Digital Technology
In the recent years, digital technology has had an extraordinary growth in the area of art, industry, audio and video, which has opened a new horizon for the artists either in photography by using digital printing or in cinema by using digital recording, editing and multimedia systems.
Today more than 25% of market productions in the field of photography and cinema are related to digital techniques; which would be very supportive for our cultural and scientific programmers to explore the existing possibilities and study the movement course of this technology.




French National Center of Cinematography (CNC)
The CNC, Centre National de la Cinematographie created in 1946 is a public administrative organization with legal entity status and financial autonomy. It operates under the authority of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Some of the general goals of this center are as follows:
Financial support mechanisms for the cinema, whether Production, distribution or exploitation.
Development and financial support of the audiovisual programs
Contribution and financial support in promoting and distributing short films
Encouraging new authors and new forms of creativity in pre- productions
Financial support of cinematographic creativity and exploitations
This center pursues in various cultural goals such as financial support of French filmmaking companies by purchasing films from other countries to create an international cultural interchange. Film companies like Les Films du Preau and Gebeka Films have purchased over ten different feature film titles from Kanoon that have benefited from CNC's support in public screening. Traveller and Where is My friend's Home by Abbas Kiarostami, Shangoul and Mangoul by Morteza Ahadi and Farkhondeh Torabi and Lili Lili Hosak by Vajihollah Fard Moghadam are amongst some these films.




Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is a new technology creating MEMS structures in the "Nano" range which is three orders of magnitude, or 1000 times smaller than the current generation of MEMS devices. Refers to devices ranging in size from a nanometer to a micron.




Nasrin Mirshab
Animation has a long lasting international connection in Tran. In the early stages of it's establishment, Kanoon has been a pioneer in introducing Iran animation to world audiences and Vise Versa.
Some professionals in this field are amorously leading the way for the preservation of this cultural dialogue.
Nasrin Mirshab is an example of an Iranian leaving abroad, who has devoted her cultural career to this field.
As well as having a Masters in human biology from the University of Paris VII, Nasrin Mirshab has always been interested in painting. She has studied under the French Impressionist, Gustav Nebel and since 1996 has collaborated with the cinema and cultural affairs department
of the town of Cannes, especially in the realm of exhibition organization. She has also been active on the organizing committee of the Cannes Film Club.
At the same time, she has organized various events for Iranian cinema in the south of France. An essential part of her activities has been organizing retrospectives on Abbas Kiarostami in 2002 and Bahram Beyzaei, in l998, at which both directors were present.