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‘Grand Me,’ Documentary About Iranian Girl in Custody Battle, Acquired by Cat&Docs for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Iran
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08.03.2024

‘Grand Me,’ Documentary About Iranian Girl in Custody Battle, Acquired by Cat&Docs for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Paris-based Cat&Docs has acquired world sales rights for “Grand Me” by Iranian filmmaker Atiye Zare Arandi. The documentary, about an Iranian girl in the middle of a custody battle, is set to world premiere in the NEXT:WAVE strand at CPH:DOX on March 18. Set in Esfahan, Iran, “Grand Me” follows Melina, who has lived with her grandparents since her parents’ divorce.

Why U.S. Indie Distributor Utopia Is Dipping Its Toes Into U.K. Waters With ‘The Sweet East’ - variety.com - France - New York - Los Angeles - USA - Iran
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27.03.2024

Why U.S. Indie Distributor Utopia Is Dipping Its Toes Into U.K. Waters With ‘The Sweet East’

Alex Ritman Since its inception in 2018, North American distributer and sales outfit Utopia has been quietly building up its credentials as a both a company with a distinctive cinematic palette and one able to identify indie projects ahead of the buzz. Its darkly comic 2020 breakout hit “Shiva Baby,” the directorial feature debut of Emma Seligman, gave an early indication of Utopia’s tastes, which soon led it to pick up Dasha Nekrasova’s wild and erotically-charged Jeffrey Epstein-themed horror “The Scary of Sixty-First” and Lena Dunham’s shoestring sex comedy “Sharp Stick.” In Cannes 2022 it made a splash by acquiring domestic rights to Ali Abbasi’s gritty Iranian crime thriller and Palme d’Or nominee “Holy Spider,” for which Zar Amir won the best actress award, and last year bought LGBT revenge thriller “Femme,” one of the hottest films going into the 2023 Berlinale.

Doctors reveal worrying consequences of sleeping for less than seven hours a night - www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk - USA - Manchester - Iran - city Tehran
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27.03.2024

Doctors reveal worrying consequences of sleeping for less than seven hours a night

Getting less than seven hours of sleep is associated with a seven per cent increased risk of developing high blood pressure over time, according to early research.

Macu Machín’s ‘The Undergrowth’ Wins Top Prize at Tenerife-based MiradasDoc - variety.com - Spain - Iran - Romania
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26.03.2024

Macu Machín’s ‘The Undergrowth’ Wins Top Prize at Tenerife-based MiradasDoc

Anna Marie de la Fuente Macu Machín’s “La Hojarasca” (“The Undergrowth”) took home the top MiradaCanaria prize at the 17thMiradasDoc, which ran March 15-22 in Tenerife, Spain. Produced by El Viaje Films, Machin’s debut feature has been picking up accolades since its world premiere at Berlinale’s Forum, snagging Best Spanish Picture and director at the Malaga Film Festival’s Zonazine, a sidebar for edgier and sometimes smaller pics.

Talents From ‘Holy Spider’, ‘Ballywalter’ & ‘Boiling Point’ Discuss The Screenwriting Process & Balancing The Writer-Director Relationship: “Sometimes It’s About Digging Sideways” — Storyhouse - deadline.com - Dublin - Iran - Lebanon
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22.03.2024

Talents From ‘Holy Spider’, ‘Ballywalter’ & ‘Boiling Point’ Discuss The Screenwriting Process & Balancing The Writer-Director Relationship: “Sometimes It’s About Digging Sideways” — Storyhouse

The second day of Dublin’s Storyhouse screenwriting festival kicked off with a bang on Friday as established writer-directors Ali Abbasi (Holy Spider), Mounia Akl (Costa Brava Lebanon) and Stacey Gregg (Ballywalter) all discussed at length the process of how they achieve their best work and how they balance the writer-director relationship. 

Issa Rae Co-Founded ColorCreative Adds Neda Niroumand To Management Team - deadline.com - Paris - California - Iran - city Tehran
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19.03.2024

Issa Rae Co-Founded ColorCreative Adds Neda Niroumand To Management Team

EXCLUSIVE: The Issa Rae and Deniese Davis co-founded ColorCreative is expanding its management ranks again.

Kensington Palace Feels Heat Over Second “Digitally Enhanced” Image; Kate Middleton Video Emerges - deadline.com - France - county Windsor - North Korea - Iran
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19.03.2024

Kensington Palace Feels Heat Over Second “Digitally Enhanced” Image; Kate Middleton Video Emerges

Kensington Palace is facing fresh questions over image editing after Getty Images added an editor’s note to a picture of Queen Elizabeth II taken by Kate Middleton.

