Cinema Iran » Articles http://cinemairan.com/press iranian news and reviews Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:18:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 ‘A Separation’ has a powerful effect on L.A. Iranians http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/a-separation-has-a-powerful-effect-on-l-a-iranians/ http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/a-separation-has-a-powerful-effect-on-l-a-iranians/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 01:41:44 +0000 admin http://cinemairan.com/press/?p=857 Robert Faturechi from  Los Angeles Times: For all the pride the Iranian film “A Separation” has conjured among Los Angeles Persians, not every aspect of the emotionally gripping Oscar hopeful has gone over so smoothly with the city’s expats. In fact, it takes just moments for the filmmaker to alienate some of his most ardent fans here. ]]> http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/a-separation-has-a-powerful-effect-on-l-a-iranians/feed/ 0 A Timeline of Iranians and Oscars Nominations http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/a-timeline-of-iranians-and-oscars-nominations/ http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/a-timeline-of-iranians-and-oscars-nominations/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 01:13:12 +0000 admin http://cinemairan.com/press/?p=846 Bita Milanian writes: The history of Iranian cinema and Oscar hasn’t started just in past few years:

Habib Zargarpour – Best Visual Effects - TWISTER – 1996

 

Darius Khondji - Best Cinematography – EVITA – 1996

 

Hossien Amini – Best Adapted Screenplay – THE WINGS OF THE DOVE - 1997

 

Majid Majidi -  Best Foreign Language Film – CHILDERN OF HEAVEN – 1998

 

Habib Zargarpour - Best Visual Effects - THE PERFECT STORM – 2000

 

Shohreh Aghdashloo – Best Supporting Actress – THE HOUSE OF SAND & FOG – 2003

 

Kami Asgar – Best Sound Editing - APOCALYPTO – 2007

 

Marjane Satrapi - Best Animated Feature – PERSEPOLIS – 2008

 

Emud Mokhbari – Best Animated Short Film – OKTAPODI - 2009

 

Asghar Farhadi – Best Foreign Language Film – A SEPARATION - 2012

 

Asghar Farhadi – Best Original Screenplay - A SEPARATION - 2012

]]> http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/a-timeline-of-iranians-and-oscars-nominations/feed/ 0 Backlash as Iran hardliners label Oscar favourite a ‘dirty picture’ http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/backlash-as-iran-hardliners-label-oscar-favourite-a-dirty-picture/ http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/backlash-as-iran-hardliners-label-oscar-favourite-a-dirty-picture/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:01:05 +0000 admin http://cinemairan.com/press/?p=838 Saeed Kamli Dehghan writes:  “It has picked up award after award, including a Golden Globe last month for the best foreign language film and the Golden Bear at last year’s Berlin film festival. And it has delighted ordinary Iranians grateful for some glory at a time when international tensions are rising and the country’s regime is ever more isolated.

But not everyone in Tehran is happy that Asghar Farhadi’s hugely successful work, “A Separation” is now a racing certainty to win an Oscar for the best foreign film at this month’s Academy Awards.”

Read the whole article here.

]]> http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/backlash-as-iran-hardliners-label-oscar-favourite-a-dirty-picture/feed/ 0 A Separation’s Asghar Farhadi: ‘We need the audience to think’ http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/a-separations-asghar-farhadi-we-need-the-audience-to-think/ http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/a-separations-asghar-farhadi-we-need-the-audience-to-think/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:39:24 +0000 admin http://cinemairan.com/press/?p=833 In a country where lawyers are jailed for defending their clients (such as Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has got 11 years), photographers are arrested for taking photographs (such as Maryam Majd, still missing) and film-makers are sentenced to lengthy terms for making films (such as Jafar Panahi), Asghar Farhadi has proved able to make good films – and even obtain the government approval as well as international admiration after winning the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin film festival for “A Separation”.

Read the Interview here.

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]]> http://cinemairan.com/press/2012/02/tehran-tales/feed/ 0 Lawrence of Arabia meets North By Northwest !!! http://cinemairan.com/press/2010/10/lawrence-of-arabia-meets-north-by-northwest/ http://cinemairan.com/press/2010/10/lawrence-of-arabia-meets-north-by-northwest/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:27:53 +0000 admin http://cinemairan.com/press/?p=777 2004-09-29
The Official Website of the RFF
Esmael  Bararis’ latest film ‘DEAD HEAT UNDER THE SHRUBS’ will be shown at the 12th Raindance Film Festival in UK.
“This is a film with the simplest of plots, but the magic is not  to be found in the story, but in the rhythms  of the sheer butt-clenching tension, as well  as the stark vistas of the serene and silent  sands…”

Lawrence of Arabia meets North By Northwest !!!

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Iranian Nominee For Oscar
2004-09-30
Payvand News
The Iranian movie ‘Turtles can Fly’ which was admired recently in a film festival in Madrid is to represent Iranian cinema in the Oscar Academy Award competition.

The good technical quality, the global theme of the movie, a sympathetic conception to peoples’ sufferings especially Iraqi’s children and the genuine victims of the Saddam regime and the American aggressive war were among reasons to elect the movie.

Qobadi was already presented in the Oscar ceremony by the movie named ‘A time for drunken horses.

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