{{Short description|It is a digital service platform to purchase Iranian films with English subtitles}} {{Orphan|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox dot-com company | name = IMVBox | logo = imvbox_logo.png | logo_alt = The logo of IMVBox. | website_type = Streaming video | founded = 2013 | location = London, California and Tehran | url = {{URL|https://www.IMVbox.com}} | industry = Entertainment | products = {{flatlist| *Streaming media *Video on demand }} | registration = Free & Subscription | current_status = Active }} '''IMVBox''' is an online distribution platform established in September 2013 to support cinema of Iran. It was initially set up by an office in the UK but it has since opened offices in Tehran and the US. It offers legal English-subtitled Iranian movies.<ref name="Tabnak.ir">{{cite web|url=http://www.Tabnak.ir/fa/news/418101/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF |title=فیلمها را قانونی اینجا دانلود کنید - سایت خبری تحلیلی تابناك |publisher=Tabnak.ir |date=2014-07-21 |accessdate=2014-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=مهدیس امیری روزنامهنگار |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts/2014/08/140803_l51_copright_cinema_piracy |title=فرهنگ و هنر - BBC فارسی - مبارزه با قاچاق فیلم؛ نیازمند همت دولت و مردم |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2014-08-05}}</ref> Its YouTube channel was launched in May 2014, providing content to Persian speakers, free of charge. The company aims to fight online piracy and copyright infringement. A campaign was rolled out on Facebook in July 2014 to promote IMVBox's work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.Facebook.com/events/484328931670890/ |title=Support Iranian Cinema |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2014-08-05}}</ref>
IMVBox's profile was heightened over the summer of 2014, when it won appraisal from the Iranian film industry. In early May the Iranian Students News Agency carried a piece that described IMVBox's work in combating online piracy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.Isna.ir/fa/news/93030502151/جلوگیری-از-یک-عمل-سودجویانه-و-خلاف-در-سینما | title=جلوگیری از یک عمل سودجویانه و خلاف در سینما | date=26 May 2014 }}</ref> On 20 July Iranian filmmakers including Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad released a statement in which they called on viewers of Iranian films to avoid engaging in online piracy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://isna.ir/en/news/93042916408/Iranian-filmmakers-warn-of-fims-free-download |title=ایسنا - Iranian filmmakers warn of films free download across world |publisher=Isna.ir |date=2014-07-20 |accessdate=2014-08-05}}</ref> In the statement Mirtahmasb and Bani-Etemad encouraged their viewers and supporters to go to IMVBox, seeing it as a fair and legal option.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/117132-iranian-cineastes-urge-internet-users-to-avoid-illegal-downloads- |title=Iranian cineastes urge Internet users to avoid illegal downloads |publisher=Tehran Times |date= |accessdate=2014-08-05 |archive-date=2014-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809004529/http://www.tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/117132-iranian-cineastes-urge-internet-users-to-avoid-illegal-downloads- |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://isna.ir/fa/news/93042916307/سینماگران-هشدار-دادند | title=سینماگران هشدار دادند | date=20 July 2014 }}</ref> Among the 200 signatories to the statement were filmmaker Jafar Panahi, actress Leila Hatami, and actor Ali Mosaffa.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.khanehcinema.ir/fa/news/36/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 | title=نامه سینماگران ایرانی به مخاطبان اینترنتی آثار سینمای ایران | language=fa | trans-title=Letter from Iranian filmmakers to the online audience of Iranian cinema works | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220031759/http://www.khanehcinema.ir/fa/news/36/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 | archive-date=2014-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://cinemapress.ir/news/53119/نامه-۲%DB%B0۲-سینماگر-ایرانی-به-مخاطبان-اینترنتی-سند-کپی-رایت-را | title=نامه ۲۰۲ سینماگر ایرانی به مخاطبان اینترنتی: سند کپیرایت را در محکمه وجدان خود امضا کنید | date=20 July 2014 }}</ref>
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==External links== * http://www.IMVbox.com/
Category:Cinema of Iran