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70-697: Cinema in Iran began to develop in 1900, when Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar was introduced to the cinematograph upon traveling to France. He ordered his chief photographer, Mirza Ibrahim Khan Akasbashi , to buy one. Visiting the Festival of Flowers in Belgium, Akasbashi turned the cinematograph toward the flower-adorned carriages, making him the first Iranian to ever film anything. Theaters were opened beginning in 1903 by Mirza Ibrahim Sahafbashi. The first film school

140-562: A certificate for general release in the UK. It charts a year-long relationship between two lovers, almost exclusively through their sexual interaction and various rock concerts the couple attend. The film became notorious in the UK for its candid scenes of unsimulated sex between the leads, Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley . A Cock and Bull Story , released in the United States and Australia as Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story ,

210-493: A distinctively Iranian cinematic language "that champions the poetry in everyday life and the ordinary person by blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality, feature film with documentary." She also argues that this unique approach has inspired European cinema directors to emulate this style, citing Michael Winterbottom 's award-winning In This World (2002) as an homage to contemporary Iranian cinema. Issa claims that "This new, humanistic aesthetic language, determined by

280-822: A feature film in the US, whose planned theatrical release by IFC Films in summer 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . It premiered with a digital and on demand release on 22 May 2020. This documentary feature, originally announced under the title Europe C-19 , contains five 15-minute segments from directors across Europe, with Winterbottom handling the UK portion. Winterbottom began filming his portion of this film on 5 September 2020. The other portions were directed by Julia von Heinz (Germany), Fernando León de Aranoa (Spain), Jaco Van Dormael (Belgium), and Michele Placido (Italy). The film premiered in September 2021 at

350-509: A few European film festivals. In 1991, he directed episodes of various British TV shows, including the four-part children's series Time Riders and an episode of Boon . In 1992, he directed the television film Under the Sun about a young British woman traveling in Greece, starring Kate Hardie . It was shot on Super 16 film and gained him further attention. In 1993, he directed an episode of

420-481: A first look deal with Fremantle. Winterbottom was born in Blackburn , Lancashire . He went to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn , and then studied English at Balliol College, Oxford , before going to film school at Bristol University , where his contemporaries included Marc Evans . Winterbottom's television directing career began in 1989, with a documentary about Ingmar Bergman and an episode of

490-466: A frequent collaborator with Winterbottom. Winterbottom's biggest-budgeted film up to that point, at $ 20 million, The Claim was an adaptation of Thomas Hardy 's The Mayor of Casterbridge set in 1860s California. Shot in the wilds of Canada, it was not a financial success and proved an ordeal to make, with Winterbottom himself getting frostbite . Many of the production difficulties, including unsuccessful attempts to cast Madonna , were explained to

560-475: A shift in style for Winterbottom. Its handheld photography and naturalistic dialogue drew comparisons to Robert Altman . Starring Gina McKee , Shirley Henderson , Molly Parker , John Simm , Ian Hart and Stuart Townsend , it is the story of three sisters and their extended family over Guy Fawkes Day weekend in London . It featured an orchestral score by minimalist composer Michael Nyman , who would become

630-535: A truly unique film. Other films such as Farrokh Ghaffari's The Night of the Hunchback (1964), Ebrahim Golestan's Brick and Mirror (1965), and Fereydoun Rahnema's Siavush in Persepolis are all considered to be precursors as well. The first wave of Iranian new wave cinema came about as a reaction to the popular cinema at the time that did not reflect the norms of life for Iranians or the artistic taste of

700-656: A very large screen in the centre of the Hall, turned off all electric lights and projected the picture of cinematography on that large screen. It was very interesting to watch. Among the pictures were Africans and Arabians traveling with camels in the African desert, which was very interesting. Other pictures were of the Exposition, the moving street, the Seine River and ships crossing the river, people swimming and playing in

770-441: A vocal debate there about the depiction of both the working classes and spousal abuse in the media. His final early television project was a 1995 episode of the documentary series Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood , focusing on Scandinavian silent cinema. Winterbottom's debut feature followed a mentally unbalanced lesbian serial killer and her submissive lover/accomplice as they fall in love while slaughtering their way across

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840-440: Is a comedy satirizing the lives of the ultra-rich, starring Steve Coogan as a fictional retail fashion magnate, Isla Fisher as his wife, and David Mitchell as a journalist hired to write the billionaire's life story. The film is set at the billionaire's disastrous 60th birthday party on Mykonos , and explores the divide between the character's wealth and the abject poverty of the workers who produce his products. The project