‘Immortals’ Review: Thoughtful Doc Treats Young Iraqi Revolutionaries Not as Subjects So Much as Artistic Collaborators - variety.com - county Young - Iran - Iraq - Sudan
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17.03.2024

‘Immortals’ Review: Thoughtful Doc Treats Young Iraqi Revolutionaries Not as Subjects So Much as Artistic Collaborators

Murtada Elfadl Revolutions bring hope for a better life and strength in community. “Immortals,” a documentary about young Iraqi activists, deals with the aftermath of 2019’s October Protest Movement. What happens when the promise of a better life has been hijacked by insidious political forces? An insightful look into the social and political fabric of modern Iraq, Maja Tschumi‘s film shows the quiet desperation of losing hope and having raging emotions that cannot be outwardly expressed.

‘My Stolen Planet’ Wins Top Prize At Thessaloniki Int’l Documentary Festival; Controversial ‘Stray Bodies’ Earns Festival Recognition - deadline.com - Eu - Greece - Iran - county Alexander
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17.03.2024

‘My Stolen Planet’ Wins Top Prize At Thessaloniki Int’l Documentary Festival; Controversial ‘Stray Bodies’ Earns Festival Recognition

Iranian filmmaker Farahnaz Sharifi’s My Stolen Planet won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival today, automatically qualifying the film for Oscar consideration.

‘My Stolen Planet’ Wins Thessaloniki Documentary Festival After Emotionally Charged Week of Protest, Defiance - variety.com - Greece - Iran - Poland - Berlin - Israel - city Tehran - county Alexander - Belarus
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17.03.2024

‘My Stolen Planet’ Wins Thessaloniki Documentary Festival After Emotionally Charged Week of Protest, Defiance

Christopher Vourlias Iranian filmmaker Farahnaz Sharifi‘s “My Stolen Planet,” an intimate family portrait of life during Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival on Sunday, bringing a close to an emotional and politically charged week in Greece’s second city. Using both the director’s personal archives and 8mm recordings of strangers’ lives, the film — which world premiered in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama strand — uses an essayistic style to present the joy and vitality of life in Tehran in the 1970s, in contrast with the oppression imposed on the Iranian people by the country’s hardline regime.

‘You Can’t Manufacture Authenticity’: the Makers of Australian Series ‘House of Gods’ Talk Challenging Stereotypes, Religion and Community - variety.com - Australia - Iran - Iraq - county Fairfield
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17.03.2024

‘You Can’t Manufacture Authenticity’: the Makers of Australian Series ‘House of Gods’ Talk Challenging Stereotypes, Religion and Community

Callum McLennan “House of Gods,” a Matchbox Pictures six-part series, boasting an entirely Arab Australian cast, presents a perspective seldom seen on screen, a Muslim community in Fairfield, Australia. “You can’t manufacture authenticity. Audiences are so intuitive and adept, they can smell if something is off a mile away.

Exiled Iranian Filmmakers Call Out AMPAS Over Omission Of Murdered Director Dariush Mehrjui From In Memoriam Segment - deadline.com - Iran - city Tehran
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14.03.2024

Exiled Iranian Filmmakers Call Out AMPAS Over Omission Of Murdered Director Dariush Mehrjui From In Memoriam Segment

The Independent Iranian Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) has written to AMPAS to protest the omission of murdered director Dariush Mehrjui from the In Memoriam segment of the Academy Award on Sunday night.

News Agency Deems Kensington Palace Untrustworthy After Kate Middleton Photo-Editing Debacle - www.justjared.com - France - North Korea - Iran
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14.03.2024

News Agency Deems Kensington Palace Untrustworthy After Kate Middleton Photo-Editing Debacle

Kensington Palace, the home of Prince William and Princess Catherine (aka Kate Middleton), has been deemed untrustworthy by a major news agency.

Asghar Farhadi Fully Cleared of ‘A Hero’ Plagiarism Allegations by Iranian Court - variety.com - France - Los Angeles - Iran - city Tehran
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13.03.2024

Asghar Farhadi Fully Cleared of ‘A Hero’ Plagiarism Allegations by Iranian Court

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi has been fully cleared by an Iranian court of allegations of plagiarism pertaining to his film “A Hero” that launched from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Farhadi’s former student Azadeh Masihzadeh had accused the filmmaker of stealing the idea for “A Hero” from a documentary she made during a filmmaking workshop held by Farhadi in 2014 in Tehran.

