Piety, a Way to Reach a Cinema Conforming to the Islamic Revolution; a Survey of the Possibility of a Religious Cinema by Relying on Shahid Avini's Thought

People's increasing interest in cinema in recent years has necessitated conveying religious messages and filling the theoretical gap in regard to religious cinema more than ever. Seyyed Morteza Avini was one of the few religious cineasts and thinkers who in the post- revolution years endeavored to take some step in this field especially through his published articles. This research has reviewed Avini's opinions about the cinema with the aim of disclosing the potentials of this special media. The emphasis is on the factor of a Muslim cineaste and his relation to this media and its audience with the help of a descriptiveanalytical method. The results show that in this kind of relationship in order to achieve the desired cinema and by considering the essential influence of related technologies we need to go deep into the problem and have a full command of the technologies. This happens only by loosening the grip of subjectivity and prioritizing the objectivity i.e. letting the artist's heart and soul act as mirrors held up to realities around. In regard to cineaste/ audience relation, the way to achieve the desired goal, in Avini's view, is to find the technique well adjusted with each message on the part of the cineaste, and tend to a gradual transformation of the predominantly distraction seekers by referring to their natural human needs.