910-649: Is a docu-drama about the " Tipton Three ", three British Muslims captured by US forces in Afghanistan who spent two years as prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp as alleged enemy combatants . It was shot in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran (which doubled for Cuba) in the autumn of 2005. It premiered at the Berlinale on 14 February 2006. It debuted in the UK on television, on 9 March, as it

980-478: Is a period film which follows a small town Texas sheriff (Affleck), who is also a psychotic killer, through his descent into complete madness. It premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and caused controversy for the realistic brutality of its violence toward women. In his defence, Winterbottom said, "It's not the real world. It's kind of a parallel version of the real world... I was taken in by that world." This improvised six-episode comedy series, filmed in

1050-801: Is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films— Welcome to Sarajevo , Wonderland and 24 Hour Party People —have competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . He and co-director Mat Whitecross won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival for their work on The Road to Guantanamo . His production company, Revolution Films , has

1120-489: Is an adaptation of the famously "unfilmable" The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman , one of the earliest novels. The film is a faux documentary about the making of a film of Tristram Shandy . Steve Coogan stars as himself and as Shandy. The film marked the end of Winterbottom's lengthy collaboration with Frank Cottrell Boyce , who chose to be credited under the pseudonym Martin Hardy. The Road to Guantanamo

1190-475: Is arguably the single most important event allowing Iranians access to modernity." Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar ( Persian : مظفرالدین شاه قاجار , romanized :  Mozaffar ad-Din Ŝāh-e Qājār ; 25 March 1853 – 3 January 1907), was the fifth Qajar shah (king) of Iran , reigning from 1896 until his death in 1907. He is often credited with

1260-406: Is characterized by its mimicking of the popular cinemas of Hollywood and India, and its common use of song and dance routines. Forough Farrokhzad made the short documentary film The House Is Black in 1963, and this film is considered to be a precursor to the new wave cinema. Its unflinching depictions of life in a leper colony, paired with artistically composed shots and her own poetry, made this

1330-554: Is set in 1930s/1940s British Mandatory Palestine and stars Douglas Booth as Tom Wilkin and Harry Melling as Geoffrey J. Morton , two British police officers hunting Zionist militant Avraham Stern . It co-stars Irina Starshenbaum as Shoshana Borochov . The screenplay was written by Winterbottom, Laurence Coriat and Paul Viragh. Winterbottom has been developing the film for many years. In 2010, Jim Sturgess , Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen were announced as its stars. While

1400-436: The 2007 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2007. Genova is a family drama about an Englishman, played by Colin Firth , who moves his two American daughters to Italy following the death of his wife. Once there, the oldest girl starts exploring her sexuality, while the younger girl begins to see the ghost of her mother. It co-stars Catherine Keener and Hope Davis and was filmed in the titular city of Genoa , Italy, during

1470-664: The 78th Venice International Film Festival . Winterbottom co-directed the 2022 documentary Eleven Days in May , which focused on the deaths of over 60 Palestinian children killed during the Israeli bombing of Gaza over an eleven day period in May 2021. Gaza-based film-maker Mohammed Sawwaf was the other director and Kate Winslet provided the narration. It was released in the UK on 6 May 2022. This 6-part TV miniseries focuses on Boris Johnson 's leadership of Britain, starting with his appointment as prime minister and continuing through

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1540-405: The COVID-19 pandemic , when Johnson caught the virus and became critically ill, while his partner gave birth to their son, and Britain suffered among the worst death tolls in the world. Kenneth Branagh stars as Johnson, with Ophelia Lovibond as Carrie Symonds and Simon Paisley Day as Dominic Cummings . Originally titled This Sceptred Isle , Winterbottom was set to direct every episode of

1610-466: The Elvis Costello song of the same name and shot by Polish cinematographer Sławomir Idziak , who won an Honourable Mention award at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival for his work. With or Without You , starring Christopher Eccleston , is a Belfast -set comedy about a couple trying desperately to conceive, who each have past loves re-enter their lives. Wonderland marked

1680-672: The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries ; Love Lies Bleeding , a television film written by Ronan Bennett about a convicted IRA member on a 24-hour home leave from prison in Belfast; and The Mad Woman in the Attic , the pilot of Jimmy McGovern 's mystery series Cracker . He next directed the 1994 mini-series Family , written by Roddy Doyle , the author of The Commitments . It was a huge success in Ireland and led to

