A review of domestic and foreign locations of Iranian films
According to statistics obtained from the IMDB website in 2020, more than 80 percent of Iranian films are made in Tehran. After Tehran, the provinces of Mazandaran, Isfahan, and Khuzestan have, respectively, the highest numbers of film productions.Outside Iran as well, Turkey with 20 films, the United States with 12 films, and the UAE with 8 films have hosted the most Iranian shoots. In other words, more than 50 percent of the films were shot in Turkey and the United States.
The high concentration of filmmaking in Tehran means that the image of society shown in Iranian films is mostly centered on urban issues and problems and life in the metropolis of Tehran. At the same time, attention to other cities and regions can better reflect Iran's cultural, social, and geographic diversity in cinematic works and attract more audiences from those regions. It can also lead to investment in cinematic infrastructure in other cities and, as a result, to employment and economic vitality in those regions.
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian