page_title: Cinema of Iran
section_title: Lifelong achievement Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Cinema of Iran / International recognition of Iranian cinema / Lifelong achievement Awards
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Cannes Film Festival
context_page_description: The Cinema of Iran, also known as the Cinema of Persia, refers to the cinema and film industries in Iran which produce a variety of commercial films annually. Iranian art films have garnered international fame and now enjoy a global following. Iranian films are usually written and spoken in the Persian language. Iranian cinema has had many ups and downs.
  Along with China, Iran has been lauded as one of the best exporters of cinema in the 1990s. Some critics now rank Iran as the world's most important national cinema, artistically, with a significance that invites comparison to Italian neorealism and similar movements in past decades. A range of international film festivals have honoured Iranian cinema in the last twenty years. Many film critics from around the world have praised Iranian cinema as one of the world's most important artistic cinemas.
context_section_description: Abbas Kiarostami: Prix Roberto Rossellini Cannes Film Festival (1992)
  Abbas Kiarostami: François Truffaut Award (1992)
  Abbas Kiarostami: Honorary doctorate, École Normale Supérieure (2003)
  Abbas Kiarostami: Federico Fellini Gold Medal, UNESCO (1997)
  Abbas Kiarostami: Officier de la Légion d'honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France (1996)
  Abbas Kiarostami: Akira Kurosawa Honorary Award of the San Francisco International Film Festival (2000)
  Abbas Kiarostami: Prix Henri Langlois Prize (2006)
  Amir Naderi: Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award (2016)
  Asghar Farhadi: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay (2011)
  Behrouz Gharibpour: The Hans Christian Andersen Award (2002)
  Ezzatolah Entezami: UNESCO Award (2006)
  Jafar Panahi: Podo Award, at Valdivia Film Festival (2007)
  Mohsen Makhmalbaf: Parajanov Award for outstanding Artistic contribution to the world cinema (2006)
  Mohsen Makhmalbaf: Federico Fellini Gold Medal UNESCO (2001)
  Rakhshan Bani-Etemad: Prince Claus Awards (1998)
  Samira Makhmalbaf: Federico Fellini Gold Medal UNESCO (2000)
  Samira Makhmalbaf: The grand Jury prize American Film Institute (2000)
caption: Asghar Farhadi
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