It was ten years ago when I interviewed Shirin Neshat for the first time for an Iranian publication [Payam Ashena, October 2000], whose photographs were gaining notices and she was moving to video. Today, after making several short films, she is getting more attention with her first feature film "Women Without Men." I wote a cover review ten years later, this month, in 2010. Read it here.
It was ten years ago...
It was ten years ago when I interviewed Shirin Neshat for the first time for an Iranian publication [Payam Ashena, October 2000], whose photographs were gaining notices and she was moving to video. Today, after making several short films, she is getting more attention with her first feature film "Women Without Men." I wote a cover review ten years later, this month, in 2010. Read it here.
Review of 'Women Without Men'
Review of Shirin Neshat's 'Women Without Men', Payam Ashena, May 2010.
Iranian Films @ Tiburon Int'l Film Festival
Iranian Films @ Tiburon International Film Festival, Pezhvak, March 2010.
Iranian Films @ Tiburon Int'l Film Festival
Iranian Films @ Tiburon International Film Festival: March 18-26, 2010 - http://www.tiburonfilmfestival.com/, Payam Ashena, February 2010.
Review of Bahman Ghobadi's Film: "Persian Cats"
Review of Bahman Ghobadi's latest film: "No One Knows About Persian Cats" [Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh], Payam Ashena, February 2010.
Review of Documentary Film "Bassidji"
Review of documentary film "Bassidji" by "Mehran Tamadon", Pezhvak, February 2010.
Bassidji, A Look from Within
Review of Mehran Tamadon's documentary film Bassidgji, Payam Ashena, January 2010.
Kiarostami's Cinema: Sweet (Shirin) or Sour?
Review of Kiarostami's latest film "Shirin", Payam Ashena [on-line], December 2009.
Rerview of Kiarostami's "Shirin"
Review of Abbass Kiarostami's latest film "Shirin", Payam Ashena, December 2009.
Let’s go to the movies...
http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20091015/COMMUNITY/910129985/1373/COMMUNITY03?Title=Let-s-go-to-the-movies Petaluma International Film Festival makes its debut, October 15, 2009.
Press Democrat: "Saeed Shafa is the brains behind the Petaluma International Film Festival. With a master’s degree in film, Shafa’s passion for movies led him to found the Tiburon International Film Festival 10 years ago. His dream, however, was to bring a festival to Petaluma."
Petaluma Int'l Film Fest Gala
http://www.petaluma360.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=SR&Date=20091015&Category=COMMUNITY&ArtNo=101509994&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=2&template=galleryArgus Courier: The festival will be showing an array of films October 16-18 at the Boulevard Cinemas. Shown is festival founder Saeed Shafa in front of the venue. Photo Credit: Terry Hankins.
Films with international flair
Petaluma 360: Get ready to view the work of filmmakers from around the world at the Petaluma International Film Festival Oct. 16-18...
Petaluma International Film Festival
'What's Hot' in the Bay Area
'What's Hot' in the Bay Area this weekend ... Iranian Film Festival at the San Francisco Art Institute - abc7news.com
دومین دوره جشنواره فیلمهای ایرانی در سانفرانسیسکو ۱
Voice of America Interview - Shabahang, September 17, 2009.
دومین دوره جشنواره فیلمهای ایرانی در سانفرانسیسکو - ۲
Voice of America Interview - Shabahang, September 17, 2009.
دومین جشنوارهي فیلمهای ایرانی در سان فرانسیسکو
پژمان اکبرزاده: دومین جشنوارهي فیلمهای ایرانی در سانفرانسیسکو [۲۹ شهریور]: موضوع اصلی دورهی دوم جشنوارهی فیلمهای ایرانی در سانفرانسیسکو، «زنان ایران» و یا «زنان فیلمساز ایرانی»اند. گوهر خیراندیش، هنرمند سینمای ایران هم در یکی از برنامههای جشنواره حضور دارد که در پی نشست گفتوشنود با او، فیلم «بانو» با بازیگری وی و کارگردانی داریوش مهرجویی به نمایش درمیآید. فیلمی که در سال ۱۳۷۰خورشیدی (۱۹۹۱ میلادی) در ایران ساخته شده است. دربارهي دومین دورهی جشنوارهی فیلمهای ایرانی در سانفرانسیسکو با سعید شفا، پایهگذار و هماهنگکنندهی برنامههای جشنواره گفتوگویی داشتم
San Fran shows Iran films...
The second annual, two-day Iranian Film Festival will be held in San Francisco September 19-20. The Iranian Film Festival (IFF) showcases the independent feature and short films created about or by the Iranian Diaspora. This year’s festival will focus on Iranian women and Iranian women filmmakers, and will include a conversation with Iranian actress and director Gohar Kheirandish. Kheirandish was born in Shiraz in 1954. She began her acting career in 1970 when she was in high school. Her first film, “Roozha-ye Entezaar,” (The days of waiting) was screened in 1986. She later went on to receive her acting and directing degree from the University of Tehran’s, Daneshkadeh-e Honarha-ye Zeeba, or The College of Beautiful Arts. Kheirandish’s first nationally acclaimed film was “Baanoo” (The Lady), after which her career in the film industry took off. The Iranian actress has starred in 41 films and many television series. The festival will screen more than 20 films including Nahid Persson’s “The Queen and I,” Massoud Bakhshi’s “Tehran Has No More Pomegranates,” Claus Strigel’s “Moon Sun Flower Game” and Sam Ali Kasahani’s “Tehran: Another Side.”Tickets are $10 per film and $7 with a student ID. The IFF is currently seeking volunteers to help with the festival. For more information visit: http://www.IranianFilmFestival.org/
Iran Times: Friday, September 18, 2009.
Interview on VOA برنامه شـباهنگ - صدای آمريکا
Interview on VOA - Shabahang, September 17, 2009, ۲۶شهريور
Iranian Film Festival- San Francisco 9/19-20
[TEHRAN BUREAU] 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....
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