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Anyone know about Iranian bloggers?

John — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:29:29 GMT

Is there a film which captures what this book does?

We Are Iran: The Persian Blogs (Paperback)

http://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Iran-Persian-Blogs/dp/1933368055/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202668099&sr=1-1

I learned more about modern Iran in 25 pages than from all my wasted reading for years of the New York Times.

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Persepolis!

chillycasey — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:20:32 GMT

Saw it yesterday and was blown away! Previously unfamiliar with the graphic novel, but I am a big fan of animation. Clearly I'm not alone in loving this film, but I'd be curious to also hear from anyone who didn't like it and to know why-

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Is Majhid Majidi working on anything new?

Le4Life — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:41:04 GMT

He's the director of Children of Heaven, Color of Paradise, and Baran. I haven't seen anything of his since those films. I love his work!!!

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Anyone know....

jnowzar — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:19:51 GMT

What Shirin Neshat is up to?

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Guidance in exploring iranian/central asian film

John — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:46:38 GMT

Since I attended the 2003 Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, I have been interested in film from the Middle East. Around the same time I saw Baran on DVD.

There are no film festivals in my locale which focus on iranian and central asian film. I am certain this region has a rich cinematic history, which I would like to explore.

I would appreciate guidance in providing the major movements, film-makers and films of this region — the context — to enable me to better explore the cinema of this region.

Also, I imagine that the films which are recommended to me will not be available at my local video stores. Thus, I would also apprecciate advice on how to rent/buy the films recommended.

Thank you.

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Two free tickets for anti-corporate Middle Eastern film suggestions

CounterCorp — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:35:28 GMT

Kids,

We're in the process of putting together the program for the 2007 Anti-Corporate Film Festival (Oct. 19-21, www.countercorp.org), and are inviting cinema-savvy folks such as yourselves to recommend Middle Eastern (or Southwest Asian*) films that include some elements or themes on how corporations affect our lives.

These can include feature-length and short documentaries and narrative (fictional) film, as well as animation, experimental works, etc. — pretty much anything you can think of with the elements/themes mentioned above. The only caveat is that foreign-language films need to have English subtitles.

If we end up screening a film that you suggest, we'll give you TWO FREE TICKETS to *any* film at this year's festival. (If two people suggest the same film, the first suggestion we receive wins the tickets if we end up screening it.)

The fastest way to send us your suggestions is directly to the festival at submissions@countercorp.org. You can also post your suggestions in reply to this post, but our all-volunteer staff cannot check all of the Tribes we are members of every day (unlike e-mail).

Thanks, and look forward to hearing your suggestions!

* [In graduate school they taught us that "Southwest Asia" was the way to refer to the Middle East without doing so in relation to Europe, which is where the term "Middle East" comes from ...]

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one more thing: 'German-Turks'. Thomas Arslan for example

markus — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:29:46 GMT

As difficult as the term German-Turks might be (that's the social scientist speaking..) and as unapropriate this might be to approach a very talented young filmmaker, I can't help but introduce him here under that label, too, considering the fact that the few people who actually do talk about him put him in the same drawer as Fatih Akin because of their 'same' background...
Well, I like Fatih Akin, too, very much, I have to admit, but besides their common descent (Akin's parents are from the black sea as you can learn in his documentary We forgot to go back, where Aslan's parents are from exactly I can't tell and don't care) they have nothing in common, neither in style nor in temperament nor from socialisation: Akin is from Hamburg, Arslan from Berlin. Whereas Akin's movies are usually like steamtrains or a fist pointed at your stomach, fairytales from a St Pauli Street Kid full of irony and sarcasm - Arslan's movies are quiet, reduced, minimalist and always rather as if the world was seen through a blurry window, from a distance, even when you come closer to the protagonists as in any of akin's movies there will always be the feeling of never being really able to 'grasp' them. There are other directors like him in Berlin, like Angela Schanelec for example - but they all have something rather 'french' to them: usually you don't laugh out loud and although people themselves move fast, everything seems to happen in slow-mo...

Be it in Der schoene Tag/ The beautiful Day, Kardeşler/Geschwister (Siblings) or Dealer which all of them take place in Berlin Kreuzberg, a Kreuzberg that's speaking of a district shaped by long time migration on the one hand, but far from the endlessly created clichees around it.

www.german-cinema.de/app/fil...view.php

Now this year Arslan seems to have made his 'Istanbul/Turkey' documentary just as Fatih Akın had made his one (the much praised crossing the bridge, on istanbul music scene - i won't say that i don't admire this one myself, too, one of the featured singers being a close friend of my flatmate :): Aus der Ferne/From a distance. And in a way that's striking: Akın again crossing something, cultures, the bosphorus, the east and the west and having a huge laugh on it all - and arslan: still. curious. open but keeping the distance. With Istanbul as a multiple parting point to explore a Turkey Arslan himself is rather a stranger, too, although having studied two years at Ankara.