1750-581: The Oedipus myth, in a world where cloning has created people so interrelated that strict laws (the Code 46 of the title) govern human reproduction. The romantic mystery film starred Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton . It was shot in Shanghai , Dubai and Rajasthan , which were mixed to create a futuristic multi-ethnic culture. 9 Songs gained attention as the most sexually explicit film ever to receive

1820-729: The Stockholm International Film Festival in November, the film won the FIPRESCI Prize. The Look of Love , originally announced as The King of Soho , until that title had to be dropped due to a legal dispute, is a biography of famed British pornographer/strip club owner/real estate entrepreneur Paul Raymond which reteamed Winterbottom with Steve Coogan , who played Raymond. The film costarred Imogen Poots , Anna Friel and Tamsin Egerton and

1890-753: The Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. The full series aired on BBC Two in April 2014. Hosted by comedian Russell Brand , this documentary looks at the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and global economic inequality. It premiered in London on 21 April 2015, followed by its international premiere on 24 April 2015 at the Tribeca Film Festival . The film follows the British band Wolf Alice , focusing on two fictional members of

1960-703: The Tribeca Film Festival . The film was released in the US on 11 August 2017. This thriller starred Dev Patel as a mysterious young British Muslim man who travels to Pakistan to kidnap a young woman ( Radhika Apte ) on the eve of her arranged marriage. It was filmed in Jaipur , India and other locations in Rajasthan beginning in February 2018 and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2018. Greed

2030-456: The motorways of Northern England. It found only a limited release. That same year, he reunited with Jimmy McGovern for the BBC television film Go Now , the story of a young man who falls ill with multiple sclerosis just as he meets the love of his life. Focusing on the turmoil this causes the couple, the film was given a theatrical release in many countries, including the United States. It

2100-549: The 2009 Berlin Film Festival and aired in the UK on Channel 4's More4 documentary channel on 1 September 2009. It made its American premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival , alongside Winterbottom's following film. At the festival, Klein, who had reconciled herself with the filmmakers' approach, participated in a Q&A with Winterbottom and Whitecross. Winterbottom's film of Jim Thompson 's 1952 noir novel , starring Casey Affleck , Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba

2170-530: The English Lake District and written and directed by Winterbottom, starred Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as the same semi-fictionalized versions of themselves they played in A Cock and Bull Story . Coogan, an actor unhappy with his career, agrees to write a series of restaurant reviews for The Observer in order to impress his girlfriend Misha ( Margo Stilley ). As the series opens, she has dumped him and he invites Brydon to take her place on

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2240-467: The Mafia while investigating a local New York mobster, leading to a global investigation. It was to be written by Paul Viragh, based on an earlier script by Alessandro Camon. In October 2011, it was announced that Winterbottom would direct an adaption of Richard DiLello's 1973 book, The Longest Cocktail Party . It was to tell the story of Apple Corps , the record company formed by The Beatles in 1968. It

2310-526: The Presence of Others (1969/1972) which was banned and then heavily censored upon its release, Bahram Beyzai 's Downpour , and Sohrab Shahid Saless's A Simple Event (1973) and Still Life (1974). The factors leading to the rise of the New Wave in Iran were, in part, due to the intellectual and political movements of the time. A romantic climate was developing after the 19 August 1953 coup in

2380-847: The United Kingdom in August 1902 with the anticipation of also receiving the Order of the Garter as it had been previously given to his father, Nasser-ed-Din Shah. King Edward VII refused to give this high honor to a non-Christian. Lord Lansdowne , the Foreign Secretary, had designs drawn up for a new version of the Order, without the Cross of St. George. The King was so enraged by the sight of

2450-513: The band's crew, played by Leah Harvey and James McArdle , while the band is on tour. It premiered on 9 October 2016 at the BFI London Film Festival . Winterbottom reunited with Coogan and Brydon for a third six-episode series in which the duo travel through Spain. As with the previous instalments, it premiered on 6 April 2017 as a 6-part weekly TV series on Sky Atlantic , and as a shorter feature film on 22 April 2017 at

2520-440: The children's series Dramarama . He followed this with the 1990 television film Forget About Me , starring Ewen Bremner , which followed two British soldiers who become involved in a love triangle with a young Hungarian hitch-hiker on their way to Budapest for a Simple Minds concert. It was his first collaboration with writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce . They would go on to make six more films together. Shot on 16mm film, it played

