Beauty In Hardship

Since the mid-1990s of the 20th century, Iranian New Film has become another astonishing focus after China's national film in international moviedom. A group of directors from Iran constantly stepped into international eyes, whose works has frequently won some prizes in worldwide major movie festivals and the phenomenon of Iranian film is in the ascendant in international moviedom. Iranian New Film is deeply rooted in a certain cultural background. Research regarding Iranian Film is conducted in three parts: Firstly, the thesis deals with not only the social conditions in Iranian society but also the film policy and the condition of film industry from the sociology point of view. In the thesis, the directors of Iranian film is divided by generations, and some general views about the directors is also shown here. Secondly, by analyzing the major directors and their works, the style and artistic features of Iranian film is generalized from the viewpoint of genre and deep national psychological aesthetics. And with the instruction of western modern theory such as aesthetics of reception and post-colonialism, the thesis explored deeply why the Iranian New Film widely received recognition and praise in global environment from the aspects of both the reception psychology of audience and movie critics'potential aesthetic orientation from international movie festivals. Finally, the thesis goes around China's national film. A general view in shown about the development and strategy of China's film in recent years and by comparing China's film and the Iranian New Film, analysis is conducted regarding the potential future of China's national film in the worldwide multi-conditioned moviedom. And lastly something is borrowed from Iranian New Film to have an expectation on China's national film. Generally speaking, Iranian New Film has by now become an element that cannot be neglected in international moviedom, but research about it in China is still at a primary stage. So it's both urgent and necessary to have a general view about Iranian film. And at the same time, it's more helpful and instructive for China to borrow something from Iranian film to ensure a better future of China's national film in global field.