ifilm's exclusive report on successful genres in Iran

Watch ifilm’s exclusive report on the most successful movies of each genre in the Iranian cinema industry, featuring documentarians Masoud Najafi and Shahin Shajari-Kohan.

Below are highlights of the report.

Shajari-Kohan: Comedy is the genre with the most fans in the cinema industry of Iran and it has always been booming. The types of movies might have changed a bit.

If the comedies made in the 1980s or 1990s are screened today, they might not be welcomed warmly.

However, during the year, comedies have been the box-office hits and sold more than other movies.

The actors and actresses that have been active in this genre are among the highest-paid ones.

ifilm: In these years, only 15 thrillers have been made...

Shajari-Kohan: With regards to thrillers, the most successful director was Samuel Khachikian, known as the Hitchcock in the cinema industry of Iran.

The suspense in his movies and his expertise in making thrillers have made his works unique.

ifilm: The most common genre in the cinema of Iran is drama. Many filmmakers are very interested in making films in this genre. Whenever you go to the cinema, you will always find a drama movie on the silver screen.

Shajari-Kohan: This is one of the factors that filmmakers have used for grabbing the attention of moviegoers.

In this genre, there are love triangles that have always had fans.

We can see that especially in the current decade, the audience has developed different preferences and many movies have not been successful even though they have duplicated from movies that were already successful.

People have developed high expectations and the filmmakers themselves have noticed that they can’t drag people to the cinema halls just by making any movie because nowadays people can have easy access to lots of movies made throughout the world.

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