Italy Celebrates International Women’s Day by Bowing Iranian-Israeli Thriller ‘Tatami’ Alongside Rerelease of Box Office Hit ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ - variety.com - Italy - Iran - Israel - city Venice
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08.03.2024

Italy Celebrates International Women’s Day by Bowing Iranian-Israeli Thriller ‘Tatami’ Alongside Rerelease of Box Office Hit ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italy, where debate over violence against women is currently raging, is celebrating International Women’s Day by becoming the first country to theatrically release “Tatami,” a female empowerment thriller about an Iranian judo fighter that made a splash in Venice and marks the first collaboration by Iranian and Israeli filmmakers. Italy’s BIM Distribuzione is bowing “Tatami” – which is co-helmed by Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi (“Holy Spider) and Israeli director Guy Nattiv – on 90 local movie screens on Friday as an International Women’s Day special preview at a discounted €3.50 ($3.80) ticket price.

Iranian Director Farahnaz Sharifi Brings Memories to Life With ‘My Stolen Planet’: ‘The Achive Is a Part of My Soul, Part of My Body, Part of My Life’ - variety.com - Iran - city Tehran - county Alexander
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06.03.2024

Iranian Director Farahnaz Sharifi Brings Memories to Life With ‘My Stolen Planet’: ‘The Achive Is a Part of My Soul, Part of My Body, Part of My Life’

Savina Petkova Women dancing, women singing, women burning their hijab: these acts of defiance shape Iranian filmmaker Farahnaz Sharifi’s feature-length debut, “My Stolen Planet.” After premiering in Berlinale’s Panorama section and winning a second place Audience Award, the film now competes for the Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki International Doc Fest. Prior to her feature, Sharifi made eight shorts while working as an editor for documentaries, including Firouzeh Khosrovani’s IDFA winning “Radiograph of a Family.” Using the essayistic style of a diary, “My Stolen Planet” presents the joy and vivaciousness in contrast with the regimented oppression in Tehran using both the director’s personal archives and 8mm recordings of strangers’ lives.

Julio Torres’ Surreal Immigration Comedy ‘Problemista’, Iranian Drama ‘Shayda’ Debut, With 25-Year Old Doc ‘Pitch People’ – Specialty Preview - deadline.com - New York - Los Angeles - Iran - Houston - Columbia - Boston - El Salvador - city San Francisco
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01.03.2024

Julio Torres’ Surreal Immigration Comedy ‘Problemista’, Iranian Drama ‘Shayda’ Debut, With 25-Year Old Doc ‘Pitch People’ – Specialty Preview

Two well-reviewed indies are taking a bow in limited release in the shadow of Dune, A24’s Problemista by Julio Torres, and Shayda from Sony Pictures Classics, the feature debut of Noora Niasari.

‘The Great Yawn of History’ Review: A Treasure-Hunt for Certainty in Iranian Caves - variety.com - USA - Iran - city Tehran
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23.02.2024

‘The Great Yawn of History’ Review: A Treasure-Hunt for Certainty in Iranian Caves

Siddhant Adlakha Aliyar Rasti’s excellent Iranian feature debut, “The Great Yawn of History,” wrestles with faith and disillusionment during a woebegone treasure hunt. Pious, middle-aged Beitollah (Mohammad Aghebati) believes his recurring dreams of finding gold coins at the end of a dark cave.

Berlin: Sasha Nathwani On His Competition Title ‘Last Swim,’ Transitioning From Directing A-List Commercials To Narrative Features & The Struggles Of Indie UK Filmmaking - deadline.com - Britain - London - Germany - Iran - Berlin - county Wells - Charlotte, county Wells
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23.02.2024

Berlin: Sasha Nathwani On His Competition Title ‘Last Swim,’ Transitioning From Directing A-List Commercials To Narrative Features & The Struggles Of Indie UK Filmmaking

With his debut feature Last Swim, an ambitious and quietly radical portrait of young life in London, Sasha Nathwani has achieved one of the most difficult tasks for a new filmmaker: cutting through with a festival audience. 

