Archive for November 2014
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Abbas Kiarostami: A Report screened in Sweden and Italy, November 15, 2014
On Saturday, November 8, 2014, two feature documentaries, Abbas Kiarostami: A Report and Ardeshir Mohasses: The Rebellious Artist, were screened at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. A packed house enjoyed the films and the audience engaged in a question and answer period with the director/producer Bahman Maghsoudlou afterwards. A week later, on Saturday, November 15, Abbas Kiarostami: A Report was…
Read MoreManhattan by Numbers screened in Rome, Italy, November 12, 2014
In between the Sweden and NFA screenings, Maghsoudlou participated in another screening in Rome, this one of Amir Naderi’s Manhattan by Numbers (1993) at the Museum Palazzo delle Esposizioni on November 12. That night was rainy as well, but the cinema was full, as the audience enjoyed the first film made by Naderi in the USA, a…
Read MoreAbbas Kiarostami: A Report released on DVD
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report was released on DVD by Pathfinder Home Entertainment in North America on November 11, 2014. This is the fifth film in the Renowned Iranian Artists series that Bahman Maghsoudlou has directed and produced. The previous entries are: Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty, Ahmad Mahmoud: A Nobel Novelist, Iran Darroudi: The Painter of…
Read MoreAbbas Kiarostami: A Report at Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report at Middle East Studies Association (MESA), November 22-24, 2014 Abbas Kiarostami: A Report was selected and will be shown at the 48th Middle East Studies Association annual meeting in Washington DC. MESA is a private, non-profit, non-political, learned society that brings together from around the world scholars, educators and those interested in…
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