
Khosrow Sinai
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Biography
Khosrow Sinai (Persian: خسرو سینایی, 19 January 1941 – 1 August 2020) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, music composer, poet, and scholar. Sinai's work was influenced by documentaries and focused on social and artistic subjects. "Bride of Fire" is among his best known movies, and has won multiple awards in both domestic and international film festivals. He was the first Iranian film director to win an international prize after the 1979 revolution and has been awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
Known For

A tragedy in which a young woman from an Arab tribe, prevented from marrying her non-Arab Persian lover is forced against her wishes to marry her cousin.
The Bride of Fire

Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors contributed films on the subject of Persian carpet. Carpets are the reflection of the cultural and historical identity of Iran.
Persian Carpet

An engineer attempts to keep his family safe from the revolutionary turmoil of 1978 Iran.
Viva

THE LOST REQUIEM is a documentary film by Iranian filmmaker Khosrow Sinai about Polish refugees in Iran during the second world war.
The Lost Requiem

A docudrama about art and creativity; based on modern art gallery in Tehran and its founder Jazeh Tabatabai.
The Autumn Alley

Documentary about the life and works of Sadegh Hedayat. It follows a teacher, a researcher, and a journalist as they discuss some of Hedayat's most famous works and their influences. The film intermixes the three conversing along with a narrated history of the author with images.
Talking with a Shadow

Part 3 of documentary trilogy about Persian poet Forough Farrokhzad. This part focuses on her theatre and film work.
Summit of the Wave

We follow a young man reflecting on his life in this thought-provoking tale of childhood. Forced to flee the devastated village of Abadan with his family at the beginning of the war, the young man returns years later. As he surveys the ruins of his former homestead, he remembers how his family adapted to a new life, his boyhood escapades, and his first love. An elegant account of how war affects the lives of children, this drama is a must see.
In the Alleys of Love

Part 1 of the trilogy concerning Persian poet Farough Farrokhz. This film traces her personal life.
The Green Cold
'Sardie Ahan' is an artistically filmed portrait of a weightlifter as he prepares for a competition. Set to tension-building drumrolls and dramatic music, Khosrow Sinai's short film cuts back and forth between still pictorial images of past triumphs and the anticipatory build-up of a lift.
Coldness of Iron
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Gizella
A film about Hussein Yavari, a player of ney.
Hussein Yavari
This movie takes a unique look at Baghtcheban School, the special school for deaf children, how it deal with teaching the kids and how they lives are effected by it.
Beyond the Barrier of Sound

With the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, and the escalation of the conflicts and SAVAK agents fleeing, Doctor, one of the most outstanding members of SAVAK, hides in a village. During this retreat, he gradually goes over his past and remembers how he stepped on the corpses of the innocent and even submitted his wife to his bosses to get to the position he wanted. Doctor's wife who has committed suicide, doesn't let his mind settle down at all as he's facing with his past, and this ruins his mental and emotional balance. The curious villagers who thought he was a doctor at fırst, consider him a lunatic after seeing him isolating himself and his abnormal behavior. The longer the Doctor's isolation continues, the more he struggles with his own soul, and one time, his ignorance causes his house to catch fıre. Doctor, who thinks he's been attacked, fıres all of the bullets his pistol has.
The Inner Beast
The war between Iran and Iraq is raging. Near the border on the Iranian side, an old man takes care of martyrs’ graves by the little cabin where he lives with his wife and grandson, while the boy’s father is fighting in the war. Suddenly one day, their home is invaded by a wounded Iraqi officer and two of his subordinates. They desperately need care and a place to hide. The intruders and the little family do not understand each other’s language, the tone is aggressive and an intense, life-and-death chamber play ensues.
Like a Tale

Between Shadow and Light is a documentary about the thought, style and works of "Farah Osuli", a contemporary Iranian painter. He seeks to find a meaningful form to express his thoughts and ideas in his works and has found this form in the rich tradition and subtle beauty of Iranian paintings, architecture and decorative arts.
Between Shadow and Light

"Haj Musavar" About Mohammad Hussein Musur al-Maliki, known as Haj Musur al-Maliki (1368-1368), is a designer, painter, painter, painter, pianist and poet of Esfahani, who reached perfection in painting and miniature. Hajj Mousavi Almalaki was familiar with various painting techniques. In addition to the miniature, design, stamping, and illumination, it also produced oil paintings and beautifully painted rugs. It was one of the first installers of Chelkston paintings in the 20th century.
Haj Mosavvar-ol-Molki

Made in the hot summer of Tehran 1978, a year before the revolution of 79. this film takes the viewer to the past and shows many places where young people used to go and have fun, education and work in those days.
Impressions of a City, Tehran Today

Part 5 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.
A Season for Cinema: Fictional reality, documentary fiction
Iranian experimental short about Jazeh Tabatabai's (avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor) work.