02 March 2012
Iranian filmmaker Nima Nourizadeh’s big night starts [March 2, 2012] with the premiere of his film, “Project X“. The ex-Londoner who now lives in LA started out making music videos (for the likes of UK talent like Lily Allen). And now his found footage filmmaking, à la Paranormal Activity, about 3 high school seniors [...]
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02 March 2012
March 2012 sees Magic of Persia once again presenting their eagerly anticipated Magical Nights in Dubai, taking place during both Art Dubai and the Iranian New Year Celebrations. The fourth of its kind, this star-studded fundraising event will include an exclusive Iranian concert at One and Only Royal Mirage on 22nd March, where the internationally [...]
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28 February 2012
Australia’s State Library of Victoria launches appeal to purchase rare Persian manuscripts. A successful public appeal to raise $100,000 will see two extraordinary Persian manuscripts join Australia’s finest Rare Book Collection at the State Library of Victoria. The State Library of Victoria Foundation has launched the appeal to help purchase two items: a 16th-century manuscript copy of [...]
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26 February 2012
Congratulations Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi! The first film from Iran to win an Academy Award for “Best Foreign Language Film”, Asghar Farhadi’s captivating drama”A Separation” (Jodaeyeh Nader az Simin), starring his daughter Sarina Farhadi, Leila Hatami, and Peyman Moaadi, revolves around a “middle-class couple who separate, and the intrigues which follow when the husband hires a lower-class [...]
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