Having not had the opportunity to see this one yet at this year's berlin film festival, because İ just wasn't there, I am still looking forward to it and recommend it to you as it was recommended to me.

www.signandsight.com/features/606.html

http://www.fdk-berlin.de/en/forum/programm/hauptprogramm/aus-der-ferne.html

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!!!CALL FOR ENTRIES!!!

Delta International Film&Video Fest — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:10:26 GMT

Entry Deadline: Febuary 1, 2007

The Delta International Film and VIdeo Festival is devoted to showcasing the work of independentt film and video artists. We are looking for work that exibits exceptional artistry, insight, and innovation in all categories and genres. We welcome submissions from established and emerging artists working in the United States and internationally. We also seek work made by students currently wnrolled in college or university. Cash Awards.
We at DIFVF belive that filmmaking is a profoundly unique phenomenon of cultural exploration and selff-expression. We wish to promote and give visibility to the art of filmmaking by celebrating and recognizing the work of outstanding filmmakers and video artists. We look forward to receiving your entry!

Text for Call

The Delta International Film and Video Festival
March 30-31, 2007
Cleveland, Mississippi
Entry Deadline: Febuary 1, 2007
www.difvf.com
662-846-4731----(Robyn Moore)
rmoore@deltastate.edu

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Promises

Anju78 — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:04:49 GMT

This documentary is a few years old now, but I liked it so much I wanted to share. It is about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as viewed through the eyes of children. There is now a preview available on the website:

http://www.promisesproject.org/

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Safir

SHERVIN — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:40:40 GMT

Safir
Send me a Sign

There is a hymn in me
And I don’t know
How to sing it
There is destiny
Not found the courage to follow yet
There is a master
Mastery
My shadow hides it from me
There is a man of light within
My without not know how to face it

Oh the sun and the moon
The see and the holly mountain
Send me a Safir
A messenger
A sign
A robe
A ring
A whisper
Any thing
Any thing

My entire body
And my sad soul is waiting so long
So long
My heavenly Father
Send me sign
My earthly mother
Relive me

A robe
A ring
A whisper

Let met melt
You melt me
I cannot carry this heavy body
No more

Shervin 4th of august 2006

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guerrilla art in Kabul

Shooter-666 — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:57:36 GMT

This is a slide show from Kabul. We did some Guerilla Art a few months ago. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmyOe5EuIpg

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Baran and more...

jessica — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 19:41:29 GMT

Movies I highly recommend for the great storytelling done in them:

1) "Baran"
2) "Color of Paradise"
3) "The Runner"
4) "The Circle"

Any comments?

Also, has anyone seen "The Other Half" (for which the director was jailed for a short time), "Under the Skin of the City," or "Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine" I haven't been able to rent either one.

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MidEast Connect E-Magazine

aliah — Wed, 03 May 2006 21:29:48 GMT

Hey,
Just thought you would be interested in checking out this week's
edition of The MidEast Connect. Ballet Afsaneh & yours truly were
profiled in their NON PROFIT
SPOTLIGHT profile.

http://www.theculturalconnect.com/current.php?edition_id=2&publish_date=2006-05-01&view=nonprofit

The MidEast Connect is a new, weekly e-magazine and website dedicated
to young,
driven and forward-thinking Middle Eastern professionals. Each week it
profiles
the talents of young individuals, companies and non-profit
organizations as well
as provides headline news segmented by countries in the Middle East.

I encourage you all to check out the profile and subscribe (for free)
to the
e-magazine.

Thanks,
Aliah

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Your Shell (Another Birth)

SHERVIN — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:02:15 GMT

Separation Notes

Your Shell

My whole being is a dark verse
which will carry you
perpetuating you
to the dawn of eternal growths and blossoming
in this verse I sighed you sighed
in this verse
I grafted you to the tree to the water to the fire.
[Fragment from Another Birth by Forugh Farrokhzad]

This sigh
is to you,
The endless
longing and belonging

Why?
I do know why

And yet,
I keep asking,
“why?”

Why me?
And why
in this flaming mode?

