With Gohar Kheirandish [after her tribute] and Aboulhassan Davoodi [Crazy Castle] at the 8th Annual Iranian Film Festival.- San Francisco. September 26, 2015.
Toward A Global Cinema is a blog containing the writings of Saeed Shafa, born in Iran but living in the United States for more than four decades. He holds a masters degree in film, and has written about the world cinema for over 40 years. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the Tiburon International Film Festival, in Tiburon, California, which he founded in 2001 [www.TiburonFilmFestival.com]; founder of the Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco, launched in 2008 [www.IranianFilmFestival.org], and founder of the Petaluma International Film Festival, launched in 2009 [www.PetalumaFilmFestival.org].