Posted on 28 December 2009. Tags: 21, adrienne shelly fellowship, american dreamz, ana lily amirpour, entourage, grand prize bluecat screenwriting competition, indie-a-go-go, iranian actor, iranian actress, iranian director, iranian filmmaker, ketab, marshall manesh, max amini, sam golzari, the stones, tribeca, tribeca all access, tribeca film institute, year one
Ana Lily Amirpour is working on her next project, a short film called KETAB, about a lonely young guy in Tehran who goes to buy a book. On the surface it appears to be a very basic story, but as it unfolds, a more intricate world is revealed, one that touches on the current dichotomies faced by Tehrani youth and their fight for basic freedoms. The film will star Sam Golzari who debuted as the star of American Dreamz and 21. Co-stars include exciting up-and-coming Persian talent like comedian Max Amini and actress Sheila Vand, as well as veteran Iranian actor Marshall Manesh who has appeared in dozens of films and television shows including Year One, True Lies, How I Met Your Mother, Will and Grace and Entourage, among many others.
“KETAB is actually a scene from my feature script THE STONES. I plan to use this short film to show the industry that a foreign film about Iranian youth is not just important and topical, it’s also a fun ride as well… with what’s going on in Iran today, it’s never felt more necessary to tell these types of stories.” Amirpour says.
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Posted on 16 November 2009. Tags: andy warhol, biana jagger, biana jagger human rights foundation, freedom to create prize, goya, iranian artists, iranian director, iranian journalist, maziar bahari, maziar bahari released, mohsen makhmalbaf, orient global, picasso, richard chandler, victoria & albert museum london
L to R: Maziar Bahari (Photo by Hossein Salehi Ara), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Photo via Makhmalbaf.com)
The Freedom to Create Prize is pleased to announce that renowned human rights advocate Bianca Jagger will present the main award at its prize ceremony on Wednesday 25 November 2009 at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Two Iranian creative and intellectual minds are amongst 1,015 artists from 110 countries who entered the lineup to receive the reward estimated at $125,000 USD. Politico-artist Mohsen Makhmalbaf and photographer/journalist/playwright/film-maker-extraordinaire, the recently released from Evin prison after 118 days for having covered an “illegal election”, Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari.
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Posted on 14 September 2009. Tags: best director award, best director venice film festival, iranian artists, iranian cinema, iranian director, iranian women, iranians in cinema, shirin neshat, silver lion, venice film festival 2009, women without men
Congratulations to Venice Film Festival winner: Shirin Neshat!
Click here to watch modern Iranian artist, Shirin Neshat and her green-clad entourage on the red carpet at the 66th annual Venice Film Festival, where she was awarded with the accolade: Silver Lion for Best Director, for her film Zanaan Bedoneh Mardaan (Women Without Men).
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