Iran Times: [Thursday, 14 October 2010]: The three-day Petaluma International Film Festival, set to kick off in Northern Callifornia October 22, will feature several films staring Iranians, but not actors and actresses.The festival will feature more than 40 films from 25 countries, ranging from fiction and documentary to animation and musical.
“Space Tourists,” directed by Christian Frei, features Iranian-American Anousheh Ansari. The Mashhad-born woman became both the first Iranian, and the first self-funded woman, to fly to the International Space Station in 2006.
The documentary-style film follows the real story of Ansari, who paid $20 million dollars to fund her trip to outer space. “Space Tourists” follows Ansari’s journey from training in Star City, Kazakhstan, into space—showing everyday life as it is on the International Space Station. More...
