Summary
Azadi Cinema Complex is a cineplex building located at Beheshti Street in Tehran. It is used for movie premieres and various entertainment events.
| Azadi Cinema Complex | |
|---|---|
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  Location within Iran | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Cinema |
| Location |  Tehran, Iran |
| Coordinates | 35°43′41″N 51°24′58″E / 35.72806°N 51.41611°E |
| Opening | 1969 (rebuild in 2008) |
| Height | |
| Roof | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 10 |
| Floor area | 850 m2 (9,100 sq ft) |
| References | |
| https://web.archive.org/web/20101226094252/http://www.cinema-azadi.com/Fa/Facilities.aspx?p=fs | |
History edit
The cinema was inaugurated on 23 April 1969 as Shahre Farang Cinema.[citation needed] It was renamed Azadi Cinema in 1980. It had two screens.
Located on the Azadi Square,[1] the building caught fire on numerous occasions in 1976, 1990, and on 18 April 1997,[2] which caused its closure. Zeydabadi-Nejad writes, "Of particular importance among cinema halls was Azadi, one of the most popular in Tehran."[3] It hosted the Imposed War Film Festival in 1983.[4]
Reconstruction edit
The cinema was destroyed by a fire in 1998. The site was left vacant for 8 years.[5]
A new cineplex was opened, in 2008. Azadi Cinema Complex now has five screens, one with 600 seats and others with 200 each.[6] The complex is one of the major cineplexes in Tehran, with the one at Mellat Park.[7]
The building now hosts a Cinematheque and was described in the Tehran Times as follows: "It is one of the landmarks of Tehran, marking the west entrance to the city, and is part of the Azadi Cultural and Artistic Complex, which also includes an underground museum."[8]
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Notes edit
- ^ "Tehran in Iranian Post-Revolutionary Films". Cinema Iranica. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ Naficy, Hamid (2011). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978–1984. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-4877-1.
- ^ Zeydabadi-Nejad, Saeed (2009-12-04). The Politics of Iranian Cinema: Film and Society in the Islamic Republic. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-28309-4.
- ^ Naficy, Hamid (2012-11-06). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-4878-8.
- ^ Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (2020). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-3905-9.
- ^ Azadi Cinema official website "وب سایت سینما آزادی". Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010. "Azadi Cinema" accessed 2 January 2011.
- "Azadi Cinema Complex". Iran Tour Organization. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011. - ^ BalaEddy, Prerna (2023-07-04). "Political Contestation around the "Football in Cinema" Project in Iran". Project on Middle East Political Science. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Azadi Tower's cinematheque to open with "Oppenheimer"". Tehran Times. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-01-16.