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2 November 2012 at 13 : 25 PM
Ardeshir Mohasses: The Rebellious Artist Screened in Toronto, New York and Miami
New York University, New York — After four years of hard work and research, including interviews with teachers, editors, friends, scholars, classmates, critics, associates and historians, and going through thousands of cartoons, paintings, sketches, magazines, articles and books in various parts of the world, producer/director Bahman Maghsoudlou’s new one-hour film about the life and work […]
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12 March 2012 at 13 : 53 PM
Ibn Arabi International Film Festival, Murcia, Spain
The Third Edition of IBAFF (www.IBAFF.com), International Film Festival was held March 5th through 10th in Murcia, Spain. Bahman Maghsoudlou served as the president and lone non-Spanish member of the jury, alongside a group of notables of the Spanish film scene, including professor and film scholar/critic Alberto Elena. The Festival was inaugurated in 2010, and […]
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27 February 2012 at 13 : 16 PM
The Forough Farrokhzad Awards
Thirty-seven years ago at 5PM on Thursday, February 27, 1975 (5 Shanbeh, 8 Esfand, 1353) at the Central Palace for Young Adults, the fourth Forough Farrokhzad awards ceremony was held. This group of awards, meant to honor greatness in all aspects of the arts, was conceived and established by the Farrokhzad family in memory of […]
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26 February 2012 at 13 : 41 PM
An Oscar for Iran
Iranian film has been around almost as long as the Academy Awards, with the first feature film made in Iran, Abi & Rabi, a silent film by a Russian immigrant named Ovanes Oganians (1897-1961), appearing in 1930. And yet it has taken this long for the Academy to reward an Iranian film. On March 26, […]
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27 January 2012 at 13 : 09 PM
Death of Angelopoulos
The film world has lost another great filmmaker, this time from Greece, Theodoros Angelopoulos. Angelopoulos was a master of extremely long, sinuous sequence shots, which he used to explore themes of Greek cultural identity. He was born April 17, 1935 in Athens. He began to study law but was interrupted by his military service, which […]
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11 September 2011 at 13 : 34 PM
September 11: A Sad Day
It’s a sad day. It’s 9/11, the day on which horrific events took place. I remember driving to my office in the morning, listening to the news on the radio, when the traffic reporter suddenly said, “We have just received a report that a small plane has smashed into the windows of the twin towers. […]
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10 September 2011 at 12 : 41 PM
Cliff Robertson (1923-2011)
Cliff Robertson died last night, Saturday, September 10th, on Long Island, New York. He acted in more than fifty films over a span of fifty years. I will never forget “The Best Man” (1962), directed by Franklin Schaffner and written by the great Gore Vidal. I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to interview […]
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26 July 2011 at 12 : 57 PM
Iran Darroudi DVD Released
IFVC is proud to announce the Pathfinder Home Entertainment DVD release on July 26, 2011 of the fourth and latest film in our Renowned Iranian Artists series, Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments, produced and directed by Bahman Maghsoudlou. This film was produced over a period of seven years with the complete cooperation of […]
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20 May 2011 at 12 : 08 PM
“History of Film Festivals” at Kanoon Iranian London
On Friday evening of May 20th at 7 pm, Kanoon Iran, The Center for Preservation of Iranian Culture and Art in London, had another program with Dr. Bahman Maghsoudlou. The subject was the history of film festivals and the Iranian short film’s current role in them. The program began with Dr. Ghassemi, the director and […]
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1 May 2011 at 12 : 13 PM
The Man Who Wouldn’t Die
From Right: Hazhir Daryush ,Siamak Pourzand ,Samuel Khachikian ,Iraj Jamshidi and Bahman Maghsoudlou talking about problems in Iranian Cinema. I deeply regret to announce the passing of one of Iran’s most important defenders of freedom of expression, Mr. Siamak Pourzand. Mr. Pourzand died in his home in Tehran. He was 80. Mr. Pourzand was always […]
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