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Ebrahim Golestan (Persian: ابراهیم گلستان, born 19 October 1922) is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has lived in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975.

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Ebrahim Golestan
ابراهیم گلستان
Golestan in 1968
Born	(1922-10-19) 19 October 1922 (age 100) Shiraz, Iran
Education	University of Tehran (unfinished)
Occupation	Writer and director
Spouse	Fakhri Golestan ​ ​ (m. 1942; died 2012)​
Partner	Forough Farrokhzad[1] (1960s–1967)
Children	Leili and Kaveh
Family	Mani Haghighi (grandson) Mehrak Golestan (grandson)

He was closely associated with the eminent Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad, whom he met in his studio in 1958, until her death. He is said to have inspired her to live more independently.[2] It could also be said that she inspired him in his artistic vision.

Personal life

Golestan was married to his cousin, Fakhri Golestan. He is the father of Iranian photojournalist Kaveh Golestan, and Lili Golestan,[3] translator and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran. His grandson, Mani Haghighi, is also a film director. His other grandson Mehrak, is a rapper.^{[citation needed]}

Golestan was a member of Tudeh Party of Iran, but he broke away in January 1948.[4]

After Farrokhzâd's death, Golestân was protective of her privacy and memory. For example, in response to the publication of a biographical/critical study by Michael Craig Hillmann called A Lonely Woman: Forugh Farrokhzad and Her Poetry (1987), he published a lengthy attack against Hillmann in a Tehran literary magazine,[5] to which Hillmann responded at length in an article, part of which was also published in the same Tehran literary magazine. In 2005, Golestan's long conversation with Parviz Jahed was published in Iran under the title "Writing with a Camera"(Neveshtan ba Doorbin).[6]

In February 2017, 50 years after Farrokhzad's death, the 94-year-old Golestan broke his silence about his relationship with Forough, speaking to Saeed Kamali Dehghan of The Guardian. Golestan said: "I rue all the years she isn't here, of course, that's obvious. We were very close, but I can't measure how much I had feelings for her. How can I? In kilos? In metres?"[7]

He participated in the 2022 documentary See You Friday, Robinson. Director Mitra Farahani initiated an email exchange between Golestan and French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, with emailed text letters from Golestan and "videos, images, and aphorism" responses from Godard.[8]

Works

Golestan started his film studio Golestan Films in 1957 and produced some documentaries for the National Iranian Oil Company. A Fire and Moj, Marjan and Khara are amongst these films. Golestan also produced the Forough Farrokhzad film The House is Black.[9]

Books

Stories

• Âzar, mâh-e âkher-e pâ’iz (Azar, the last month of autumn), 1948
• Shekâr-e sâyeh (Shadow-hunting), 1955
• Juy-o divâr-o teshneh (The stream, the wall and the thirsty one), 1967
• Madd-o meh (Tide and mist), 1969
• Rooster, 1995
• Neveshtan Ba Dourbin, 2005
• Sprachman, Paul (1982). "Ebrahim Golestan's the Treasure: A Parable of Cliché and Consumption". Iranian Studies. 15 (1): 155–180. doi:10.1080/00210868208701598. JSTOR 4310386. Retrieved 2022-07-13.

Filmography

Documentaries

• Yek atash (A fire) (1961)
• Moj, marjan, khara (1962)
• The Hills of Marlik (1963)
• The crown jewels of Iran (1965)

Drama

• Brick and Mirror (1963)
• Asrar ganj-e dareh-ye jenni (1974, aka The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries) ISBN 978-9-649-28315-9

References

• Hamid Dabashi, Masters & Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema, 451 p. (Mage Publishers, Washington, DC, 2007); Chapter III, pp. 71–106: Ebrahim Golestan; Brick and Mirror. ISBN 0-934211-85-X

External links

• Golestan at tirgan Iranian Festival
• Ebrahim Golestan at IMDb
• Articles and short stories by Golestan on Iranian.com
• Ebrahim Golestan - Poetry Foundation
• Video interview with Ebrahim Golestan, by Masoud Behnoud, BBC, 2007
• Jahed, Parviz, “Directors, Ebrahim Golestan”, Directory of World Cinema: Iran, Parviz Jahed (ed.), Intellect, Chicago. (2012).
• Jahed, Parviz, "Brick and Mirror" ("Khesht va Āyeneh"), in Persian, May 15, 2007, .
• Ebrahim Golestan - International Film Festival Rotterdam

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