
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.

One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
2015

This Is Not a Film
2011

Heart of a Dog
2015

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023

Being James Bond
2021

The Class of ‘92
2013

A Plastic Ocean
2016

180° South
2010

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000

Directed by John Ford
1971