In conjunction with the planned visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the film’s principal creators.
Filmmaking has a long and impressive history in Iran, a country of poets and storytellers. The large and well-established community of Iranian film artists currently working in Tehran and elsewhere has developed both technical expertise and a lyrical narrative style that has been embraced by film viewers, and honored by numerous film festivals, throughout the world. At the same time, new filmmakers and different narrative structures are emerging.
UCLA has one of the oldest ongoing Iranian film festivals in the United States, but rarely have the filmmakers been present at their screenings. This program offers eight recent films, representing each of the members of a visiting artist delegation from Iran, and will offer the opportunity to hear about their creative process in their own words. The members of the visiting artist delegation: directors Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour, Rakhshan Bani Etemad, Ebrahim Hatamikia, Reza Mir-Karimi, Mojtaba Raie and Alireza Raisian; actors Amin Tarokh and Fatemah Motamed-Aria; screenwriter Farhad Tohidi; and documentarian Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
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OCT 15:
The Mother (1991), 108 minutes
Followed by a discussion with actor Amin Tarokh.
Havana File (2006), 94 minutes
Followed by a discussion with director Alireza Raisian and screenwriter Farhad Tohidi.
OCT 16:
Gilaneh (2005), 84 minutes (event image above)
Followed by a discussion with co-writer and co-director Rakhshan Bani Etemad and actress Fatemah Motamed-Aria.
7:05 P.M. (2009), 90 minutes
Followed by a discussion with director Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour and screenwriter Farhad Tohidi.
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