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Cinema-ye Azad (Free Cinema) was an underground film movement in Iran, founded in 1969 by Basir Nasibi as a critical response to the commercial and state‑controlled film industry. On our blog, researcher Hadi Alipanah discusses this history: cinema.ucla.edu/blog/cinema-ye-azad-movement-in-iran
We’re delighted to welcome image maker, creative director and educator Nesanet Teshager Abegaze as the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s 2026 artist-in-residence! Her proposed film project will explore relationships between homeland, diasporic populations and generations: ucla.in/4uLeB4x
Sat. 6/13 📽 Cinema-ye Azad: Nasib Nasibi
Cinema-ye Azad (Free Cinema) was an underground movement of filmmakers in Iran that began in 1969 with the aim of creating a fully independent cinema. This screening will highlight the documentary and avant-garde films of Nasib Nasibi. RSVP: ucla.in/4v3FEbu
UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema
Sun. June 7: Between Dreams and Hope (2025), The Great Yawn of History (2024)
Azad, a trans man, longs to start a life with his lover but must confront his estranged father. Next, an eccentric job interview leads to a quest in the desert for gold. ucla.in/4vww8xu
Fri June 12: Black Rabbit, White Rabbit (2025)
On a film set, the crew’s armorer worries that a prop gun may not be what it seems and a mysterious woman arrives to demand an audition. Meanwhile, a woman recovering from a car accident discovers she may be the target of a murder plot: ucla.in/4agpymp
UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema
Jun 6: Inside Amir (2025), Divine Comedy (2025)
After his girlfriend emigrates to Italy, a bike messenger spends his days with friends who have settled into a life of drift. Next, a director seeks to have his film shown in Iran, dodging authorities ucla.in/4x17V3N
Happy 100th to Marilyn Monroe, one of the most captivating stars to ever light up the screen 🎂💖
Here is silent newsreel footage of Monroe in NYC for the filming of The Seven Year Itch.
Explore thousands of newsreels online courtesy of the Archive and The Packard Humanities Institute: newsreels.net
Throughout the UCLA Festival of Preservation (continuing today and tomorrow), our staff and student archivists will be teaching how to splice film and giving away film strips with your name on it! 🎞 Come on down to the Billy Wilder Theater: cinema.ucla.edu/series/2026-ucla-festival-of-preservation
UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema
Sunday, June 14, 3 p.m.
📽 Cinema-ye Azad: Behnam Jafari
This screening highlights the 1970s short and feature-length films of Behnam Jafari, a key figure of the Cinema-ye Azad (Free Cinema) independent film movement. Q&A with curators. Register: ucla.in/4usSajI
Before & after restoration of “Lorna Doone” (1922) 🎞
Join us this weekend for the UCLA Festival of Preservation, a century-spanning lineup of newly restored film and TV: cinema.ucla.edu/series/2026-ucla-festival-of-preservation
Made possible with the generous support of @asifahollywood.bsky.social
