Cinema Iran http://cinemairan.com/press iranian news and reviews Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:35:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 “Certified Copy” is the only Iranian film at the Cannes 2010 http://cinemairan.com/press/2010/04/certified-copy-is-the-only-iranian-film-at-the-cannes-2010/ http://cinemairan.com/press/2010/04/certified-copy-is-the-only-iranian-film-at-the-cannes-2010/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:07:39 +0000 admin http://cinemairan.com/press/?p=52 stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 13 [name] => Abbas Kiarostami [slug] => abbas-kiarostami [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 13 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 2 [object_id] => 52 ) [16] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 16 [name] => Cannes Film Festival [slug] => cannes-film-festival [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 16 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 1 [object_id] => 52 ) [18] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 18 [name] => Juliette Binoche [slug] => juliette-binoche [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 18 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 1 [object_id] => 52 ) [17] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 17 [name] => Sami Frey [slug] => sami-frey [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 17 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 1 [object_id] => 52 ) ) -->Kiarostami’s latest film “Certified Copy” is accepted in the Cannes Film Festival’s main competition. “While promoting his latest book in Italy, a middle-aged English writer meets a young French woman and sets off to San Gimignano with her.” Sami Frey, Juliette Binoche are the leading actors of this film. ]]> stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 13 [name] => Abbas Kiarostami [slug] => abbas-kiarostami [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 13 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 2 [object_id] => 52 ) [16] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 16 [name] => Cannes Film Festival [slug] => cannes-film-festival [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 16 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 1 [object_id] => 52 ) [18] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 18 [name] => Juliette Binoche [slug] => juliette-binoche [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 18 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 1 [object_id] => 52 ) [17] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 17 [name] => Sami Frey [slug] => sami-frey [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 17 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 1 [object_id] => 52 ) ) -->

Kiarostami’s latest film “Certified Copy” is accepted in the Cannes Film Festival’s main competition.
“While promoting his latest book in Italy, a middle-aged English writer meets a young French woman and sets off to San Gimignano with her.”

Sami Frey, Juliette Binoche are the leading actors of this film.

]]> http://cinemairan.com/press/2010/04/certified-copy-is-the-only-iranian-film-at-the-cannes-2010/feed/ 0 Iranian Filmmaker Speaks Out on Prisoners http://cinemairan.com/press/2010/03/iranian-filmmaker-speaks-out-on-prisoners/ http://cinemairan.com/press/2010/03/iranian-filmmaker-speaks-out-on-prisoners/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:55:04 +0000 admin http://cinemairan.com/press/?p=42 stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 13 [name] => Abbas Kiarostami [slug] => abbas-kiarostami [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 13 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 2 [object_id] => 42 ) [14] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 14 [name] => Jafar Panahi [slug] => jafar-panahi [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 14 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 1 [object_id] => 42 ) [15] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 15 [name] => Mahmoud Rasoulof [slug] => mahmoud-rasoulof [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 15 [taxonomy] => post_tag [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 1 [object_id] => 42 ) ) -->

Abbas Kiarostami, a celebrated Iranian filmmaker who has won numerous international awards for films like “ Close-Up” and “ Through The Olive Trees,” published an open letter in a Tehran newspaper on Tuesday calling for the release of Jafar Panahi and Mahmoud Rasoulof, two directors recently detained by the authorities.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/iranian-filmmaker-speaks-out-on-prisoners/

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