Toward A Global Cinema...

Review of 'Parviz'

Review of 'Parviz' directed by Majid Barzegar - Payam Ashena, October 2013.

A Trip to 'Fidel' Country (12)

A Trip to 'Fidel' Country, part 12, Ferdoosi Emrooz, No.138, January 16, 2013.

A Trip to 'Fidel' Country (11)

A Trip to 'Fidel' Country, part 11, Ferdoosi Emrooz, No.137, January 9, 2013.

A Trip to 'Fidel' Country (10)

A Trip to 'Fidel' Country, part 10, Ferdoosi Emrooz, No.136, January 2, 2013.

Review of Asghar Farhadi's latest film The Past

Review of Asghar Farhadi's latest film The Past - Payam Ashena, October 2013.

Review of 'Just Like a Woman'

Review of 'Just Like a Woman' - Pezhvak, October 2013. http://pezhvak.com/Pezhvakm/261/pezh261.pdf

6th Annual Iranian Film Festival

6th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, Pezhvak, September 2013.
http://pezhvak.com/Pezhvakm/260/pezh260.pdf

Interview with Andisheh TV

Interview with Andisheh TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcfZQF0lwTk

6th Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco

6th Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, Shahrvand (Canada), September 4, 2013.
http://www.shahrvand.com/archives/42348

6th Annual Iranian Film Festival

6th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, Shahrvand (Canada), September 4, 2013. http://www.shahrvand.com/archives/42348

6th Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco

6th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, Payam Ashena, September 2013.

My name is Negahdar Jamali and I make Western films

Review of "My name is Negahdar Jamali and I make Western films" - Payam Ashena, August 2013.

Review of 'Acrid'

Review of Kiarash Asadizadeh's film 'Acrid' - Payam Ashena, July 2013.

Review of Jafar Panahi's 'Closed Curtain'

Review of Jafar Panahi's latest film 'Closed Curtain' - Payam Ashena, June 2013.

Film flavors from around the world

Petaluma Argus: To Saeed Shafa, Petaluma is a historic town with a diverse community — the perfect place for a film festival. “It's a good match,” said Shafa, the founder of the Petaluma International Film Festival, now in its third year.
http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20111019/COMMUNITY/111019409/0/community

دومین جشنواره‌ي فیلم‌های ایرانی در سان‌ فرانسیسکو

پژمان اکبرزاده - رادیو زمانه: درباره‌ي دومین دوره‌ی جشنواره‌ی فیلم‌های ایرانی در سانفرانسیسکو با سعید شفا، پایه‌گذار و هماهنگ‌کننده‌ی برنامه‌های جشنواره گفت‌وگویی داشتم

http://zamaaneh.com/pejman/2009/09/iff.html

Alum launches Tiburon International Film Festival for emerging filmmakers

Saeed Shafa has never been one to follow the crowd. In 1972, he was just one of a few journalism students at SF State when suddenly the political floodgates burst wide open with the Watergate scandal.

http://www.goldengatexpress.org/2013/04/11/tiburon-international-film-festival/

In memory of Dr. Housang Kavousi

In memory of Dr. Housang Kavousi, Iranian scholar, film historian and movie critic. Payam Ashena, April 2013.

Review of 'Just Like a Woman'

Review of Golshiften Farahani, Just Like a Woman. March 2013, Payam Ashena.

کشتن‭ ‬‮«‬بن‭ ‬لادن‮»‬‭ ‬به‭ ‬روایت‭ ‬هالیوود

دست‭ ‬راستی‭ ‬های‭ ‬آمریکا‭ ‬فیلمسازان‭ ‬هالیوود‭ ‬را‭ ‬لیبرال‭ ‬می‭ ‬نامند‭ ‬اما‭ ‬غافل‭ ‬هستند‭ ‬که‭ ‬هر‭ ‬بار‭ ‬فیلمی‭ ‬درباره‭ ‬سازمان‭ ‬‮«‬سیا‭ ‬‮»‬ساخته‭ ‬می‭ ‬شود،‭ ‬همکاری‭ ‬بسیار‭ ‬نزدیکی‭ ‬میان‭ ‬این‭ ‬سازمان‭ ‬و‭ ‬فیلمسازان‭ ‬هالیوود‭ ‬برقرار‭ ‬می‭ ‬شود‭ ‬که‭ ‬مِن‭ ‬جمله‭ ‬است‭ ‬آخرین‭ ‬فیلم‭ ‬‮«‬کتلین‭ ‬بیگلو‮» ‬سازنده‭ ‬فیلم‭ ‬Hurt‭ ‬Locker‭ ‬و‭ ‬برنده‭ ‬جایزه‭ ‬اسکار‭ ‬۲۰۱۰‭ ‬برای‭ ‬همین‭ ‬فیلم،‭ ‬درباره‭ ‬بخشی‭ ‬از‭ ‬ارتش‭ ‬آمریکا‭ ‬که‭ ‬در‭ ‬خاک‭ ‬عراق‭ ‬مین‭ ‬های‭ ‬کارگذاری‭ ‬شده‭ ‬توسط‭ ‬القاعـــده‭ ‬را‭ ‬خنـثی‭ ‬مـی‭ ‬کردند‭ ‬به‭ ‬اســم‭ ‬Zero Dark Thirty‭.‬

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