{"id":464,"date":"2026-05-02T10:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/?p=464"},"modified":"2026-05-02T10:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:30:13","slug":"the-launch-of-persianate-cinema-series-with-gholam-a-film-by-mitra-tabrizian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/2026\/05\/02\/the-launch-of-persianate-cinema-series-with-gholam-a-film-by-mitra-tabrizian\/","title":{"rendered":"The launch of &#8220;Persianate Cinema Series&#8221; with &#8220;Gholam&#8221; a film by Mitra Tabrizian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Free event with prior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tixtree.com\/e\/the-persianate-film-series-presents-gholam-by-mitra-tabrizian-a529c7a84a8d\">reservation<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The screening of \u201cGholam\u201d by Mitra Tabrizian, marks the launch of The Persianate Cinema Series, a new initiative by the Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation (JECF) in collaboration with SOAS, University of London, dedicated to showcasing film and moving image practices from across the Persianate world and its diasporas. The series aims to create a space for critical engagement with cinema that traverses national boundaries, foregrounding questions of identity, migration, gender, and political memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch event will feature a short talk and Q&amp;A with director Mitra Tabrizian, offering a unique opportunity to engage directly with her work and practice. The event will be followed by a drinks reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Poster-Launch-Bonyad-Film-Club-20260509-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-465\" style=\"width:517px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Poster-Launch-Bonyad-Film-Club-20260509-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Poster-Launch-Bonyad-Film-Club-20260509-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Poster-Launch-Bonyad-Film-Club-20260509-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Poster-Launch-Bonyad-Film-Club-20260509.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Date\/Time &amp; Venue<\/strong>: Saturday 9<sup>th<\/sup> May 2026 5pm-8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of London, Russel Square, London WC1H 0XG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The events in this series are financially supported by a National Lottery\u2019s Community Fund\u2019s grant to the JECF.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free event with prior reservation. The screening of \u201cGholam\u201d by Mitra Tabrizian, marks the launch of The Persianate Cinema Series, a new initiative by the Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation (JECF) in collaboration with SOAS,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-and-news","category-film-club","category-title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467,"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jalehesfahani.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}