Film Quote by Abbas Kiarostami

The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They're not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very…

— Abbas Kiarostami

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran…

— Asghar Farhadi

I'm not sure that my films show the reality of life in Iran; we show different aspects of life. Iran is a very extensive…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I think there is a general interest in films that deal with contemporary issues. Constructions of Iran, Islam, the Middle East as well as…

— Mohammad Marandi

There are things that I love in Iranian cinema and things that I don't. In Iranian cinema, you have to use metaphor because you…

— Marjane Satrapi

The fact is I'm not making a film in order to draw pictures or make images about Iran.

— Asghar Farhadi

The cinematic language and interior destiny of each Iranian film-maker is different. The international influences on them vary from Rossellini to Fellini, Akira Kurosawa…

— Tariq Ali

Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.

— Abbas Kiarostami

We shouldn't just consider the desire of government to do what it wants to do. We should always consider the resistance of people. The…

— Shirin Ebadi

I'd heard so many stupidities about my country since I left Iran. People had watched this stupid movie Not Without My Daughter [in which…

— Marjane Satrapi

When a country's government is involved in something, no filmmaker tries to make a film on it.

— Vivek Agnihotri

As long as copyright is breached in Iran and international works are being freely published in magazines and newspapers, no one feels any need…

— Javad Alizadeh