An exhibition displaying the paintings of the famous director Masoud Kimiai has triggered huge enthusiasm among visitors. Kimiai, born in Tehran on July 29, 1941, is a director, novelist and poet, who is best-known for the movie Qesyar, which is among the most iconic movies of the cinema. Kimiai is one of the renowned directors in the new wave of the cinema with critics crediting him as an influential director-author who played an important role in the development of the economy of the cinema.