International Film Festival Rotterdam will be held in the Dutch city from June 2 to 6. The festival picks 3 Iranian films to be showcased in Cinema Regained, a section dedicated to restored classics, documentaries on film culture, and explorations of cinema’s heritage. The Crown Jewels of Iran”, director Ebrahim Golestan’s 1965 short, “Chess of the Wind,” Mohammadreza Aslani’s 1976 drama, and “The Deer,” a social drama directed by Masud Kimiai, have been selected as the classics of Iranian cinema. On this occasion, we have interviewed Olaf Möller, the festival programmer for this section.
Interview conducted by Amir Ganjavie for UNIVERSALCINEMA.CA