2590-446: The court and the divan, or to play the competing European powers off one another to his own advantage. He was a man of gentle disposition, with an earnest desire to open up the country to social and educational reforms." The British diplomat Mortimer Durand , who was well-acquainted with both shahs, wrote that Mozaffar ad-Din Shah "is more amiable than his father but he is weak and easily misled". Sons Daughters The Shah visited

2660-600: The creation of the Persian Constitution of 1906 , which he approved of as one of his final actions as shah. Mozaffar ad-Din was born on 25 March 1853 in the capital of Tehran . He was the fourth son of the Qajar shah (king) of Iran , Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( r.  1848–1896 ). His mother was Shokouh al-Saltaneh , a daughter of Fath-Ali Mirza and a granddaughter of the second Qajar shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ( r.  1797–1834 ). Mozaffar al-Din

2730-616: The design, though, that he threw it out of his yacht's porthole. However, in 1903, the King had to back down and the Shah was appointed a member of the Order. A nephew of his wife was Mohammed Mossadeq , the Prime Minister of Iran during the Pahlavi dynasty . Mossadeq was overthrown by a coup d'état staged by the United Kingdom and the United States in 1953. Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961)

2800-612: The film never entered production in 2010, Winterbottom did shoot documentary footage in Israel at the time with surviving participants in the events. Filming began in October 2021 in the town of Ostuni in Italy, which doubled for Tel Aviv. In December 2023, it was announced that Winterbottom will direct a new adaptation of Ernest Hemingway 's classic novel A Farewell to Arms , starring Tom Blyth and Olivia Cooke . In March 2023, it

2870-558: The film was shot a few weeks at a time over a five-year period from 2007 to 2012 to reflect the protagonist's time in prison and achieve an authentic aging process. Everyday premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on 3 September 2012, and then screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2012. The film was produced by Britain's Channel 4 and premiered in the UK on television on 15 November 2012, before being theatrically on 18 January 2013. At

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2940-443: The film-makers' individual and national identity, rather than the forces of globalism, has a strong creative dialogue not only on homeground but with audiences around the world." Moreover, Iranian new wave films are rich in poetry and painterly images. There is a line back from modern Iranian cinema to the ancient oral Persian storytellers and poets , via the poems of Omar Khayyam . Features of New Wave Iranian film, in particular

3010-455: The holiday. Each episode of the series takes place largely over a different gourmet meal. The episodes were edited down into a feature film for the US market, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010, while the full series aired on BBC Two starting in November 2010. Winterbottom's modern retelling of Tess of the d'Urbervilles is his third Thomas Hardy film. It stars Riz Ahmed and Freida Pinto and

3080-527: The journey of two Afghan refugees from Pakistan , across the Middle East and Europe to Britain, which they try to enter with the help of people smugglers . Shot on digital video at a cost of $ 2 million, it featured non-professional actors and brought Winterbottom numerous awards, including a Golden Bear and a BAFTA for best film not in the English language. Code 46 is a sci-fi retelling of

3150-465: The miniseries, which he co-wrote with Kieron Quirke . However, after filming began in February 2021, Winterbottom stepped down from directing in March, reportedly due to health issues. The miniseries was broadcast on Sky on 28 September 2022. Winterbottom's political thriller Shoshana , previously titled Promised Land , had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival . It

3220-526: The people. He died of a heart attack 40 days after granting this constitution and was buried in Imam Husayn Shrine in Kerbala . The responsibilities of leading such a dysfunctional and possibly unstable nation were not suitable for Mozaffar ad-Din Shah's character and demeanor. He was hesitant, introverted, erratic, as well as sentimental and prone to superstition. His "nervous disposition"

3290-472: The public on the film's unusually frank official website. 24 Hour Party People documents the anarchic, drug and sex-fueled rise and fall of Factory Records and the music scene in Manchester from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s. It would be the first of many collaborations between Winterbottom and actor Steve Coogan , who starred as broadcaster/music-mogul Tony Wilson . In This World depicts

3360-706: The screen. Set to star Jack Black , the film was to follow a man who loses his job and must keep his family afloat by working as a pot dealer. In 2021, Winterbottom published Dark Matter: Independent Filmmaking in the 21st Century , a book about the workings of the British independent film industry. It is based on his own experience over his career, and includes interviews with 15 other major British directors: Paweł Pawlikowski , Danny Boyle , Joanna Hogg , Asif Kapadia , James Marsh , Andrew Haigh , Carol Morley , Edgar Wright , Steve McQueen , Lynne Ramsay , Stephen Daldry , Ben Wheatley , Peter Strickland , Mike Leigh and Ken Loach . Winterbottom has two daughters and

