Salaam Cinema

This film will be screened on Sunday, 26 October 2025 at 7:00 pm.

A film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran | 1995 | 75 min | In Persian with English subtitles

For the 100th anniversary of Cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf - the most controversial and popular Iranian filmmaker - placed a casting ad in newspapers for 100 actors to audition for his new film, Salaam cinema. More than 5000 people showed up and a near riot occurs. Over the next eight days Makhmalbaf auditions 1000 applicants and shoots all the procedures as the main part of his film. What began as a simple casting call quickly turned into a moving portrait of people’s dreams, ambitions, and their yearning to be seen. Salaam Cinema stands as a classic of Iranian cinema, blurring the line between fiction and reality and revealing both the magic and tension of filmmaking itself.

About the director

Mohsen Makhmalbaf is known as one of the most influential filmmakers and founders of the new wave of Iranian cinema in the world today. Many of his films like Salaam Cinema, A Moment Of Innocence, Gabbeh, Kandahar and The President have been widely well received across the globe and have brought him over 50 international awards from the prestigious film festivals like Cannes, Venice, Locarno, among others. His film Kandahar has been chosen as one of the top 100 best movies of history of cinema by Times Magazine. His fame as the most prominent filmmaker of Iran made him the subject of an identity theft by someone who wished to become a filmmaker. This incident turned into the famous film Close up by the legendary Abbas Kiarostami.

Attention!

Please note that our library has limited seats and we work on a first-come, first-served basis. Our doors open at 6:30 PM and the screening starts at 7:00 PM or earlier in case the space reaches its full capacity. Thank you for understanding and see you on Sunday!

!برجاء الانتباه

تفتح الأبواب الساعة ٦:٣٠ مساء ويبدأ العرض الساعة ٧:٠٠ مساء. في انتظاركم يوم الأحد القادم