Farrokh Ghaffari

Farrokh Ghaffari Trailers

Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses TrailerAbbas Kiarostami: A Report TrailerBonjour Monsieur Ghaffari Trailer

Farrokh Ghaffari (Persian: فرخ غفاری‎‎) (born 1921 – died 17 December 2006) was an Iranian film director, actor, critic and author. Along with Ebrahim Golestan and Fereydoun Rahnema he was one of the founders of Iran's New Wave film movement. By establishing the first National Iranian Film Society in 1949 at the Iran Bastan Museum and organizing the first Film Week during which English films were exhibited, Ghaffari laid the foundation for alternative and non-commercial films in Iran.

Most Popular Farrokh Ghaffari Trailers

Total trailers found: 14

Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses Trailer (2016)

31 December 2016

An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.

The Falconet Trailer (1975)

26 April 1975

During an attack in a caravansary in which all the soldiers die, three people manage to flee. After that they accidentally encounter in different places and help each other out.

Rivalry in the City Trailer (1960)

02 January 1960

Re-edited version of Farokh Ghafari's Jonube shahr without director attribution.

Abbas Kiarostami: A Report Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

Life of Oil Trailer (1963)

01 January 1963

This film is a product of the National Iranian Oil Company, which can be considered one of the first documentaries in the field of Iranian economy.

Days of Farrokh Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

The story of personal and artistic life of the progressive Iranian director, Farrokh Ghaffari from himself in an interview in the last years of his life in Paris.

Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre Trailer (1973)

10 January 1973

Samad burns an ogre's hair which causes an 8000 years old ogre to be released from his prison. The ogre eats a goat and also kidnapped Leila for Samad which causes her father to complain against Samad and sends him to jail but the ogre saves him and takes him to the city.

Which one is the bride? Trailer (1959)

01 September 1959

Hamid Nokhodchi who claims having received a PhD in cinema comes back to Iran, but he fails to launch a successful film career.

Night of the Hunchback Trailer (1965)

02 January 1965

Adapted from a story in 1001 Nights, the story concerns the death of an actor and the comical incidents that occur as different people come into possession of, and attempt to dispose of, his body.

Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan) Trailer (1977)

01 March 1977

Jean Rouch’s camera follows his friend, filmmaker/actor/critic Farrokh Ghaffari, as he walks and talks us through the famous Shah Mosque in Esfehan.

Bonjour Monsieur Ghaffari Trailer (2011)

13 July 2011

A documentary about Farrokh Ghaffari, Iranian filmmaker.

South of the City Trailer (1958)

02 January 1958

Effat tells Mahmoud her life story in order to convince him not to divorce his wife.

O.K. Mister Trailer (1979)

02 January 1979

In a remote village in the "land of roses and nightingales" one day surfaces a stranger: William Knox D'Arcy.

The Lantern of Imagination‏ Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

"Fanoos Khiyal", with a brief introduction from illustration in Persian literature to mezzanine in Iranian miniatures and folk paintings, introduces the first camcorder in Iran and shows the first available films.