Iranian New Wave

Iranian New Wave is a cinema movement that emerged in the late 1960s, combining formal experimentation with stories about social and political life in Iran.

Iranian cinema: The film industry and cinematic traditions of Iran, spanning commercial, popular, and art cinema. The movement emerged within this national cinema and reshaped its artistic possibilities.
Long take: A shot that continues for an extended duration without an edit. Sustained observation can make ordinary actions and social spaces central to a scene.
Dariush Mehrjui: An Iranian film director whose films include The Cow and Hamoun. The Cow is widely regarded as a landmark of the movement's early period.
The Cow: A 1969 Iranian film by Dariush Mehrjui about a villager whose identity becomes bound to his cow. Its rural setting and psychological allegory made it a defining early work.
Iranian New Wave (1990s): A label for the later international prominence of Iranian art cinema, especially from the 1990s onward. The later wave inherited the earlier movement's formal freedoms but arose under different political conditions.
Poetic realism: A film style that combines everyday settings and restrained observation with poetic imagery and ambiguity. Its attention to ordinary life and suggestive imagery informs many New Wave films.
Nonlinear narrative: A storytelling structure that presents events outside chronological order. Disrupted chronology helps replace conventional plot with ambiguity and reflection.
Forugh Farrokhzad: An Iranian poet and filmmaker whose documentary The House Is Black depicts a leprosy colony. Her formally daring documentary helped establish a path for poetic realism in Iranian cinema.
The House Is Black: A 1962 documentary by Forugh Farrokhzad depicting life in a leprosy colony in Iran. Its lyrical montage and unsparing subject matter anticipated the movement's formal and social concerns.
Iranian diaspora cinema: Films made by Iranian filmmakers living outside Iran or by filmmakers of Iranian descent. Exile and migration extended debates about Iranian identity beyond the movement's national setting.

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