United Kingdom at the 2007 Sheffield Doc/Fest, before airing on BBC Two on 8 January 2008. It also aired in many other countries including France, Australia, the United States, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. It documents the lives of four Iraqi schoolboys of different religious or ethnic backgrounds over the course of one year in the form of a video diary. The documentary was filmed by the boys themselves, who were given video cameras for the project.
End is a 1984 fiction film by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh; is a story about the children who live near the railways and their lives, which are full of ups and downs. The film tells the story of a small child who lives in the south of Tehran during times of social problems. The film analyses an unjust and unfair society.
The Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema (KIFMC) was created in 2005 as the Golden Minbar International Festival of Muslim Cinema. It takes place at the beginning of September in the town of Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan. The festival is a showcase for Islamic and Muslim cinema, and issues a series of awards in various categories.
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World is a PBS documentary film that showcases the variety and diversity of Islamic art. It discusses Islamic culture and its role in the rise of world civilization over the centuries. It was produced in 2011 by Alex Kronemer and Michael Wolfe of Unity Productions Foundation.
Aria Party was a monarchist and nationalist political party in Iran known for its pro-British policy and staunch anti-Communist tendency. It was alleged to have been financed by the Imperial State.
Susan is a feature film produced and directed by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh, that has participated in several international film festivals in 2018 and 2019, and has received several awards and nominations. The movie was filmed in London.
The Central African Republic is one of the world's poorest countries and the film industry is correspondingly small. The first film made in CAR appears to have been Les enfants de la danse, a short French-made ethnographic documentary of 1945. Joseph Akouissone was the first Central African to make a film in the country, with his 1981 documentary Un homme est un homme; he was followed by the documentaries made in the 1980s by Léonie Yangba Zowe. Since then a series of ongoing conflicts and economic crises have severely limited the potential growth of film-making in the country. The first feature-length drama made in the country was Le silence de la forêt, a 2003 CAR-Gabon-Cameroon co-production about the Biaka people.
Seven is an Iranian television program produced by IRIB TV3 that examines the issues of Iranian and world cinema. This program will be broadcast on Friday nights as a recording on IRIB TV3. "Seven" invites Iranian artists, critics and cultural officials in the field of cinema and television to discuss, critique, analyze and review film and cinema.
Fatwa is a 2018 Tunisian drama film directed by Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud and co-produced by Habib Ben Hedi, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, and Luc Dardenne. The film stars Ahmed Hafiane with Ghalia Benali, Sarra Hannachi, Jamel Madani, and Mohamed Maghlaoui in supporting roles. The film revolves around Brahim Nadhour, a man who returns to Tunis from France and finds out that his son Marouane was working for a radical Islamic group before his death.
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