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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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19 April 2011 at 23 : 19 PM
Links to International Film Festivals
USA / Canada • New York International Short Film Festival: Independent Films on Iran • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival • Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video • Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival • CIRA (Center for Iranian Research & Analysis) […]
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19 April 2011 at 22 : 14 PM
Films of the New Millennium
Requiem For A Dream, USA, 2000, 102 min. Starring Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Ellen Burstyn. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. There have been plenty of films that have attempted to depict the pain and struggle of the hardcore drug addict, but this may be the first that takes the viewer directly into the addict’s […]
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19 April 2011 at 22 : 54 PM
Films of the ’90s
Toto The Hero, Belgium-France-Germany, 1991, 90 min. Starring Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier. Directed by Jaco van Dormael. Bouqet plays Thomas, a man who has come to believe he was switched at birth with the neighbor boy, who subsequently lived the life he was meant to live. As the film flashes back and forth between three […]
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19 April 2011 at 21 : 17 PM
Films of the ’80s
Raging Bull, USA, 1980, 128 min. Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty. Directed by Martin Scorsese. True story of the brutal life of boxer Jake LaMotta, his manager brother and his suffering wife. Scorsese’s dynamic execution of the fight scenes brought a new dimension to the boxing picture, but of course, if the […]
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19 April 2011 at 21 : 31 PM
Films of the ’70s
The Conformist, Italy, 1970, 115 min. Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Dominique Sanda. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The title protagonist lives in 1930’s fascist Italy and is so determined to fit in he marries a woman he doesn’t really like and agrees to carry out a mission that is dangerous both in its execution and […]
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19 April 2011 at 21 : 43 PM
Films of the ’60s
L’Avventura, France-Italy, 1960, 145 min. Starring Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lea Massari. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. When her friend goes missing during a holiday trip, a young woman and the man the friend was seeing search for her, but the girl isn’t the only one who’s lost. Antonioni burst on to the international scene with […]
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19 April 2011 at 21 : 30 PM
Films of the ’50s
In a Lonely Place, USA, 1950, 91 min. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Grahame finds herself falling in love with volatile screenwriter Bogart, only his temper could be a problem. That and there’s a possibility he may be have murdered someone. Intelligent drama has a lot to say about […]
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