Messengers has no choice
When divine is in charge

Messengers,
Has no choice

Messengers

I repeat your name
And in this cyclical reading
there is a marvellous hallucination

Your echo makes me drunken

And I draw your name in this verse
And I touch your name with this hands
And taste your name with this lips

And I know
I do know you
My existence is perfumed
By the awareness
Of your presence
In my recall
Oh my essence
my fate
do enter
penetrate
me
with mysterious
passion

Let me become your shell …

April 2006

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Greetings from Kabul

Shooter-666 — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:56:09 GMT

Hello,

I am a writer working in Afghanistan. Besides being here, I like the films, as well. Here are some pictures http://rawfire.torche.com/~priapus/images/caleb1/

Also, some of my articles. http://nvnewswire.com

I have been writing about the US Army. Now I am heading to Herat. I want to write more on the people here. . . Teachers got a 40% raise here in Kabul. They make $20 a month now. Crazy.

Caleb "Shooter" Schaber

http://sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/112105/tp4ch1.htm?date=112105&story=tp4ch1.htm

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new bakery

So-Ra-Ya! — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:43:56 GMT

how many of you in seattle have visited the new bakery on lake city way? some of the most wonderful pasteries are there....some that my family have not seen since their last visit to iran.

it is two blocks up from the pacific place iranian grocery

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Persian Font for Computer programs

Gazelle — Fri, 20 May 2005 17:18:43 GMT

HI!
I am making a brochure and poster that includes Farsi/Dari text. Does anyone know of a program/plug-in I can use so that I can type Farsi in applications like Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator?
I found some for Arabic, but Arabic doesn't have all the same letters as Farsi. Please let me know if you have any ideas!!!
Thanks!
Gazelle

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Osama

Czarina — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:21:28 GMT

just rented this last night.. anyone else seen it, and what were your thoughts?

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"Lelieh is With Me", black humor

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 03:05:28 GMT

Has anyone seen this? It came out at least 5 years ago and is so funny! I'd love to buy a copy.

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Googoosh: Iran's Daughter (2000)

sherlockb — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:03:12 GMT

Did any one see Googoosh: Iran's Daughter (2000) Documentary

Once Iran's most famous pop singer, Googoosh was branded a temptress and forbidden to perform or record music as a result of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iranian-American filmmaker Farhad Zamani tells her story in this documentary and examines how the revolution transformed Iranian culture. Interviews, historical analysis and performance footage are used to relate the singer's story and detail Iran's political, social and cultural changes.
Starring: Googoosh
Director: Farhad Zamani

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Children of Heaven

kasimatis — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:04:07 GMT

This film is great in many ways. It has the pacing and feel of a documnetary and is beautifully shot and edited. Highly recommended.

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Another Film Festival

Deux_Chevaux — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:45:34 GMT

Once again, the library has delivered several films at once. They are Leila, Two Women, The Hidden Half, and Blackboards.

Has anyone seen them?

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The Color of Paradise

Deux_Chevaux — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 00:53:11 GMT

I watched this wonderful movie last night. I enjoyed it as much as Children of Heaven.

Interestingly, two of my kids and I went to an open house put on by a new school in Seattle that only teaches script writing and direction at this point. The school was started by five prominant Hollywood figures that moved to the Seattle area (including Tom Skerritt) to escape big buget Hollywood film making. Their goal is to make Seattle a center for quality indy films. Their univeral complaint is that with a few exceptions, Hollywood isn't interested in story telling and characters. It's just interested in special effects and glitz.

So, it's coincidental that I've been watching Iranian films like these two, The Girl In The Sneakers, Baran, Kandahar, The Circle, and Ballot that tell simple but very good stories with super production - and on what has to be a tiny buget.

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What A Film Festival At My Place

Deux_Chevaux — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 19:52:47 GMT

I went online and put holds on several DVD's in my county library system. Normally, they kind of trickle in to the branch were I pick them up. But, I just got notice that almost all of them are ready for pickup. They are:

Secret Ballot
Children of Heaven
The Circle
The Smell of Camphor
Kandahar
Baran

I'm new to all of these. Where should I start, folks?

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Recommend some movies, please

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:12:22 GMT

Let's get something happening on this list here! i could use a recommendation as to a core set of essential middle eastern films. What are your must see recommendations?

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Immigrants, refugees and transplants - we need your stories and art

Cristina — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:36:00 GMT

Hi there, name's Cristina, I'm a Romanian immigrant living in the US. I've been here 7 years. Identity struggles? Yes. Confusion and missunderstandings? Yes. Trouble adjusting sometimes? Yes. But things can be talked out, talked through and talked over. I need your stories. Stories heal. And change lives. Go to www.sentimentalrefugee.com and send me yours.

