Award winning film Dog Sweat is showing at the Laemmle Music Hall (9036 Wilshire Blvd) from Friday Nov 18th to Thursday Nov 24th.
NY TIMES called the film "polished, the young actors warmly believable." and NPR said the film is "astonishingly gutsy".
Q&A with writer and director on Fri & Sat after 7:40 screening and Sunday after the 12:30 & 2:50 screenings. Come join us! Afterwards we will nearby at Writer's Bar (9291 Burton Way, in the L'Ermitage Hotel).
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Dog Sweat is a fictional film from emerging director Hossein Keshavarz, about young people fighting to be free in Iran. The film was shot in Tehran underground and at great personal risk to the cast and crew; as Hossein wanted to make an authentic film that shows the surprising fun, drama and irrepressible energy of a rebellious generation.
The film has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and has received a ton of positive press including BBC Newshour and upcoming interviews on CNN and NPR.
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Hossein Keshavarz’s interest in story telling began, when as a history major at Northwestern University, he wrote a novella entitled, Time of the Falling Sky. Both before and after college he lived abroad in various countries including Iran, New Zealand, Spain, and Peru. While working in business for several years, Hossein frequently hid in the bathroom to write screenplays, leading him to decide to pursue a career in film and complete a MFA from Columbia University.
He recently served as an associate producer for Circumstance, which won the audience award at Sundance in 2011. Dog Sweat, Hossein’s first feature fiction film, has won awards at International Rome and Austin and has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Dog Sweat will be released theatrically by Indiepix this November.
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Maryam Azadi – Writer, Producer:
Maryam studied film in Tehran and has written for Iranian television.
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