The funeral ceremony of the late Kiumars Pourahmad


The  New Wave movies were strong in their screenplay and artistic form and cinematic structure; and are well known for their mise- en-scène, shooting script, montage, costume design and make up. In other words, the persian New Wave films not only attracted the Persian audiences but also raised the level of expectations. Besides being influenced by main international movements like new realism in Italy, and new wave movement in France and auteur theory, New Wave filmmakers were affected by world’s literature and the contemporary critical sociology of persian intellectuals.