A Fire

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Overview

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), formed upon nationalization of the British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, employed film systematically, producing many films on oil and petrochemical subjects. It also made films depicting Iran's progress and modernization, highlighting the role of the Shah and NIOC in that direction. Under its auspices, Ebrahim Golestan directed A FIRE (1961), a highly visual treatment of a seventy-day oil well fire in the Khuzestan region of southwestern Iran. This film was edited by the Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad and won two awards at the Venice Film Festival in 1961.

Keywords

short film
drilling for oil

Details

Status: Released
Release date: April 1, 1961
Original language: Persian
Spoken languages: English, Persian
Countries: Iran
Production: Studio Golestan,Golestan-Film,National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)
Director: Ebrahim Golestan
Writer: Ebrahim Golestan
Producer: Ebrahim Golestan
Cinematography: Shahrokh Golestan
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0495776