“In the spring of 1958, in the region of Khuzestan, at the heart of the Iranian oil industry and of Persian civilization, an oil well explodes during a drilling. The eruption is endless; the fire is powerful, indestructible, and gigantic. It is a dragon. In any case, that is how it is presented in A Fire.” (Stéfani de Loppinot, Cinéma 07)

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), formed upon nationalization of the British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, employed film systematically, producing many films on oil and petrochemical subjects. It also made films depicting Iran’s progress and modernization, highlighting the role of the Shah and NIOC in that direction. Under its auspices, Ebrahim Golestan directed A FIRE (1961), a highly visual treatment of a seventy-day oil well fire in the Khuzestan region of southwestern Iran. This film was edited by the Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad and won two awards at the Venice Film Festival in 1961.

Born in 1922 in Shiraz, Golestan has been a pioneer in filmmaking and literature for more than half a century, with far-reaching influence on generations of Iranians in various fields of art. He is the founder of the Golestan Film Studio and directed, among other films, the groundbreaking documentary Wave, Coral and Rock (1965). He now lives in London.

349MB | 24m 27s | 718×572 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/34B1C2A43187C39/A_Fire.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:French,Spanish

The post Ebrahim Golestan – Yek atash AKA A Fire (1961) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A beautiful short by the Iranian director about the archaelogical excavations in the area of the Marlik hills. Narrated by Golestan, the film features a reflective voice-over text exploring the lives, hopes and myths of the people who once lived there and who live there today. A very lyrical film, and a small masterpiece.

254MB | 14 min 12 s | 1024×576 | mkv

https://nitroflare.com/view/70CD4955D863E05/Golestan_-_The_Hills_of_Marlik.mkv
https://nitroflare.com/view/43D34887AABCE94/The_Hills_of_Marlik.1963.ENG.srt

Language:Persian
Subtitles:Italian (hardcoded), English

The post Ebrahim Golestan – Tappe-haye Marlik AKA The Hills of Marlik (1963) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The Hills of Marlik (1963, 15 min.) beautifully and suggestively documents archaeological excavations.

Directed and narrated by Ebrahim Golestan.

92MB | 14mn 3s | 644×478 | mkv

http://nitroflare.com/view/CEDD1476DDDDF5E/Ebrahim_Goletan_-_Tappe-haye_Marlik.mkv
http://nitroflare.com/view/B77318E3D2D2BA0/HILLS_OF_MARLIK.srt

Language:Persian
Subtitles:English

The post Ebrahim Golestan – Tappe-haye Marlik AKA The Hills of Marlik (1963) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Hashem (Zakariya Hashemi) is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. Hashem and his girlfriend, Taji (Taji Ahmadi), try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on getting rid of the child, Taji on keeping him.

2.21GB | 2 h 04 min | 1280×720 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/402317B72D7F3C8/The_Brick_and_The_Mirror.mkv
http://nitroflare.com/view/D0377418B6C6524/The_Brick_and_The_Mirror.ENG.11.rar

Language(s):Persian
Subtitles:Italian Hardsub,English

The post Ebrahim Golestan – Khesht va Ayeneh AKA Brick and Mirror (1965) (HD) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
The Ghost Valley’s Treasure Mysteries (in Persian: اسرار گنج دره جنی, transliterated as Asrar-e Ganj-e Darre-ye Jenni), also known as “The Secrets of the Treasure of the Jinn Valley”, is a 1974 satirical comedy Iranian film, directed by Ebrahim Golestan. It was released by Golestan Films, and was Golestan’s last feature film in Iran. Using symbolic language, the director was accused of having the Shah’s support.

Very bad quality, but apparently the only way to see this movie by Ebrahim Golestan.

470MB | 2h 15mn | 352×256 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/DBF18E60F018550/Ebrahim_Golestan_-_The_ghost_valley_s_treasure_mysteries.mkv

Language:Persian
Subtitles:English Hardcoded

The post Ebrahim Golestan – Asrar ganj dareheye jenni AKA The ghost valley’s treasure mysteries (1974) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
Made for the Central Bank of Iran to celebrate the collection of precious jewels kept in the treasury, this film remains filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan’s most visually dazzling work, embellished with terrific camera movements.

Some of the most iconic landscape photography in the history of Iranian cinema can be found within a minute after the opening credits, in which peasants of various ethnicities and tribes are quickly reviewed, all posed in a graceful manner, like kings without being kings. Like a work of musical composition, a simple act of ploughing is spread across shots of various size and angle, creating an intimate visual symphony. And then appears one of Golestan’s allegorical match-cuts: a farmer seen on the horizon before a cut to a diamond on a dark background – the farmer is the jewel.

As in his previous commissioned films, Golestan manages to subvert the subject by being openly critical of the Persian kings. The theme of the commentary is in clear contrast with what is shown: colourful images of jewels in rotation while Golestan’s voice is heard, describing the decadence and treachery of past kings.
-Ehsan Khoshbakht, Notes On Cinematograph

38.1MB | 13m 28s | 320×240 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/103EB39FF67A44D/Ganjine-haye.Gohar.AKA.The.Crown.Jewels.of.Iran.1965.240p.WEB-DL.mkv

Language:Persian
Subtitles:English

The post Ebrahim Golestan – Ganjine-haye gohar AKA The crown jewels of Iran (1965) first appeared on Cinema of the World.