Being an Iranian journalist-director in exile in France since 1982 I present this project which is a summary of my PhD in Sorbonne University / Paris. The through of my research I give an account of the contemporary history of Iran, and study how this issue is dealt with in reports, news programmes of over 13 minutes broadcast on French television between 1978 and 2003. This research underlines the difference cultural that gives to French people a privileged position in comparison with the countries less economically developing, in particular with Iranians, in the films broadcast on French television. All the films tend to define Iran as the epicentre of Islam, by showing images that shock. The Iranian population is shown only at the Friday prayer or in the Tehran cemetery. The eight years war between Iran and Iraq has given the journalists-producers a good opportunity to evoke in their films the fanaticism of the Iranians. This research reveals some realities concerning this very bloody war hitherto unknown to the western public on.
Short biography of Jamshid Golmakani / Author-Director
Jamshid Golmakani was born in 1957 in Iran. From 1977 to 1981 he worked as photojournalist for the reports and politics section of the Iranian daily "Ayandegan" and for the monthly "Jahangard". June 1981 he left his country and fund him in Spain where he worked as a journalist for the daily "El Pais". Several months later, he arrived in France and continued his studies, obtaining in 1998 a Doctorate in Cinema and Television at the Sorbonne University. Simultaneously with his academic work, he directed documentaries for French television. Jamshid Golmakani is author and director of the following documentaries:
I Don’t Cry, I Paint, 26’ Iran: The Dream of a Democracy, 52’ Iran: The Broken Soul, 55’ Iranian Football: A Challenge for All, 52’ Iran, Football and Business, 56’ The Berlin Trial: Iranian Terrorism Condemned, 52’ Papers for Asylum Seekers, 48’ Berlin, the First Trial of Iranian Terrorism, 46’ Demand Asylum, 52’ Dreams of a Poet in Exile, 13’
All the photos used in this article are copyrighted to Jamshid Golmakani
Jamshid Golmakani was born in 1957 in Iran. From 1977 to 1981 he worked as photojournalist for the reports and politics section of the Iranian daily "Ayandegan" and for the monthly "Jahangard". June 1981 
