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UK Import. Blu-ray discs are region free and will play on all compatible Blu-ray players worldwide.
 
Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio LE Blu-ray presents the complete surviving output of the pioneering Iranian film studio founded by influential filmmaker, writer and producer Ebrahim Golestan. Spanning documentaries, short films and landmark features produced between 1958 and 1974, this collection brings together some of the most important works in the history of Iranian cinema in newly restored and definitive editions.
 
The studio's earliest productions helped introduce Iranian cinema to international audiences, including The House Is Black, directed by celebrated poet Forough Farrokhzad. From 1961 onward, Golestan expanded into fiction filmmaking, producing works such as the groundbreaking Brick and Mirror and the satirical Secrets of the Jinn Valley Treasure. Long circulated in compromised and censored versions, these films are now presented in restored editions that reveal their full artistic significance.
 
Moving fluidly between documentary, political allegory and poetic experimentation, the films collected here chart the emergence of the Iranian New Wave and continue to influence generations of filmmakers, from Abbas Kiarostami to Jonathan Glazer.
 
Year: 1958-1974
Country: Iran

Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio LE UK Import [Blu-ray] - Pre-Order 9/14

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Expected to ship on or around the release date: September 14, 2026. Import pre-orders may ship after street date due to international distribution timelines.

  • BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

    • New 4K restoration of Brick and Mirror from the original camera negative by Cineteca di Bologna and Ecran Noir Productions / Fereydoun Firouz under the supervision of Ebrahim Golestan
    • Outtake from Brick and Mirror (3 mins)
    • Introduction by curator and Golestan restoration project collaborator Ehsan Khoshbakht (2026)
    • Visual essay on Ebrahim Golestan by Ehsan Khoshbakht (2026)
    • A restored programme of three short documentaries: A Fire (1961, 25 mins), Courtship (1961, 11 mins) and The House Is Black (1962, 22 mins)
    • A restored programme of documentaries including The Crown Jewels of Iran (1965, 14 mins), Wave, Coral and Rock (1961, 41 mins), The Hills of Marlik (1963, 15 mins), Harvest and Seed (1965, 29 mins)
    • Introductions to each programme by Ehsan Khoshbakht (2026)
    • New 4K restoration of Secrets of the Jinn Valley Treasure from the original camera negative by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L'Immagine Ritrovata
    • Introduction by Ehsan Khoshbakht (2026)
    • See You Friday, Robinson - Mitra Farahani's award-winning documentary (2022, 96 mins)
    • Newly translated optional English subtitles

     

    LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

    • Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista
    • Booklet featuring archival writing by Ehsan Khoshbakht
    • Limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip, leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

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