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6 April 2007 at 19 : 56 PM
Lecture in Germany
Monday, April 16th, 2007 — Mr. Maghsoudlou was an invited lecturer on Independent Production and acting at the prestigious Acting School of Koln in Germany. A full house of roughly one hundred people gathered in the small lecture hall that afternoon, comprised mostly of students and graduates, with a handful of filmmakers, journalists and school […]
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12 February 2007 at 19 : 48 PM
International Short Film Festival
International Film & Video Center, in conjunction with the Ziba Foundation, is proud to announce the establishment of the International Short Film Festival: Films by Iranians/Films About Iran to be held in October in New York City. The festival accepts films of 30 minutes and under, and will dispense awards totaling ten thousand dollars. The […]
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10 October 2006 at 19 : 09 PM
The Political Life and Legacy of Mosaddeq
In May of 1951, Mohammad Mossadegh, leader of the liberal nationalist movement in Iran, was democratically elected to the office of Prime Minister. His election was seen as a tremendous victory for those who believed that Iran’s future lay in self-determination and democracy. However, by August of 1953, forces working against Mossadegh and his progressive […]
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12 July 2005 at 19 : 43 PM
Ahmad Mahmoud
Ahmad Mahmoud: A Noble Novelist, the second documentary directed and produced by Bahman Maghsoudlou, premiered at the Berlin Asia-Pacific Film Festival in September of 2004. Since then it has been selected for various film festivals, including the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s 15th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema Festival, 2005. This feature documentary is the […]
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18 June 2004 at 18 : 14 PM
Silence of the Sea
The Dubrovnik Film Fest wrapped its second edition May 30 with best feature film going to Iran’s “Silence of the Sea”. Writer-director Vahid Mousaian also picked up kudos for best screenplay. Best director honors went to Croatian filmmaker Krsto Papic for “Infection.” “Rave Against the Machine,” about the underground music scene in 1990s Bosnia, won […]
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29 January 2004 at 18 : 54 PM
Silence of the Sea
Directed by Vahid Mousaian, has its North American premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, which ran from January 15th to January 25th, in Park City, Utah. This complex metaphorical film that deals with displacement and identity, was selected from among 1000 feature films for Sundance, the most prestigious American film festival, for the World Cinema […]
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29 November 2003 at 18 : 26 PM
Silence of the Sea
The second film by Vahid Mousaian, won the Ecumenical Prize at the closing night of the 52nd Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival in Germany. Mr. Bahman Maghsoudlou, the producer of the film, was on hand to receive the award. Silence of the Sea was shown a total of eight times in Mannheim and Heidelberg to great […]
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9 September 2003 at 18 : 18 PM
Ta’zieh: Another Narration
Ta’zieh directed by Parviz Jahed has been selected for the 44th Festival dei Popoli in Florence, Italy. It will take place November 28 – December 4, 2003. Also selected for the First Iranian.com Film Festival in Berkeley, CA, September 5-7, 2003, and the 3rd Annual Tiburon International Film Festival in Tiburon, CA, in March 2004.
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2 September 2003 at 18 : 30 PM
Silence Of The Sea
Silence Of The Sea has been selected for the competition sections of the 18th International Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and the 52nd International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg in Germany. We expect that the film will be selected for many more festivals throughout the rest of the year.
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10 August 2003 at 18 : 11 PM
Ahmad Mahmoud
IFVC’s long documentary about acclaimed Iranian novelist Ahmad Mahmoud; A Noble Novelist, is now in the editing room. Filming had begun in August of 2002 when Mr. Mahmoud, who authored seventeen books in his career, died three months later in the hospital of respiratory failure. It will be Released by the end of the January […]
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