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CANNES
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud back on the French Riviera to announce their second film Chicken with Plums due to start production in June.
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CANNES: Kiarostami Competes for Palme D'Or with New Film
The First Exclusive Trailer of Abbas Kiarostami's first Film made outside Iran and in Competition for the Palme D'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival (12th to 23rd of May, 2010). S MORE >> |
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KETAB, a short film by Ana Lily Amirpour is going to Tribeca
Ana Lily Amirpour is working on her next project: a short
film called KETAB, about a lonely young guy in Tehran who goes to buy a
book. On the surface, it appears
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OSCAR BOUND?
The award-winning About Elly has been selected to represent Iran in the foreign category nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards. Asghar Farhadi's film was selected by an Iranian committee co MORE >> |
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International Film Festivals make room for an Upcoming Persian Director
Traditionally the world of Cinema has been dominated by the Americans, French and Italians. In the world of Film, the Persian Community is a force to be reckoned with. Recently, I heard about an MORE >> |
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SIX AND A HALF, a short film by Ana Lily Amirpour premieres at Slamdance
Park City, Utah – Every January the film industry gathers in Park City. The feeding-frenzy of distributors, critics and journalists comb both Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals looking for th MORE >> |
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Aryana Farshad- Woman of Iran
Aryana Farshad- already the name shows the Persian heritage. Aryana, a rare name, means the “Eastern girl”, the name of a woman who combines the Persian with the Western traditions. Right b MORE >> |
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SAMIRA MAKHMALBAF SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
The 56th San Sebastian film festival awarded Special Jury Prize to Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf for her "Two-legged Horse."
The film is the story of a boy in Afghanistan who is hired to c MORE >> |
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A DIRECTOR’S CUT
“The
first cut is the deepest, baby I know the first cut is the deepest” -Lyrics to
Cat Steven’s First Cut is the Deepest
As
a student at the University in Strasbourg, France I came ac MORE >> |
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Cinematical!
After the International critical and Box Office Success of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud are to join their talents on a next movie project: The screen adaptation of another of MORE >> |
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Le Charme Persan
Juliette Binoche is currently starring in Abbas Kiarostami's next film The Certified Copy. Binoche and Kiarostami were introduced by MK2 topper Marin Karmitz and have been friends for many ye MORE >> |
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Satrapi Joins Jury of Cannes 2008
The 61st Annual of the International Cannes Film Festival will be held from May 14th to May 25th 2008.
Presided this Year by American Star and director Sean Penn.
20 feature films will be com MORE >> |
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Filmmaker Takes Revolutionary Story Out of the Dark
Alex Fazeli is a 31-year-old filmmaker who graduated from the prestigious Peter Stark producing program of USC’s grad film school. He is currently working some interesting projects involving intr MORE >> |
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Majidi’s Sparrows Eye’s Berlin Bear
After a critical misfire with moralistic melodrama “The Weeping Willow,” Iran’s only Oscar-nominated director, Majid Majidi (“Children of Heaven”), returns in “The Song of Sparrows” to dramatic t MORE >> |
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Pixar's Rat Beats Sony's Princess At Annie Awards
A gourmet rat was the big cheese at the 35th celebration, winning 9 Annie Awards. Honoring the best in animation for 2007, the annual gala event was held on February 8, 2008 at UCLA's Royce MORE >> |
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Même Combat!
With the confirmation of France’s Presence at the Upcoming Oscars® with two categories Best Actress for La Môme’s (La Vie En Rose) Star Marillon Cotillard and for Best Animation with Marjan MORE >> |
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Persepolis Still In The Race!
Phew ! We can finally breath. The French Animation Persepolis is definitively in the Race for the upcoming Oscars®. If it has not been selected for best foreign film amongst the 63 submitted MORE >> |
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Allez Marjane!
Well It is a tough competition after all added to the fact that with the screenwriters on Strike in Hollywood, the annual Golden Globes ceremony was reduced to an official announcement deprived o MORE >> |
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Binoche Femme Dangereuse!
According to Iranian Mehr News Agency two Iranian MPs are worried about the perhaps too frequent travels of Juliette Binoche to Iran. During the last parliamentary session the MPs jointly request MORE >> |
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Tickets to Masterclass
« She's got a ticket to ride,She's got a ticket to ride,She's got a ticket to ride,But she don't care. »
Lyrics to Beatles Song « She’s got a Ticket to Ride MORE >> |
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