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Films: My cinema passion was initiated around age 15, when me and my cousin Omid learned about the beautiful world of movies. This was in early 1990s when Iranian cinema was attracting world's attention towards its golden products. Certainly my film taste was affected by heavy influence of the independent and self-reflexive cinema due to its popularity in Iranian film circles. Furthermore, my passion towards cinema and also orchestral music were merged together under the art of film music

20 memorable movies (with no specific ordering):

	Cinema Paradiso (Tornatore: Italy, 1989)		Kramer vs. Kramer (Benton: USA, 1979)
	White Balloon (Panahi: Iran, 1994)		The Sea Inside (Amenábar: Spain, 2004)
	Amelie (Jeunet: France, 2001)		Eternity and a Day (Angelopoulos: Greece, 1995)
	21 Grams (Inarittu:USA, 2004)		Sacrifice (Tarkovsky: Sweden, 1986)
	Chocolat (Hallstrom: USA, 2000)		Modern Times (Chaplin: USA, 1936)
	The Mother (Hatami: Iran, 1990)		Sideways(Payne: USA, 2004)
	Once upon a time cinema (Makhmalbaf: Iran, 1992)		Once upon a time in America (Leone: Italy, USA, 1984)
	Under the skin of City (Banietemad: Iran, 2000)		Bashu (Beizaie: Iran, 1985)
	East/West (Wargnier: France, 1999)		Close up (Kiarostami: Iran, 1990)
	Taking Sides (Szabo: Hungary:2001)		Before Sunset (Linklater: USA, 2004)

Music: Since age 16, the Italian film composer, Ennio Morricone has been constantly my top favorite composer. There are other composers like Hans Zimmer or John Williams that I like certain pieces of their works. In the fantastic world of classical music, Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Mozart are my top favorites. I also enjoy folk and traditional music of Eastern Europe and the Middle Eastern countries.