Publications & Issues

This section presents selected issues of Iran Zehn.
All issues are published in Persian PDF format, with select articles accompanied by English translations.

Journal Issues

Iran Zehn – Issue 13 (Spring 2025) cover

Year 7 — Issue 13 — Spring 2025

Cinema, Shahnameh & World Awards

Includes an interview on Shahnameh & Game of Thrones, analysis of The Brutalist, Guillermo del Toro’s directing style, films that redefined cinema, Oscar 2025 coverage, PES’s surreal worlds, FLOW’s historic win, Ne Zha 2 review, poetic imagery in animation, and a review of Sean Baker’s Anora.

Iran Zehn – Issue 12 (Autumn 2024) cover

Year 6 — Issue 12 — Autumn 2024

Short Animation, Pahlevanan & Film Music

Oscar-nominated short animations, interview with Vartan Sahakian on film music, behind-the-scenes of Pahlevanan, postcolonial read of Disney protagonists, augmented reality tourism, animation aesthetics, and Pahlevanan’s global potential.

Iran Zehn – Issue 11 (Spring 2024) cover

Year 6 — Issue 11 — Spring 2024

AI, Festivals & Stop-Motion

AI & animation session, comparative study of Kurosawa & remakes, interview with Hamid Mohammadi on stop motion, Tehran Animation Festival, Propp’s method for animation scripts, Disney protagonists, ASIFA elections, challenges of animation production, Plato’s cave-inspired animation, and The Magic of Seeing.

Iran Zehn – Issue 10 (Autumn 2023) cover

Year 5 — Issue 10 — Autumn 2023

Neorealism & Global Cinema

Italian & Indian Neorealism studies, Venice festival coverage, LAIKA’s Wildwood, interviews on entering top studios, graphic design in animation, and puppet-making in Iran.

Iran Zehn – Issue 9 (Spring 2023) cover

Year 5 — Issue 9 — Spring 2023

Oscars, Armatures & Stop-Motion

Interview with Antonio Oliveira (armature), Irish Goodbye review, Chista Tajour’s felt art, Everything Everywhere All at Once analysis, del Toro’s Pinocchio, Oscar-winning shorts, and guides for starting stop-motion in Iran.

Iran Zehn – Issue 8 (Autumn 2022) cover

Year 4 — Issue 8 — Autumn 2022

Oscar Race & Iranian Stop-Motion

Overview of Oscar animation race, Tehran festival report, review of The House, Latin American highlights at Annecy, documentary Where the Winds Die, DreamWorks news, and interview with Nasseh Sobhani on Iranian stop-motion.