Table of contents : Contents......Page 7 Introduction Letter to a Young Filmmaker......Page 9 Forugh Farrokhzad The House Is Black......Page 37 Ebrahim Golestan Mud Brick and Mirror......Page 69 Dariush Mehrjui The Cow......Page 105 Arby Ovanessian Spring......Page 133 Bahman Farmanara Prince Ehtejab......Page 165 Sohrab Shahid Sales Still Life......Page 191 Amir Naderi The Runner......Page 219 Bahram Beizai Bashu, the Little Stranger......Page 251 Abbas Kiarostami Through the Olive Trees......Page 277 Mohsen Makhmalbaf A Moment of Innocence......Page 335 Marziyeh Meshkini The Day I Became a Woman......Page 377 Jafar Panahi Crimson Gold......Page 401 An Epistolary Conclusion......Page 437 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 461