Interview with Radio France

گفتگوی رادیو فرانسه با "سعید شفا" مدیر و بنیانگذار جشنواره فیلم های ایرانی سن فرنسیسکو
Interview with Radio France International, 27.08.2011

Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco

چهارمین دوره جشنواره فیلم های ایرانی در شهر سن فرنسیسکو که برای حمایت از فیلمسازان ایرانی سراسر دنیا احداث شده، در تاریخ ده و یازده سپتامبر در محوطه انستیتوی هنر سن فرنسیسکو بر گزار می شود

Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, Payam Ashena, August 2011

Interview with Appadana TV

4th Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco

4th Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, Payam Ashena, August 2011.

4th Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco

4th Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, Payam Ashena, August 2011.

Alum Creates Film Festivals, Wealth of Opportunities

College of Creative Arts Alum Creates Film Festivals, Wealth of Opportunities, Payam Ashena, July 2011.


Review of the documentary film "Feathered Cocaine"

Review of the documentary film "Feathered Cocaine" - Pezhvak, July 2011.

Review of "Feathered Cocaine"

Review of "Feathered Cocaine" on Iran and Bin Laden, Payam Ashena, July 2011.

Interview with SF State University publication

Interview with San Francisco State University publication: Alum creates film festivals, wealth of opportunities. May 27, 2011

SITTING BULL: A Stone in My Heart

Fortunate Eagle, JohnFerry and Tiburon International Film Festival Director Saeed Shafa http://www.sittingbullfilm.com/NEWS%20&%20EVENTS.html

Tehran Bureu

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

TakePart: Interview with Saeed Shafa


By: Brannack McLain

Editor’s note: We're publishing a series of interviews with filmmakers and others who work in Iranian cinema. Many of our subjects were involved with the Iranian Film Festival last year. Today's interview is with Iranian born Saeed Shafa, who currently lives in the United States and is the founder of both the Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, which will enter its 4th year this September, and the longer-established Tiburon International Film Festival.



Review of 'Tea-Man'

Review of Hamid Jebeli's latest film "Tea-Man" - Pezhvak, 2011.

With Dr. Houshang Kavousi

With Dr. Houshang Kavousi, Iranian film historian and scholar in Berkeley, California.

With Paul Mazursky

With Paul Mazursky [in hat], director of such films as: Down and Out in Beverly Hills, An Unmarried Woman... with his agent and wife at his tribute at the Tiburon International Film Festival.

Review of 'Tea-Man'

Review of "Tea-Man" directed by Hamid Jebeli, Payam Ashena, June 2011.

Iranian Films @ Tiburon International Film Festival

http://www.ashena.com/english/culture-art-history/2494-iranian-films-at-the-tiburon-international-film-festival.html

Iranian Films @ Tiburon International Film Festival, Payam Ashena, April 2011.

Iranian Films @ Tiburon International Film Festival

Iranian Films @ Tiburon International Film Festival, Pezhvak, April 2011.

With Vittorio Storaro & Majid Majidi

With Vittorio Storaro [Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematographer of such films as The Last Emperor, Little Buddha] and Majid Majidi, Iranian director of such films as Children of Heaven, The Color of Paradise...in Murcia, Spain. I was invited there as a jury at the IBAFF festival as well as representing the Tiburon International Film Festival.

Review of 'The Orion'

Review of "The Orion" - Pezhvak, February 2011.

Review of 'The Orion'

Review of "The Orion" - Payam Ashena, February 2011.

Jury @ IBAFF

One of the jurors at the IBAFF Film Festival in Spain.


San Francisco. Durante muchos aos ha sido crtico de cine para publicaciones iranes. Saeed Shafa es fundador y director ejecutivo del Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF) y fundador del Iranian Film Festival de San Francisco.

Also representing the Tiburon International Film Festival
El festival debe su nombre a la ciudad en la que se celebra, Tiburon, del condado de Marin, en el estado de San Francisco en EE.UU. El fin de este festival de cine es facilitar la comprensión del mundo y sus culturas a través del cine. En su página web, TIFF, se define como un festival que quiere fomentar la tolerancia entre las personas de todas las culturas. El Tiburón film Festival pretende crear una plataforma para que los cineastas independientes puedan expresar su talento. Bajo el lema “La comprensión del mundo a través del cine”, este festival que nació en 2001 ha celebrado en 2010 su X edición.

Review of 'The Tourist'

Review of "The Tourist" - Payam Ashena, January 2011.

Review of 'The Tourist'

Review of "The Tourist" - Pezhvak, January 2011.

SF State Alumni


San Francisco State University Magazine:

Saeed Shafa is the founder and executive director of the Tiburon International Film Festival, the Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco, and the Petaluma International Film Festival.


Vol 11, No. 1, Fall / Winter 2010.

U.S. Commerce Association’s Award


NEW YORK, NY, December 2, 2010 -- Shafa Saeed has been selected for the 2010 Best of Belvedere Tiburon Award in the Film Festivals category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

Review of Kiarostami's 'Certified Copy'

Review of Kiarostami's latest film "Certified Copy" - Pezhvak, December 2010.

Kiarostami's Certified Copy


Review of Kiarostami's "Certified Copy" - Payam Ashena, December 2010.

Tehran Tehran «طهران تهران» کلیشه دیگری از «داریوش مهرجوئی


«طهران تهران» کلیشه دیگری از «داریوش مهرجوئی - Payam Ashena Online, November 2010.

Tehran Tehran « طهران تهران »

Review of Dariush Mehrjui's latest film: Tehran Tehran « طهران تهران » - Pezhvak, November 2010.
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