Ardeshir Mohasses: The Rebellious Artist at Washington DC, UCLA and Palm Beach International Film Festival, April 4-11, 2013
Posted by By ifvc at 11 April, at 13 : 46 PM Print
On Monday February 4, The Iranian Cultural Association of Washington DC sponsored a screening of Ardeshir Mohasses; The Rebellious Artist. The film was well-received by members and non-members alike. The distinguished audience included Taghi Mokhtar (filmmaker, film critic and editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine, Iranian in Washington DC), Dr. Mohammad Borghei (sociologist), Dr. Hadi Bahar (physician and author), and Shohreh Assemi (actress, writer and TV producer).
Three weeks later, a screening of the film was sponsored in Dad Hall at UCLA by the Near Eastern Studies Center. Dr. Nayereh Towhidi introduced the program and then Majid Roshangar (editor of The Persian Book Review), who has published several collections of the drawings of Ardeshir Mohasses in Iran and the USA, talked about the art of Mohasses. This was followed by a brief talk by Abbas Towfigh (one of the founders of Towfigh magazine in Iran) about the history of caricatures in Iran. The film was then screened, after which Bahman Maghsoudlou took to the podium to address the audience’s questions and then sat for a book signing. Although it was the same day as the Academy Awards ceremony, the hall was almost full and the reaction was uniformly very good. Other distinguished Iranians present were Farhang Farrahi, Abbas Pahlavan, Nader Saleh, Ghafour Mirzai, Sohrab Akhavan, Darya Ashouri, Kazem Alamdari, Reza Moini and Dr. Ardeshir Babknia. Also Danish Saroee and Farzad Hasani two gifted photographer took great pictures of the session that remains for good.
Finally, the film had its official world premiere at the 18th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival on April 8 at the Frank Theatres.