I also need superstitions, folklore and myths from your culture. That's the ground zero of our humanity. Every culture has dragons. Every culture wards off the "bad spirits". But not in the same way. www.cafepress.com/superstitions has a few, but we need more. Send us ideas and traditions from your culture. If we use them (as in draw pictures, create products based on your thoughts) we'll give you 10% of the profits for each product that was created based on your idea. If you send us a cool graphic that we use, we'll give you 20%. Check it out.

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THE APPLE

e£ gusto — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:54:13 GMT

did anyone see this film, THE APPLE. takes place in iran. iranian director. dont' know his name. it is beautiful.

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eats

furtographer — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 20:16:48 GMT

Where's a bloke to find adas polo in SF?

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"A Night with a Milani"

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:20:32 GMT

For those in the Bay Area:

"A Night with a Milani"

What: Maryam Milani who worked on the film with her sister Tahmineh Milani will be presenting their new movie: "The Fifth Reaction."

Maryam Milani will give a brief talk after the movie regarding the purpose of the film and the women'smovement in Iran. A question and answer session will follow.

When: Saturday, January 24th, 2004, 7:00pm
Where: 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building (VLSB), UC Berkeley

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Seattle Film Festival, Jan. 31...

kamfarris — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:15:48 GMT

Arab and Iranian Film Festival Gala Night at S.A.M. this Saturday. Here's some info...

Join us for a night of enchantment at the Seattle Art Museum as we channel the spirit and celebrate the rich culture that inspires the cinema, art and music of the Arab world and Iran.

We have a lot of things planned for you, including DJs, musicians, a non-hosted bar, appetizers, a henna artist, festival kick-off presentation, films and an amazing visual art show all over the museum.

For tickets and more details go to:

www.CultureTheory.com

The last day to purchase advance tickets is Wednesday January 28th

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house of sand and fog

Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:52:07 GMT

Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo was nominated for her supporting role in "House of Sand and Fog."

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house of sand and fog

nedda — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 03:19:15 GMT

based on a book written by Andre Dubus III
i read this book a couple of years back
very touching
passed it onto my mom and sister
just saw the movie tonight
wow...it's hollywood, but overall i suggest seeing the movie

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Seattle Arab-Iranian Film Festival

Ramsey — Sun, 04 Jan 2004 21:20:20 GMT

Seven days, Friday 2/6 through Thursday 2/12, at the Broadway Performance Hall (1625 Broadway). I can't seem to find any other information online...

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movies to rent?

nedda — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:50:31 GMT

i have a american friend visiting for the holidays and would like to rent iranian movies, with sub-titles ;)
what are you suggestions?

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Check this out:

jessica — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:32:27 GMT

http://www.foreignfilms.com/countries/30.asp

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Ooops

jessica — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 01:29:05 GMT

I tride to expand our little niche here, but I don't think it worked. Should we just go back to being the "Iranian Film" tribe?

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Slightly off topic

jessica — Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:19:02 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3220173.stm

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what have you seen?

Ramsey — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 16:36:24 GMT

I taraneh am 15 <<<Marooned in Iraq <<<

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region 1 dvd

Ramsey — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 22:08:46 GMT

do you know where I can find?

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"The Circle"

jessica — Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:50:43 GMT

Has anyone seen "The Circle"? It was filmed in Iran by a woman director. I think an Italian company financed it...

It is incredibly powerful in it's portrayal of women without family ties, or women whose families have disowned them, living in Iran. The plot moves from woman to woman, but instead of this being a distractor from the central theme, the movement helps Westerners understand the incredible frailty of Iranian women's lives. It is masterful storytelling.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/20411_circleq.shtml

Iranian/Middle Eastern Film & More's topics - tribe.net

Anyone know about Iranian bloggers?

Persepolis!

Is Majhid Majidi working on anything new?

Anyone know....

Guidance in exploring iranian/central asian film

Two free tickets for anti-corporate Middle Eastern film suggestions

one more thing: 'German-Turks'. Thomas Arslan for example

!!!CALL FOR ENTRIES!!!

Promises

Safir

guerrilla art in Kabul

Baran and more...

MidEast Connect E-Magazine

Your Shell (Another Birth)

Greetings from Kabul

new bakery

Persian Font for Computer programs

Osama

"Lelieh is With Me", black humor

Googoosh: Iran's Daughter (2000)

Children of Heaven

Another Film Festival

The Color of Paradise

What A Film Festival At My Place

Recommend some movies, please

Immigrants, refugees and transplants - we need your stories and art

THE APPLE

eats

"A Night with a Milani"

Seattle Film Festival, Jan. 31...

house of sand and fog

house of sand and fog

Seattle Arab-Iranian Film Festival

movies to rent?

Check this out:

Ooops

Slightly off topic

what have you seen?

region 1 dvd

"The Circle"

Congratulations Shirin Ebadi