Our Mission
To provide the premier Motion Picture Distribution and Exhibition service in the Middle East.
About Us
Founded by Ahmad Golchin in 1964, the CEO of Phars Film and now managed by his daughter Mahi Golchin-Depala, Phars Film is independently responsible for the distribution and exhibition of the critical mass of American Independent, Malayalam, Tamil, Telegu, Iranian, Filipino, Art-House and other Foreign Language films brought to the Middle East. Our unparalleled distribution network and stake-holding partnerships are now responsible for the regional distribution and exhibition of over 350 titles per annum making Phars Film the largest Motion picture distribution and exhibition provider in the Middle East today.
Ahmad Golchin is also the Founder and a Managing Partner of Gulf Film, which is now responsible for the distribution and exhibition of the lion’s share of Hollywood and Arabic titles throughout the region. Gulf Film Group distributes and exhibits over 200 titles per annum, and operates the Middle East’s largest laser subtitling laboratory. Gulf Film owns and operates Grand Cinemas, which is now the largest chain of Cinemas across the Middle East www.grandcinemas.com
Phars Film, in partnership with Al Nisr Cinema Film Co., is responsible for the total mass of Bollywood movies brought to the UAE and Gulf region. To complement this partnership, Phars Film and Al Nisr Cinema Film Co., together, own and operate Gulf Multiplex group of cinemas in the UAE:
Phars Film is a partner and stakeholder in Qatar Bahrain Cinemas the foremost chain of cinemas in Qatar.
Phars Film Digital
Phars Film Digital is responsible for taking Phars Film’s terrestrial operations onto the world-wide web and provides a greater depth of service to our partners, associates and clients alike. As a means of promoting the regional entertainment industry Phars Film Digital also operates the region's premier all language motion picture web resource www.e-matterz.com and operates “Phars Matrix” the Gulf’s only online production resource for Film-making professionals.
Phars Film: Red Carpet Solutions
Phars Film Digital’s Red Carpet Solutions exists to offer your organization the benefits of our experience by providing a boutique service for all your cinematic event needs, from venue bookings through to promotion and visibility. Ensuring that once your booking is confirmed, our tried and tested event solutions will be set in motion.
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Our Future
Phars Film will direct resources at finding new ways of adapting and growing within our current markets to yield ever-greater results for each of the Studios, Partners and Associates we represent.
Market development for new, currently underexposed cross-nationality and cultural films will be emphasized, alongside the identification of truly exciting regional studios and directorial talent whose capabilities have the potential to be nurtured and feasibly brought forward into our wider network and onto the big screen.
In an effort to expand our commercial interest inside Iran, Phars Film has begun constructing a cultural and retail complex dedicated to the Fine Arts, Fashion and literature, alongside numerous international eateries. The main attraction of the complex will be the “Golchin Grand” which upon completion will be the largest cinema multiplex in the world. Proceeds from the multiplex will fund credible charitable programs that provide and care for the orphaned children of Iran.
Biggest Cinema Construction to Start by 2009
Construction of the world’s biggest cinema complex in Tehran will begin by March 2009. Announcing this, producer and film distributor, Ahmad Golchin, who plans to build the complex, said with the next two weeks he will visit the country to buy a suitable venue for the purpose. Golchin, owner of some of the largest cinema complexes in the Middle East, further told Fars news Agency that the project will become operational once feasibility studies are over. “I intend to build a cinema that befits the dignity and culture of the Iranian,” he said. He added that the complex will include 25 halls, used for culture, commercial and recreational purposes. The producer has so far established several movie theatres in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman. Golchin recently inaugurated the Middle East’s first digital cinema in Dubai, UAE.
Source: Iran Daily – Arts & Culture – Tuesday 12th August, 2008