3430-484: The society. It began in 1969 and then ended with the beginning of the Iranian revolution in 1979. The films produced were original, artistic and political. The first films considered to be part of this movement are Davoud Mollapour's Shohare Ahoo Khanoom (1968), Masoud Kimiai 's Qeysar and Dariush Mehrjui 's The Cow (1969). Other films considered to be part of this movement are Nasser Taghvai 's Tranquility in

3500-467: The sphere of arts. Alongside this, a socially committed literature took shape in the 1950s and reached a peak in the 1960s, which many consider the golden era of contemporary Persian literature . Iranian New Wave films shared some characteristics with the European art films of the period, in particular Italian Neorealism . However, in her article 'Real Fictions', Rose Issa argues that Iranian films have

3570-565: The summer of 2007. Winterbottom was reunited with his The Road to Guantanamo co-director Mat Whitecross on a documentary based on Naomi Klein 's bestselling book The Shock Doctrine . The film follows the use of upheavals and disasters by various governments as a cover for the implementation of free market economic policies that benefit only an elite few. Klein at first disowned the film after learning that it would be composed almost entirely of period footage and narration, with virtually no interview material with sources. The film premiered at

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3640-517: The war in Syria, focusing on the involvement of foreign journalists and Non-governmental organizations . He first announced in May 2017 that he was researching the project. In May 2014, it was announced that Winterbottom would direct a feature adaptation of Richard Hammer's 1982 book The Vatican Connection , the true story of how NYPD detective Joe Coffey uncovered connections between the Vatican and

3710-481: The water and many others that were all very interesting. We instructed Akkas Bashi to purchase all kinds of it [cinematographic equipment] and bring to Tehran so God willing he can make some there and show them to our servants. Additionally, in order to manage the costs of the state and his extravagant personal lifestyle Mozzafar ad-din Shah decided to sign many concessions, providing foreigners with monopolistic control of various Persian industries and markets. One example

3780-413: The works of legendary Abbas Kiarostami , have been classified by some as postmodern . In Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, Future (2001), Hamid Dabashi describes modern Iranian cinema and the phenomenon of [ Iranian ] national cinema as a form of cultural modernity. According to Dabashi, "the visual possibility of seeing the historical person (as opposed to the eternal Qur'anic man) on screen

3850-463: Was also the first film from Winterbottom's company Revolution Films. Winterbottom next adapted his favourite novel, Thomas Hardy 's bleak classic Jude the Obscure , a tale of forbidden love between two cousins, starring Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet . The film brought Winterbottom wider recognition, his first screening at Cannes and numerous Hollywood offers. Welcome to Sarajevo

3920-507: Was announced that Winterbottom will write and direct Fall of the God of Cars , a 6-part miniseries in which Tony Shalhoub is set to play Lebanese/Brazilian auto executive Carlos Ghosn , who was arrested in Japan, eventually escaping house arrest and fleeing the country and prosecution. In 2017, it was announced that Winterbottom was developing a 10-part TV series with Annapurna Pictures about

3990-515: Was co-financed by Channel 4 . A Mighty Heart is based on the book by Mariane Pearl , wife of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl . The film stars Angelina Jolie and focuses on the pregnant Mariane's search for her missing husband in Pakistan in 2002. Produced by Jolie's then-partner Brad Pitt , it was shot in the autumn of 2006 in India, Pakistan and France and premiered out of competition at

4060-505: Was described by several people who knew him well. Mozaffar ad-Din Shah had hypochondria due to having health issues since he was young. He had a number of illnesses, including a weak heart, but his most severe problem was a chronic kidney infection. Despite this, he enjoyed riding, hunting, and shooting, just as many of his ancestors. According to the modern Iranian historian Abbas Amanat , Mozaffar ad-Din Shah "possessed neither his father’s panache nor his political skills to pull strings at

4130-461: Was discovered in Persia but Mozzaffar ad-Din had already awarded William Knox D'Arcy , a British subject, the rights to oil in most of the country in 1901. Like his father he visited Europe three times. During these periods, on the encouragements of his chancellor Amin-os-Soltan , he borrowed money from Nicholas II of Russia to pay for his extravagant traveling expenses. During his first visit he

