Cinema Museum to Detail Armenian Presence in Iranian Cinema

TEHRAN June 12 (MNA) -– The second seasonal exhibition at the Cinema Museum for the first time will detail the Armenian presence in Iranian cinema.
Documents, posters, pictures, rare and historical cinematographic tools that have never been previously screened or published will be displayed.

The News Bureau of Mass Media Relations at the Cinema Museum in a statement released announced that the exhibition will be entitled “One Week of Armenians’ Cinema.”

During the week, works by Avanes Oganians, Arbi Avanessian, Vartan Antanessian, Jani Baghdassarian, Artem Ohanjanian, Arpik Baghdassarian, Khachik, Samuel Khachikian, and Varuzh Karim Masihi along with others will be displayed.

Coinciding with the 400th year anniversary of the migration of Armenians to Iran another of the week’s programs will feature screenings and clips from films highlighting Armenian actors.

The bureau in its statement said all the Armenian organizations including, the Armenian Prelacy, the Armenian daily Alik, Iran’s Film House, and Farabi Cinematic Foundation and other organizations will actively participate in the exhibition.

The Cinema Museum will also be publishing a book being dubbed “The Presence of Armenians in Iran’s Cinema” detailing the presence and the impact of Armenians in the history of Iranian cinema.