Cinema of Iran
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The cinema of Iran (Persian: سینمای ایران), or of Persia, refers to the film industry in Iran. In particular, Iranian art films have garnered international recognition.[4] Iranian films are usually written and spoken in the Persian language.[5]
Cinema of Iran | |
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No. of screens | 596 (2018)[1] |
• Per capita | 0.7 per 100,000 (2018) |
Produced feature films (2017)[2] | |
Total | 200 |
Number of admissions (2018)[3] | |
Total | 28,537,410 |
National films | 28,514,921 |
Gross box office (2018)[3] | |
Total | $23.8 million |
Iran has been lauded as one of the best exporters of cinema in the 1990s.[6] Some critics now rank Iran as the world's most important national cinema, artistically, with a significance that invites comparison to Italian neorealism and similar movements in past decades.[4] A range of international film festivals have honoured Iranian cinema in the last twenty years. Many film critics from around the world have praised Iranian cinema as one of the world's most important artistic cinemas.[7]