When Saeed Shafa began making plans for the inaugural Tiburon International Film Festival, it was with the simple motto of encouraging local residents to "understand the world through film." It was the June of 2001 and he had set the festival to coincide with the Persian New Year, which takes place each year on the first day of spring. 15 Sep 2009 Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/09/iranian-film-festival--san-francisco-919-20.html#ixzz1QL1mLmZf