4200-512: Was filmed on location in the titular city , mere months after the Siege of Sarajevo had ended. It was based on the true story of British reporter, Michael Nicholson , who spirited a young orphan girl out of the war zone to safety in Britain. I Want You is a neo-noir sex thriller set in a decaying British seaside resort town. Starring Rachel Weisz and Alessandro Nivola , it was inspired by

4270-507: Was inspired to make Persian language films, of which he ended up making four. Due to domination of the Pahlavi regime over all aspects of culture and the economy, as well as its very harsh censorship of films from 1925 to 1979, the cinema had difficulty developing in a way that reflected its own culture. In this time, Film Farsi began which has been described as “low-quality movies for audiences who were becoming addicted to such fare, losing any taste or demand for anything different.” Film Farsi

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4340-702: Was introduced to the " cinematographe " in Paris, France. Immediately falling in love with the silver screen the Shah ordered his personal photographer to acquire all the equipment and knowledge needed to bring the moving picture to Persia, thus starting Persian cinema . The following is a translated excerpt from the Shah's diary: ....[At] 9:00 p.m. we went to the Exposition and the Festival Hall where they were showing cinematographe, which consists of still and motion pictures. Then we went to Illusion building ....In this Hall they were showing cinematographe. They erected

4410-399: Was named crown prince and sent as governor to the northern province of Azerbaijan in 1861. His father, Nasser al-Din Shah ruled Iran for close to 51 years. Mozaffar al-Din spent his 35 years as crown prince in the pursuit of pleasure; his relations with his father were frequently strained, and he was not consulted in important matters of state. Thus, when he ascended the throne in May 1896, he

4480-772: Was opened in 1930 by Russian-Armenian immigrant Ovanes Ohanian , who had studied at The School of Cinematic Art in Moscow. He started his first cinema school 1924 after arriving in Calcutta, India: after facing many difficulties he decided to move to Iran to start the first cinema school in Tehran where he created the first full-length Iranian silent film called Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor and his second movie Abi and Rabi . After traveling to India in 1927, Abdul-Hussein Sepanta

4550-399: Was previously set to star Sacha Baron Cohen . Winterbottom completed photography in December 2018. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2019. Coogan and Brydon reunited with Winterbottom for a fourth series of their popular programme, set in Greece. It premiered on 3 March 2020 as a 6-part weekly TV series on SkyOne . It was again edited down into

4620-484: Was shot in Jaipur and Mumbai , India in early 2011. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2011. It was released in the UK on 9 March 2012 and in the US on 13 July. Known during its lengthy production first as Seven Days and then as Here and There , the film stars John Simm as a man imprisoned for drug-smuggling and charts his relationship with his wife, played by Shirley Henderson . Written by Winterbottom and Laurence Coriat,

4690-403: Was the D'Arcy Oil Concession . Widespread fears amongst the aristocracy, educated elites, and religious leaders about the concessions and foreign control resulted in some protests in 1906. These resulted in the Shah accepting a suggestion to create a Majles (National Consultative Assembly) in October 1906, by which the monarch's power was curtailed as he granted a constitution and parliament to

4760-415: Was to follow the company and its staff, including DiLello and Derek Taylor , from 1968 to its closure in 1970, when The Beatles split. The book was set to be adapted by Jesse Armstrong and co-produced by Andrew Eaton and Liam Gallagher . Winterbottom was attached in May 2011 to direct Bailout , an adaptation of author Jess Walter 's novel The Financial Lives of the Poets , which Walter adapted for

4830-626: Was unprepared for the burdens of office. At Mozaffar al-Din's accession, Persia faced a financial crisis, with annual governmental expenditures far in excess of revenues as a result of the policies of his father. During his reign, Mozzafar ad-Din attempted some reforms of the central treasury; however, the previous debt incurred by the Qajar court, owed to both England and Russia , significantly undermined this effort. He furthered this debt by borrowing even more funds from Britain, France , and Russia. These later loans were used to pay earlier loans rather than create new economic developments. In 1908, oil

4900-406: Was written by Matt Greenhalgh . It was released in the UK on 26 April 2013. Winterbottom filmed a second series of the hit BBC show The Trip To Italy in the summer of 2013 in Italy. It followed the route of the Romantics – Percy Bysshe Shelley , Lord Byron and John Keats . Like the first series, IFC Films distributed it in the US as a shorter feature-length film , which premiered at

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