Mohammad Reza Aslani
Still: Chess of the WindFilmmaker and poet Mohammad Reza ASLANI (1943, Iran) is best known for his experimental films and documentaries. He studied painting at the university in Tehran and graduated from the Technical School of Television and Cinema. Aslani is also a renowned poet and he was an influential figure in The New Wave Poetry of Iran. His controversial thriller Chess of the Wind (1976) was banned and presumed lost. After an unsuccessful search through international film archives, his children found a copy in a Tehran junk shop in 2014. The film was then smuggled out of the country and restored by the Scorsese Foundation for Cannes 2020, to be shown in the Classics section of the festival.
Filmography
(selection) Jaam-e Hasanlou (1964, short), Jame-e Fahraj (1968, short doc), Badbade (1970, short), Ba ejaze (1971, short), Shatranj-e baad/ Chess of the Wind (1976), Koodak-e emrooz (1976, doc), Ghali va estesmar (1979, short doc), Koodak va estesmar/ Child and Exploitation (1982, short doc), Chigh (1996, short), Khaterat-e yek 75 sale/Memoirs of a 75 Year Old Man (2007, doc), Atash-e sabz/The Green Fire (2008), Tehran, Conceptual Art (2012, doc), Jaam-e Hasanlou: panjah saal ba'd (2016, short doc)
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