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2 November 2008 at 19 : 20 PM
Two Documentaries by Bahman Maghsouldlou Screened
Ahmad Mahmoud: A Noble Novelist and Ardeshir Mohasses & His Caricatures, two documentaries produced and directed by Bahman Maghsoudlou, were screened in three cities in Sweden. The films were shown at the Folkets Hus Center in Hammarkullen, Gothenburg on October 31, at the Iranian Swedish Center in Malmo on November 1, and at Kanune Film […]
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1 November 2008 at 19 : 38 PM
Grass: Untold Stories Published
Mazda Publisher has announced that the hardcover edition of Grass: Untold Stories by Bahman Maghsoudlou will be out before the end of the year. This is the second book by the author in English. His first book was Iranian Cinema, which included an introduction by Andrew Sarris and was published by New York University in […]
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5 September 2008 at 19 : 45 PM
International Short Film Festival: Independent Films on Iran
IFVC and the Ziba Foundation, the two organizations responsible for the first New York International Short Film Festival: Independent Films on Iran, have collectively decided, based on the success of the first festival, that it should become a bi-annual event. Preparations will be made early next year to begin inviting submissions for the next festival, […]
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1 August 2008 at 19 : 54 PM
Pathfinder Pictures Releases IFVC films
After several months of negotiations, Pathfinder Picture signed a contract with IFVC for release of six of its productions. Pathfinder, based in Venice, California, has released more than two hundred films on DVD in North America, both foreign and domestic productions. The first new releases, to debut in October, will be Manhattan by Numbers, the […]
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9 July 2008 at 19 : 04 PM
Documentary Voices Pulling Focus in Dubai
The First Documentary Voices Pulling Film Festival was held in Dubai from July 4th to 9th. Anisa Mehdi, a distinguished journalist and both a producer and director of films, is the artistic director, and Mahshid Zamani is managing director of this newborn festival. More than thirty filmmakers were invited and participated in this four-day event. […]
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1 July 2008 at 19 : 39 PM
“Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty” Published
Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty, by Bahman Maghsoudlou, the first book from a series about how IFVC films are made, was published by the Ketab Corporation in Los Angeles on July 1st. Bahman Maghsoudlou, the producer of this feature documentary, dedicated this book to his younger brother Behrouz Maghsoudlou, who passed away during the […]
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10 June 2008 at 19 : 58 PM
Ardeshir Mohasses Exhibition at the Asia Society
The first major retrospective in the United States of legendary artist Ardeshir Mohasses was exhibited at the Asia Society from May 23rd through August 3rd under the title ‘Art and Satire in Iran.’ This unique exhibition brought together seventy rarely seen ink drawings from pre-and post-Revolutionary Iran. Ardeshir Mohasses (born in 1938 in Rasht, Iran) […]
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4 June 2008 at 19 : 29 PM
Film Festival “Sinfronteras” in Medellin, Colombia
The first Sinfronteras Festival International de Cine was held in Medellin, Colombia from May 28th to June 8th. The festival’s aim is to promote understanding of social subjects through contemporary films, with a different subject highlighted each year. This year’s theme was children and their treatment in the movies. Twenty-five movies from different countries along […]
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22 May 2008 at 19 : 17 PM
Three Short Films Shown at the IAMA
The Iranian American Medical Association (IAMA) held its 15th annual meeting in Washington, DC over the Memorial Day weekend. In a special program for this event, Bahman Maghsoudlou appeared as a guest lecturer and screened three short films: Interview by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Persian Tree by Hassan Naghashi, and Life in Fog by Bahman Ghobadi. After […]
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17 May 2008 at 19 : 43 PM
Ahmad Mahmoud in Toronto
Ahmad Mahmoud: A Noble Novelist, a feature documentary about the life and works of the essential Iranian author, was screened in Toronto on Saturday, May 17th to a full house at the Parya Foundation. The event was dedicated to Behrouz Maghsoudlou, one of the producers of the film, who passed away on April 15th in […]
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