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Hedye Tehrani
Hedieh Tehrani ( fa, هديه تهرانی; born June 25, 1972) is an Iranian actress. She is most noted for willingness to play mysterious, stony-faced and cold-hearted women. She has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, four Hafez Awards, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award. Career Mohammad Reza Sharifinia and Azita Hajian were the first ones to propose her a role for ''The Fateful Day''. She auditioned for acting in ''The Fateful Day'' but refused to cooperate and the role went to Ladan Mostofi. Before acting in ''The King'', she refused a part in ''Leila'' directed by Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. Kianoush Ayari then approached her for acting in his movie, ''To Be or Not to Be'' and again she refused to play. Masoud Kimiayi was the first director who succeeded to have her playing in his film ''The King''. Personal life The actress was arrested in 2016, in Tehran's central Lala Garden for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fajr Film Festival
Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بینالمللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. The festival is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. It takes place on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The awards are the Iranian equivalent to the American Academy Awards. The festival has been promoted locally and internationally through television, radio and webinars; speakers have come from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Organizations contributing to the event have included the Farabi Cinema Foundation, Iran film foundation, Press TV, HispanTV and Iran's multi-lingual film channel IFilm. From 2015, the festival has been separated into a national festival in February, which is notable for premieres of the most important domestic movies, and an international one, held in April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naser Taghvai
Nasser Taghvai ( fa, ناصر تقوایی, also romanized as Nāser Taghvā'i and Nāser Taqvāyi; born 10 July 1941) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Biography Taghvāi was born in Abadan. After early experiences as a story writer, he began filming documentaries in 1967. He made his debut, ''Tranquility in the Presence of Others'', in 1970 and gained the attention of Iranian critics. His concern for the ethnography and atmosphere of southern Iran is notable in his films. Most of his works have been based on novels. ''Captain Khorshid'' is an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's ''To Have and Have Not'', which won the third prize at the 48th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland in 1988. In 1999 he directed a segment of the film ''Tales of Kish'', which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * Rahaee (Short Film), 1971 * ''Tranquility in the Presence of Others'', 1972 * ''Sadeq the Kurdish'', 1972 * ''Curse'', 1973 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Each His Own Cinema
''To Each His Own Cinema'' (french: link=no, Chacun son cinéma : une déclaration d'amour au grand écran) is a 2007 French comedy-drama anthology film commissioned for the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. The film is a collection of 34 short films, each 3 minutes in length, by 36 acclaimed directors. Representing five continents and 25 countries, the filmmakers were invited to express "their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre". The film's subtitle reads "a declaration of love to the big screen". Many of the shorts share similar subjects, including homage to classic European art cinema, the death of the filmgoing experience, memories of childhood wonder, the transporting power of cinema, and activities performed during a movie screening, including talking, stealing, crying, and having sex. Distribution Premiere ''To Each His Own Cinema'' premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on 20 May and was televised on the same night in Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahman Ghobadi
Bahman Ghobadi ( fa, بهمن قبادی; ; born 1 February 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan province, Iran) is an Iranian Kurdish film director, producer and writer. He belongs to the " new wave" of Iranian cinema. Biography He was born in Baneh, a Kurdish city in Iran. His family moved to Sanandaj in 1981. Ghobadi received a Bachelor of Arts in film directing from Iran Broadcasting College. After a brief career in industrial photography, Ghobadi began making short 8 mm films. His documentary ''Life in Fog'' won numerous awards. Bahman Ghobadi was assistant director on Abbas Kiarostami's ''The Wind Will Carry Us''. Bahman Ghobadi founded Mij Film in 2000, a company with the aim of production of films in Iran about its different ethnic groups. His first feature film was ''A Time for Drunken Horses'' (2000), the first Kurdish film produced in Iran. The film won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. His second feature was ''Marooned in Iraq'' (2002), which brought him the Gold P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half Moon (film)
''Half Moon'' ( ckb, نیوەمانگ) is a 2006 an internationally co-produced Kurdish comedy-drama film directed by Bahman Ghobadi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Behnam Behzadi, partly inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's ''Requiem''. The film stars Ismail Ghaffari as Mamo, an old legendary musician, who sets to trespass the borders of Iranian Kurdistan to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan with his 10 sons. ''Half Moon'' is a part of the ''New Crowned Hope'' film series, a celebration of the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The film is an international co-production of Iran, Austria, France and Iraq. Plot Mamo, an old Kurdish musician in the twilight of his life, plans to perform one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. The village's elderly warn him that as the moon becomes full, something awful would happen to him and urge him not to proceed with his plan. After several months of trying to overcome the red-tape, he begins a long and dangerous journey alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi ( fa, اصغر فرهادی, ; born 7 May 1972)Soureh Movie Database is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He has received critical acclaim for his international films which focus on the human condition as well as portray intimate and challenging stories of internal family conflicts. His films include the dramas '''' (2009), '''' (2011), '' The Past'' (2013), '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireworks Wednesday
