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ATABI, a film by Niki Karimi in Los Angeles

By CWB News Department on 06/09/2022 News, Videos

ATABAI’ the latest film directed by Iranian women director Niki Karimi will open tomorrow, Friday June 10th at West LA, and Laemmle Royal ( 7:10 pm ) and Encino, Laemmle Town Center (7:20 pm) for one week. ATABAI is a middle-aged architect who’s been back from Tehran to his home village in Azerbaijan province. Due to his social class and ethnicity, he has gone through failure in love as a young university student. Since then, by bringing prosperity to his village, he has found respect and dignity among the ones who love him. Yet, his sister’s suicide after her forced…

Sudeep Sharma talks about 2022 ShortFest and MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award

The 28th edition of Palm Springs ShortFest International Film Festival will open on June 21st with in-person screenings at the Camelot Theatres (Palm Springs Cultural Center) and concludes on June 27th with screening of Best of Fest. Films will also be available to watch virtually July 1-10,2022. To learn more about the 2022 ShrtFest and MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award we had a conversation with Sudeep Sharma, ShortFest Interim Artistic Director: https://vimeo.com/717187259 Today, June 7th, 2022: Today, Cinema Without Borders announced jury members for MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award for the 2022 Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival. The Bridging…

“What an unexpectedly rich experience LEILA’S BROTHERS is” Stephanie Bunbury, DEADLINE’s critic

By CWB News Department on 05/25/2022 News, Videos

Today cast and crew of the LEILA’S BROTHERS talked about this well received Iranian film on the Cannes red carpet. LEILA’S BROTHERS is written and directed by Saeed Roustayi, known for his beautiful and powerful film, Just 6.5 In a review of LEILA’S BROTHERS published in DEADLINE, Stephanie Bunbury writes: “What an unexpectedly rich experience this film is” https://vimeo.com/713794398 At 40 years old, Leila has spent her whole life taking care of her parents and her four brothers. The family argues constantly and is crushed by debts, in a country caught in the grip of international economic sanctions. As her…

Asghar Farhadi, Two Times Oscar winner joins Cannes Jury

By CWB News Department on 04/26/2022 News, Videos

Asghar Farhadi, Iranian film director and writer and two times Oscar winner, is one of the Cannes jury members. The Cannes Film Festival has set Vincent Lindon as its jury president for the 75th edition, which kicks off next month. The Frenchman, who won the 2015 Best Actor award at Cannes for The Measure of a Man, starred in last year’s Palme d’Or winner Titane. Joining jury this year are: actor-director-writer Rebecca Hall; Swedish star Noomi Rapace; director-screenwriter Jeff Nichols; Iranian director-writer Asghar Farhadi; India’s Deepika Padukone; Italian actor-director Jasmine Trinca; French director-writer-actor Ladj Ly; and Norwegian helmer Joachim Trier.…

Drive My Car wins Best International Film Oscar!!!!!

By Bijan Tehrani on 03/27/2022 News, Videos

Drive My Car wins the Oscar for the Best International Film. Other nominees were FLEE, Denmark, THE HAND OF GOD Italy, LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM, Bhutan and THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD Norway. https://vimeo.com/692922493 A sad and bad choice at the presence of THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, a much better movie and at the absence of the best international film of the year A HERO by Asghar Farhadi. It’s a shame for the academy and their voters.

Film Movement Classics Acquires Oscar Winner Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Dancing In The Dust’ And ‘Beautiful City’

By CWB News Department on 03/03/2022 News

Film Movement Classics has acquired North American rights to 2K digital restorations of Asghar Farhadi’s first two features Dancing in the Dust and Beautiful City, which have been signed off on by the two-time Oscar winner himself. Both restored dramas will be released theatrically this year, with a release on all heading home entertainment and digital platforms to follow. In Farhadi’s 2003 feature directorial debut Dancing in the Dust, Nazar (Yousef Khodaparast) is pressured into divorcing his wife (Baran Kosari) because of her family’s bad reputation. This leads to money problems, and before long, he’s on the run due to…

THE DRESS winner of Bridging the Borders Award nominates for an Oscar

By CWB News Department on 02/14/2022 News, Videos

The Dress, directed by Tadeusz Łysiak and the winner of 2020 Bridging The Borders Award at the 21th edition of Polish Film Festival, LA has been nominated by Academy Awards for the Best Live Action Short Film Oscar. The Dress is a film that bravely shines a light on the cruelty of our world towards those whose physical appearance is different. This well-crafted film tells the story of Julia, a maid at a roadside motel who has lived a lonely life, accustomed to scorn for being ‘a little person’. When she is asked on a date, the filmmakers masterfully demonstrate…

T-Mobile plans for film fans

By Bijan Tehrani on 12/06/2021 News

Recently we moved our office phones for Cinema Without Borders into T-Mobile and we found out that they are offering basic package of NETFLIX and one year of Apple TV for most of their packages. This means a big saving and having access to tens of thousands of movies and TV series. Interesting enough, by paying only $5 a month, you can upgrade your free NETFLIX account to a four user one. 5G speed on T-Mobile network is also incredibly fast, a great news for young filmmaker that use online production tools. What also impressed us was the friendly customer…

Latvia’s Oscar Entry, BLIZZARD OF SOULS, streaming on Film Movement Plus

By Bijan Tehrani on 11/06/2021 News, Videos

Film Movement Plus November premieres and highlights are as follows: Friday, November 5 A FILM MOVEMENT PLUS EXCLUSIVE: THE NOTHING FACTORY Director Pedro Pinho One night, a group of workers realizes that their administration has organized the stealing of machines from their factory. They soon understand that this is the first signal of a massive layoff. Most of them refuse to cooperate during the individual negotiations and they start to occupy their workplace. So when the administration vanishes to their great surprise, they’re left with a half-empty factory and new desires start to emerge.in this wildly inventive drama that debuted…

The Reason I Jump & Mica share MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award at Lucas FF

By Bijan Tehrani on 10/10/2021 Bridging The Borders Award, News, Videos

Last week at the 2021 Lucas International Festival for Young Film Lovers in Germany, the Cinema Without Borders jury announced the winners of the MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award, as well as their Honorable Mention . Here is the video report of the MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award announcement at 2021 LUCAS – International Festival for Young Film Lovers. Keely Badger, a jury member and Executive Director of MOZAIK Philanthropy, the sponsor of our award, announces the award winners and then we watch the award acceptance speeches of the directors that shared 2021 MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award https://vimeo.com/627882872 Here…

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