Table of Contents
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ČĪM Ī DRŌN
Cross-Reference
See DRŌN.
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ČĪM Ī KUSTĪG
Cross-Reference
See KUSTĪG.
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CIMMERIANS
Sergei R. Tokhtas’ev
a nomadic people, most likely of Iranian origin, who flourished in the 8th-7th centuries B.C.
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ČĪN TĪMŪR
Peter Jackson
the first governor of Khorasan and Māzandarān on behalf of the Mongols.
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CINEMA
Multiple Authors
This series of articles treats the history of cinema in Persia, Persian feature film, Persian documentary films, film censorship in Persia, and filmography in Persia.
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CINEMA i. History of Cinema in Persia
Farrokh Gaffary
Regularly scheduled film screenings were introduced in Tehran by Ārdāšes Batmāngarīān, known as Ardašīr Khan, who had worked at Pathé in Paris at the turn of the century.
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CINEMA ii. Feature Films
Jamsheed Akrami
Feature-film production in Persia spans six decades and can be divided into four distinct periods, each reflecting contemporary social, cultural, and political realities.
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CINEMA iii. Documentary Films
Hamid Naficy
Before World War I most Persian documentaries were sponsored and viewed only by the Qajar ruling family and the upper classes. They were apparently technically primitive and in a simple narrative format, consisting of footage of news events, topics of current interest, and spectacles, usually filmed in long shot.
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CINEMA iv. Film Censorship
Jamsheed Akrami
Persian cinema has been subject from its beginnings to official censorship responding to the concerns of the government, religious establishments, professional groups, and even film distributors.
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CINEMA v. Filmography
EIr
A list of films discussed in i-iv above, listed here by year of release and alphabetically within each year. When the information is available producers are listed after the translated titles.