''Fireworks Wednesday'' ( fa, چهارشنبهسوری, italic=yes, ''Čahâršanbe-Suri'') is a 2006 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi and co-written by Farhadi and Mani Haghighi. It stars Hedieh Tehrani, Taraneh Alidoosti, and Hamid Farokhnezhad. The film screened for the first time at the 24th Fajr Film Festival and received 9 nominations, 4 awards and a diploma honorary. Plot The film portrays the life of a turbulent couple, Mozhdeh and Morteza Samiei, as they prepare for a vacation to Dubai the morning after Chaharshanbe Suri, a festival held on the eve of Wednesday before Nowruz. Morteza hires a new maid Rouhi through an agency, a bride-soon-to-be, to help the couple clean their apartment, though Mozhdeh initially insists that she is not required. While she is doing her work, Rouhi learns piece by piece what is happening between the two: Mozhdeh suspects that Morteza is seeing their divorced neighbor, Simin, behind her back, after discovering Simin's phone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Little Kiss (2005 Film)
''A Little Kiss'' ( fa, یک بوس کوچولو) is a 2005 Iranian drama film directed by Bahman Farmanara. Plot A writer returns to Iran after many years and goes to the house of another friend who is also a writer. They start a trip to several cities in Iran... Cast * Reza Kianian * Jamshid Mashayekhi * Hushang Harirchiyan * Hedieh Tehrani * Jamshid Hashempour * Fatemeh Motamed-Arya * Fakhri Khorvash * Babak Hamidian * Payam Dehkordi Payam Naderi Dehkordi ( fa, پیام نادری دهکردی; born 10 May 1977) is an Iranian actor and theater director. He is best known for his role as Michael Hashemian in ''Gando'' (2019–2021). Filmography Film Web Television ... * Maryam Saadat * Hossein Kasbian * Ahmad Saatchian * Hedayat Hashemi * Mehdi Safavi References External links * 2005 films 2000s Persian-language films 2005 drama films Iranian drama films {{Iran-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vahid Rahbani
Vahid Rahbani ( fa, وحید رهبانی; born April 18, 1979) is an Iranian actor, director, playwright and translator. He is best known for his role as Mohammad in ''Gando'' (2019–2021)''.'' He earned two Crystal Simorgh The Crystal Simorgh ( fa, سیمرغ بلورین) is an award given by Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's major annual film festival. It is awarded in several categories of ''International Competition'' as well as ''Iranian Cinema Compet ... nominations for his performances in ''Expediency'' (2021) and ''My Name Is Love'' (2023). Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahbani, Vahid Iranian film directors Iranian expatriates in Canada Iranian male film actors Iranian male television actors Iranian male stage actors Male actors from Tehran Living people All articles with unsourced statements 1979 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duel (Iranian Film)
''Duel'' ( fa, دوئل) is a 2004 Iranian war drama film It was directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish, who was mostly known for films about the Iran–Iraq War. ''Duel'' was shot in roughly 11 months in various cities of Iran. The first screening was at the Fajr International Film Festival, in 2004, where it won 8 Crystal Simorgh Award. Also, it is the first Iranian Movie to use Dolby Digital Sound. It is one of the most expensive independent movies ever made in Iranian cinema history. Plot Zeinal, an Iranian soldier who has been a prisoner of war for more than 20 years, returns only to see that he has been deemed a traitor. The story revolves around Zeinal and Eskanadar who both are looking for a chest containing several important documents. Cast * Pejman Bazeghi as Zeinal * Saeed Rad as Eskandar * Parivash Nazarieh as Salimeh * Parviz Parastui as Yusef * Hedieh Tehrani as Haniyeh * Kambiz Dirbaz as Yahya * Anoushirvan Arjmand as Latif * Vahid Rahbani as Ismaeel * Mehdi Saki as Assad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Haghighi
Mani Haghighi ( fa, مانی حقیقی; born 4 May 1969) is an Iranian film director, writer, film producer and actor. Haghighi started making movies in 2001. Early life and education Haghighi was born in Tehran, the son of the translator and gallery owner Lili Golestan and the cinematographer Nemat Haghighi. His maternal grandfather is the writer and filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan. Haghighi was educated in Iran and, from the age of 15, Appleby College in Canada. He took a BA in philosophy at McGill University in Montréal, where he studied under Charles Taylor and Brian Massumi, and directed plays including Pinter’s ''Betrayal'' and Shakespeare’s ''Macbeth''. He then followed postgraduate studies at Guelph and Trent universities. He contributed a chapter to ''A Shock to Thought: Expression after Deleuze and Guattari'', edited by Brian Massumi, and also translated Michel Foucault's ''This is Not a Pipe'' into Farsi. Career Films Haghighi’s uncle, the photojournalist Kaveh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abadan (film)
''Abadan'' ( fa, آبادان) is a 2003 drama film by the Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi. It was his first feature film after making a few short films. Since the film was not pre-approved by Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and because it included profanity and spoken references to extramarital relations, it bypassed Tehran's 2003 Fajr International Film Festival and had its world premiere in Chicago at the 2003 Festival of Films from Iran. It was also shown at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. Plot Amir has always wished to travel to Abadan and now in his elderly days he wants to materialise his wish, but before doing so he needs to return a package to a friend. In this process he goes missing. Marjan, a middle-aged, middle-class Tehran resident and Amir's daughter, is distraught when her father goes missing. She goes to see her estranged husband, Aman, who reluctantly agrees to look for Amir, while Marjan watches over Aman's house, which is being renovated. Ama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
