The funeral ceremony of the late Kiumars Pourahmad


Other films considered to be part of this movement are Nasser Taghvai’s Tranquility in the Presence of Others (1969/1972) which was banned and then heavily censored upon its release, Bahram Beyzai’s Downpour, and Sohrab Shahid Saless’s A Simple Event (1973) and Still Life (1974).The pioneers of the persian New Wave were directors like Hajir Darioush, Dariush Mehrjui, Masoud Kimiay, Nasser Taqvai, Ebrahim Golestan, Sohrab Shahid Saless, Bahram Beizai, and Parviz Kimiavi, who made innovative art films with highly political and philosophical tones and poetic language.