Despite facing censorship, house arrest and exile, directors such as Jafar Panahi and the late Abbas Kiarostami kept Iran at the forefront of world cinema. Here is a selection of their photographs, alongside those of compatriots Nasser Taghvai, Kamran Shirdel, Majid Barzegar, Ebrahim Golestan and cinematographer Seifollah Samadian.
The exhibition Time Lapse is at Cama, London, until 2 October.
The exhibition Time Lapse is at Cama, London, until 2 October.
- 9/17/2018
- The Guardian - Film News
The thirteenth edition of Santiago International Film Festival, Sanfic (August 20–27, 2017), the largest film festival in Chile, will present more than 100 international and Chilean films, including productions shown and awarded in festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and Venice. Among the feature films will be 7 world and 14 Latin American premieres.
Sanfic (Santiago International Film Festival) is opening the festival to international press this year with Variety Dailies and important international guests for their Sanfic Industry section. Guest attending include Kim Yutani (Sundance programmer), Javier Martin (Berlinale delegate), Molly O ́Keefe (Tribeca Film Institute — fiction features) and Estrella Araiza (Industry director of Guadalajara Iff), to name a few. Matt Dillon is its special guest along with the renowned director of photography Rainer Klausmann.
The Summit starring Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi and Erica Rivas, with an appearance of Christian Slater and renowned Chilean actors Paulina Garcia and Alfredo Castro
The opening film of the...
Sanfic (Santiago International Film Festival) is opening the festival to international press this year with Variety Dailies and important international guests for their Sanfic Industry section. Guest attending include Kim Yutani (Sundance programmer), Javier Martin (Berlinale delegate), Molly O ́Keefe (Tribeca Film Institute — fiction features) and Estrella Araiza (Industry director of Guadalajara Iff), to name a few. Matt Dillon is its special guest along with the renowned director of photography Rainer Klausmann.
The Summit starring Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi and Erica Rivas, with an appearance of Christian Slater and renowned Chilean actors Paulina Garcia and Alfredo Castro
The opening film of the...
- 7/30/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Dailies is a round-up of essential film writing, news bits, videos, and other highlights from across the Internet. If you’d like to submit a piece for consideration, get in touch with us in the comments below or on Twitter at @TheFilmStage.
It’s hard not to see this as best-film-news-of-the-year material: Cohen Media Group have acquired and will restore & release ten Jacques Rivette films — along with a trio of early shorts that recently screened at this year’s New York Film Festival — theatrically and on Blu-ray. This is a major moment for appreciation of French cinema. [Variety]
Along with an extended interview with Pedro Almodóvar that’s embedded below, read Little White Lies‘ rundown of his early works. [Empire]
Seyfolah Samadian, an associate of Abbas Kiarostami‘s, is planning a documentary about the recently deceased director’s 20 years of visits to the Cannes Film Festival. [Variety]
Watch Memory Box, a new sci-fi...
It’s hard not to see this as best-film-news-of-the-year material: Cohen Media Group have acquired and will restore & release ten Jacques Rivette films — along with a trio of early shorts that recently screened at this year’s New York Film Festival — theatrically and on Blu-ray. This is a major moment for appreciation of French cinema. [Variety]
Along with an extended interview with Pedro Almodóvar that’s embedded below, read Little White Lies‘ rundown of his early works. [Empire]
Seyfolah Samadian, an associate of Abbas Kiarostami‘s, is planning a documentary about the recently deceased director’s 20 years of visits to the Cannes Film Festival. [Variety]
Watch Memory Box, a new sci-fi...
- 10/13/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Pablo Larrain’s Jackie, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge and Michael Fassbender romance The Light Between Oceans among line-up.Scroll Down For Line-up
The 73rd Venice Film Festival (Aug 31 - Sept 10) has unveiled the 55 features – mixing star vehicles and international auteurs – that will make up this year’s official selection.
A total of 20 films will play in competition, 18 will play out of competition and 19 will play in Horizons.
Venice is on a roll having played host to the Best Picture Oscar winner two years in a row while three years ago Gravity went on to score seven Oscars.
Ahead of the world’s oldest festival, the buzz is palpable once again.
Competition titles include Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Pablo Larrain’s Jacqueline Kennedy biopic Jackie (seemingly a last minute confirmation) and Michael Fassbender romance The Light Between Oceans.
Auteur directors among the line-up include Terrence Malick, Lav Diaz, [link...
The 73rd Venice Film Festival (Aug 31 - Sept 10) has unveiled the 55 features – mixing star vehicles and international auteurs – that will make up this year’s official selection.
A total of 20 films will play in competition, 18 will play out of competition and 19 will play in Horizons.
Venice is on a roll having played host to the Best Picture Oscar winner two years in a row while three years ago Gravity went on to score seven Oscars.
Ahead of the world’s oldest festival, the buzz is palpable once again.
Competition titles include Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Pablo Larrain’s Jacqueline Kennedy biopic Jackie (seemingly a last minute confirmation) and Michael Fassbender romance The Light Between Oceans.
Auteur directors among the line-up include Terrence Malick, Lav Diaz, [link...
- 7/28/2016
- ScreenDaily
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