Still Images from Offside, The Wind Will Carry Us, and The Cow

Jafar Panahi's 2006 film Offside: When watching this film one can see many aspects regarding woman's rights. The still image that I chose from that movie is in the beginning where the bus is crowded with the excited Iranian soccor fans and the camera's angle is faced towards the young girl dressed as a boy.
Importance: The reason why I chose that image is because one can see that there is an issue with woman's rights in Iran specifically showing a girl disguised as a boy in order to enter the world cup game. The image's importance shows the culture of Iran, the people waving around the Iranian flag, the language, the role the woman play, and the spirit the young ones have for their countries team.

Abbas Kiarostami's 1999 film The Wind Will Carry Us: The still image chosen is towards the end of the film where the doctor and Behzad the engineer are riding through the wheat fields and all that's surrounding them is the beautiful scenery of mountains and the motion of the wind blowing through the wheat fields. 
Importance: Starting from the beginning scene till the end Kiarostami captures the beauty of nature in Iran. The reason why I chose this image is because it was the only image where I thought represented the title of the film. For one that image looked like a painting, and Kiarostami wanted it to represent Life in which it seemed as if the engineer was starting to appreciate the lifestyle of the village himself towards the end.

Dariush Mehrjui's 1969 film The Cow: This film began the bases of Iranian New Wave in 1969. In this black and white film it expressed a very close owner and animal relationship. The image that I picked was in the middle of the film where Hassan is staring at the window that is above him and the light is penetrating his face.
Importance: This image shows Hassan's sadness and despair for his dead cow. I liked this image because Mehrjui made a close-up of Hassan with background shadows presenting a dark gloomy presence.