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Iranian film “Tales” (Ghesseh-ha) by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
What will lighten our dark night? An untimely love?! Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s latest film Tales is a collection of stories highlighting the difficulties the lower classes face in today’s society, from...
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Shahram Mokri: Iranian film director and screenwriter
Shahram Mokri (Persian: شهرام مکری) is an Iranian writer and film director. Born 1977 in Marand, Iran, Shahram Mokri is a graduate of cinema from Tehran’s Soureh College. Raised in a family of movie...
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Iranian film “Fish & Cat” (Mahi va gorbeh) by Shahram Mokri
Fish & Cat (from Persian transliterated as Mahi va Gorbeh) is a 2013 mystery drama slasher Iranian film directed by Shahram Mokri. The film was first premiered at the 70th Venice Film Festival in...
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Iranian film “My Name Is Negahdar Jamali And I Make Westerns” by Kamran Heidari
“My name is John Ford and I make westerns” this is how John Ford introduced himself at the American Film Directors’ Association gathering. Negahdar Jamali, an Iranian from Shiraz introduced himself the...
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UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema 2015
The UCLA Film and Television Archive is pleased to once again explore the diverse currents of Iranian cinema with its annual series highlighting recent and classic films from Iran and the Iranian...
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Kamran Heidari: Iranian film director and photographer
Born in 1977, in Gachsaran, close to the old city of Shiraz, Heidari directs documentaries and films about the lives of the people who come from his region. In 2012, Heidari directed his very first...
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Iranian Film “Dingomaro – Iran’s Black South” by Kamran Heidari
Since his Internet hit, “Bad Shans” (hard luck), Hamid Saeid has become one of the best-known Iranian musicians with African roots. He’s travelling by motorbike across the province of Hormozgan, which...
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Reza Attaran: Awarded Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and singer
Reza Attaran (born 1968 in Mashhad) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and singer. He won in 2008 the Best Actor Award at the Gol Agha Comedy Festival and is regarded as one of the most...
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Reza Mirkarimi: Awarded Iranian film director
Reza Mirkarimi (Persian: رضا میرکریمی , born 1966 in Tehran) is an Iranian film writer and director. He graduated from Fine Arts University in Graphic Arts. His cinema activities began in 1987 with a...
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Safi Yazdanian: Iranian film director
Safi Yazdanian, born 1960 in Tehran, is an Iranian film director, writer, translator and film critic. He graduated in Theater and Cinema Studies in 1988, starting his career as a reviewer and columnist...
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The Fish & I: Awarded Iranian short film by Babak Habibifar
The Fish and I is an Iranian short film directed, written and acted by Babak Habibifar that recounts the story of a blind man trying to save his fish. The film has won several international honors....
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5th International Urban Film Festival underway in Tehran, Iran
Iran’s 5th International Urban Film Festival is running from May 24 to June 2 in eleven movie theaters across Tehran. More than 360 productions will take part in this year’s national and international...
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Iran’s ‘Cloudy Children’ from Reza Fahimi is the Grand Prix winner at ‘SSFF...
Iranian filmmaker Reza Fahimi’s Cloudy Children emerged as the big winner at the Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia (SSFF & ASIA) 2015, receiving the Grand Prix of the event that was held in Tokyo...
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Iranian actress’ Motamed-Arya portrait displayed at UN exhibit in New York...
A portrait of the acclaimed Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya is displayed besides 15 international figures at a multimedia exhibition titled ‘The Transformative Power of Art’ at the UN Exhibits in...
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Italian festival ‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ screening movies from Iranian New Wave...
Il Cinema Ritrovato, an Italian festival dedicated to screening newly restored classics running in Bologna until July 4, is showing four Iranian films from the Iranian New Wave cinema. The program is...
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London Iranian Film Festival – Saturday August 1st, 2015 – 3 Movies 1 Ticket
London Iranian Film Festival is the only annual festival to present Iranian cinema in the UK. The festival aims to introduce the international community to the best of Iranian cinema. Screenings: 3...
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Video: Spotlight on Iran’s film industry – BBC News
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4th Persian Film Festival in Sydney, Australia, from September 3rd to 6th, 2015
The 4th Persian Film Festival is on from September 3rd to 6th at Palace Norton Street Cinemas, showcasing the best of Iranian cinema and the Persian speaking world. Over four days the festival offers...
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‘The President’, a film by awarded Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 2014, Georgia, /France/UK/Germany, 105 minutes, Cast: Misha Gomiashvili, Dachi Orvelashvili Festivals: Venice Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Warsaw...
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‘A Tribute to Gohar Kheirandish’, a documentary by Iranian director Pouria...
Director: Pouria Heidary Oureh, 2015, Iran, 83 minutes, Cast: Gohar Kheirandish [in person], Asghar Farhadi, Leila Hatami, Ezzatollah Entezami, Niki Karimi, Tahmineh Milani, Bahram Radan, Mahnaz...
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