“Cinema is a Machine of Empathy”: Restoring and Curating Iranian’s Cinematic Heritage. An interview with Ehsan Khoshbakht

Authors

André Habib

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The international recognition of Iranian cinema parallels its presence on the world festival circuit, from Gaffari’s 1963 Night of the Hunchback, through Kiarostami’s Palme d’Or for The Taste of Cherry to Rossoulof’s in extremis addition to the 2024 Cannes Festival selection. These last few years, festivals (in particular Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno) have been pivotal in diagnosing the “state of affairs” in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the ongoing creative struggle and resistance filmmakers have opposed to the regime...

Recommended Citation

Habib, André (2024) "“Cinema is a Machine of Empathy”: Restoring and Curating Iranian’s Cinematic Heritage. An interview with Ehsan Khoshbakht," Regards: Vol. 31: No. 31, Article 2.
Available at: https://e-journals.usj.edu.lb/regards/vol31/iss31/2