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7 January 2010 at 15 : 47 PM
BBC World News and Grass: Untold Stories
In the wake of the interview with Bahman Maghsoudlou about his latest book Grass: Untold Stories aired by Ekran on BBC Persian Television in December 2007, the buzz and attention drawn towards both the book and the magnificent silent film, Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life, that is its subject was such that BBC World […]
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21 November 2009 at 15 : 26 PM
Ardeshir Mohasses screened in London
A lecture by Hadi Hazavehie, noted painter and museum curator, was held on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at the Kensington Central Library in London, organized as part of a special program by Anjoman Sokhan and Kanoon Iran. Due to it being the first anniversary of the death of Ardeshir Mohasses, the famous Iranian caricaturist, the […]
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30 October 2009 at 15 : 29 PM
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments in Sweden
After almost seven years of production, Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments, the fourth feature-length documentary in the Renowned Iranian Artists series, had its official premiere at Stockholm on October 30, 2009. This film is a both a biographical and analytical look at Iran Darroudi, the famous Iranian artist. Bahman Maghsoudlou, the director and […]
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25 September 2009 at 15 : 42 PM
Screening of Grass, plus book signing in London
On Friday, September 25th, Kanoon Iran, The Center for Preservation of Iranian Culture and Art, as part of their longstanding program held on the last Friday of each month for the last quarter of the century, sponsored a lecture at the Central Library, Kensington Town Hall in London by author/filmmaker Bahman Maghsoudlou about his latest […]
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5 June 2009 at 15 : 40 PM
Book Signing for Grass: Untold Stories in Berlin
The Cultural Foundation of Dehkhoda sponsored a special program to present a screening of the film Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life and a lecture about the film by Dr. Bahman Maghsoudlou, author of Grass: Untold Stories on Friday, June 5th at its center in Berlin, Germany. Mr. Maghsoudlou, at the beginning of his lecture […]
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1 June 2009 at 15 : 08 PM
IFVC Documentaries at BBC Persian Television
BBC Persian Television recently acquired the TV rights to Ahmad Mahmoud: A Noble Novelist, the unique documentary about the outstanding Iranian writer. This marks their third acquisition from IFVC, having previously obtained the rights of Life in Fog by Bahman Ghobadi and the documentary Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty. All three documentaries were produced […]
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23 May 2009 at 15 : 12 PM
Presenting five short films at IAMA in Boston
The Iranian American Medical Association (IAMA) held its 16th annual meeting in Boston over the Memorial Day weekend. In a special program for this event, Bahman Maghsoudlou appeared as a guest lecturer and screened five short films: The Door by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, The Footsteps of Water by Alireza Darvish, The Season of Soil by Shahrokh […]
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3 May 2009 at 15 : 06 PM
Silence of the Sea at Yale University
On Sunday, May 3rd, Bahman Maghsoudlou introduced two films to the members of the Foundation of Iranians of Connecticut at Yale University. After an introduction by Dr. Ali Jafarian, the president of the Foundation, who had invited Dr. Maghsoudlou to lecture, two films were screened. The first was Persian Tree, a short film by Hassan […]
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25 April 2009 at 14 : 52 PM
Screening of Grass, plus book signing in Toronto
The Daricheh Foundation, with the collaboration of Toronto-based magazine Shahrvand, sponsored a screening of the feature documentary Grass: A Nation’s Battle For Life and a book-signing for Bahman Maghsoudlou’s new book Grass: Untold Stories on Saturday April 25 at the Paria Cultural Center in Toronto. The film was made by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. […]
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24 March 2009 at 14 : 35 PM
Seven Servants and Ahmad Mahmoud released on DVD
After years of anticipation, one of the final films of superstar Anthony Quinn, Seven Servants, made in 1996 and destined to become a cult film, was released on DVD by Pathfinder Pictures, a Los Angeles-based company. This surrealistic fantasy film was produced by Bahman Maghsoudlou and Stefan Jonas in Germany. David Warner, Alexandra Stewart, Audra […]
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