A Fire

The National Iranian Oil Company NIOC formed upon nationalization of the British AngloIranian Oil Company employed film systematically producing many films on oil and petrochemical subjects It also made films depicting Irans progress and modernization highlighting the role of the Shah and NIOC in that direction Under its auspices Ebrahim Golestan directed A FIRE 1961 a highly visual treatment of a seventyday oil well fire in the Khuzestan region of southwestern Iran This film was edited by the Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad and won two awards at the Venice Film Festival in 1961