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5 August 2003 at 18 : 18 PM
Letni Filmova Skola
Bahman Maghsoudlou (IFVC president) attended the 29th Letni Filmova Skola from July 25 to August 3 in Uherskeho Hradiste in the southwest of the Czech Republic. He took part in three programs at the festival: Mr. Maghsoudlou was one of a three-member panel speaking on Death and Media: The Iraq War And Beyond. The others […]
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1 August 2003 at 18 : 02 PM
Iranian Cinema: Searching For The Roots (1900-1979)
Iranian Cinema: Searching For The Roots (1900-1979), a long in production, completely comprehensive documentary about Iranian film up to the revolution, is nearing completion. Over 100 people have been interviewed for this project, including such renowned figures as Andrew Sarris, Richard Pena, Godfrey Chesire, as well as prominent members of the Cannes, London, Berlin New […]
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28 July 2003 at 18 : 36 PM
Love and Liberty In Cinema
Mr. Maghsoudlou’s new book, Love And Liberty In Cinema will be published in September of 2003. The book consists of detailed examinations of three classic films: Jean Renoir’s Grand Illusion, Max Ophül’s Letter To An Unknown Woman, and Luis Buñuel’s Tristana. His next literary project will be Grass: Untold Stories, a companion book to the […]
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16 June 2003 at 18 : 46 PM
Ta’zieh & Ahmad Shamlou
Two IFVC long documentaries, Ta’zieh: Another Narration and Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet Of Liberty, are scheduled to be broadcast on the Canadian Learning and Skills channel the fall of 2003.
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15 February 2003 at 18 : 37 PM
Silence Of The Sea
Silence Of The Sea, the second feature by Mr. Vahid Mousaian, premiered at Fajr Film Festival and was one of three films selected for the international competition section. IFVC will release this film internationally in spring of 2004.
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25 July 2002 at 18 : 08 PM
Moscow Film Festival
Bahman Maghsoudlou made an appearance at the 2002 Moscow Film Festival, serving as both a film critic and film historian, as well as giving a press conference. At the same festival, Wishes Of The Land, the first feature by Mr. Vahid Mousaian, an up-and-coming filmmaker discovered by IFVC, was awarded the Special Jury Prize.
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21 September 2001 at 13 : 29 PM
Foreign, Classic Titles Thrive at NYC’s International Film & Video Center
New York – If you’re strolling down New York’s First Avenue in search of a video store, you’re liable to miss the little white storefront at 54th Street that is International Film & Video Center (IFVC). Unless, of course, you’re a fan of its eclectic mix of classic and foreign films not available at the […]
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5 February 2001 at 17 : 12 PM
Film Database
When IFVC began in the early ’80s, there were only a few hundred titles available on video, but from the beginning we had a firm criteria as to which titles should be selected for our inventory. The first concern was that the most important directors be represented with every possible title from their canons that […]
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7 January 2001 at 11 : 16 AM
IFVC Starts Production Work, New Video Label Company Also Launches New Web Site in Order To Host International Film Festival
New York — Facing growing uncertainties about the future of home-video retailing, New York retailer International Film & Video Center (IFVC) is branching out beyond traditional brick-and-mortar retail. Located near the United Nations on Manhattan’s East Side, the store specializes in classic and international films, but it is now moving into film production and has […]
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17 August 1999 at 15 : 15 PM
Persian Cat: An Iranian expatriate stays in time with independent films from his country Bahman Maghsoudlou, a resource for Iranian films in New York
New York-based, Iranian-born Bahman Maghsoudlou says “Iranian cinema today is ill.” And he should know. Maghsoudlou was a published film critic by age 15, a film magazine editor and documentary producer for Iranian TV who attended medical school, got a Ph.D. in film studies at Columbia and published the first history of Iranian films, all […]
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