HBO Sets Release Date for ‘A Revolution on Canvas,’ a Doc About One of Iran’s Most Seminal, Exiled Artists (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Iran - city Tehran
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22.02.2024

HBO Sets Release Date for ‘A Revolution on Canvas,’ a Doc About One of Iran’s Most Seminal, Exiled Artists (EXCLUSIVE)

Addie Morfoot Contributor HBO Documentary Films’ “A Revolution on Canvas,” about Iranian revolutionary artist and activist Nickzad “Nicky” Nodjoumi, is set to debut on HBO and Max on March 5. The 95-minute docu directed by his daughter, Sara Nodjoumi, and her husband, Till Schauder (“When God Sleeps”), is an art-heist-thriller-meets-portrait doc that recounts how Nickzad was forced to flee Iran in 1980 due to the controversial nature of his paintings on display at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

‘Poor Things’ Producer Element Pictures Launches Dublin Festival Storyhouse Featuring Writers Of ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’, ‘One Day’, ‘How To Have Sex’, ‘Scrapper’, ‘Holy Spider’ & Emma Stone Oscar Contender - deadline.com - Ireland - Dublin - Iran
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22.02.2024

‘Poor Things’ Producer Element Pictures Launches Dublin Festival Storyhouse Featuring Writers Of ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’, ‘One Day’, ‘How To Have Sex’, ‘Scrapper’, ‘Holy Spider’ & Emma Stone Oscar Contender

EXCLUSIVE: TV and film writers will want to circle this one in their calendars: Poor Things and The Favourite producer Element Pictures is launching Storyhouse, a new Dublin-based screenwriting festival that will celebrate storytellers and storytelling.

‘My Favorite Cake’ Review: This 70-Year-Old Iranian Woman’s Love Story Is A Subversive Delight – Berlin Film Festival - deadline.com - Iran - Berlin
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21.02.2024

‘My Favorite Cake’ Review: This 70-Year-Old Iranian Woman’s Love Story Is A Subversive Delight – Berlin Film Festival

Mahin’s friend Pouran likes talking about her ailments, real and imagined. More than that, she has something on her phone she is keen to show the ladies gathered for one of their regular lunches at Mahin’s place: the film she made of her colonoscopy. “That’s disgusting,” snorts Mahin (Lily Farhadpour). “I told her to marry! You wouldn’t be like this if you had!” Another of their wrinkly gang chips in. “What joy did our dead husbands ever bring us?” They all laugh, companionably.

Cinetic Media Signs ‘Fremont’ Filmmaker Babak Jalali - deadline.com - London - USA - California - Iran - Berlin - Afghanistan
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20.02.2024

Cinetic Media Signs ‘Fremont’ Filmmaker Babak Jalali

EXCLUSIVE: Cinetic Media has signed award-winning Iranian filmmaker Babak Jalali (Fremont, Land) for management across all media.

Deadline’s Doc Talk Debates: Is The Documentary World Really “Reeling” Over The Oscar Nominations? - deadline.com - USA - India - Ukraine - Chile - Iran - Tunisia - Uganda - city Mariupol, county Day
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20.02.2024

Deadline’s Doc Talk Debates: Is The Documentary World Really “Reeling” Over The Oscar Nominations?

When the Oscar nominations were announced last month, it marked a watershed moment for the Documentary Feature category. All the nominated films focused on international subjects – stories from Uganda, Tunisia, Ukraine, India and Chile — and not a single American director was recognized.

UK-registered cargo ship attacked by Houthi rebels 'at risk of sinking' - www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk - Britain - USA - Iran - county Gulf - Israel - city Richmond - Belize - Yemen
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19.02.2024

UK-registered cargo ship attacked by Houthi rebels 'at risk of sinking'

A UK-registered cargo ship, the Rubymar, is in danger of sinking after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels, the group has said.

Berlin Fresh Faces: ‘Last Swim’ Star Solly McLeod - variety.com - Britain - Scotland - London - Indiana - Iran - Berlin
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19.02.2024

Berlin Fresh Faces: ‘Last Swim’ Star Solly McLeod

Naman Ramachandran British actor Solly McLeod‘s career is on an upward trajectory with Berlin-premiering “Last Swim” and Viggo Mortensen-directed “The Dead Don’t Hurt,” which premiered at Toronto 2023 and is bound for Glasgow next. Set over a hot summer day in London as the high-school year is ending, “Last Swim,” from feature debutant Sasha Nathwani, follows British-Iranian teen Ziba (Deba Hekmat) as she leads her friends on an eventful journey across the city, culminating in a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event. McLeod plays Shea, one of the key members of the group.

Iranian Debut Director Aliyar Rasti on Faith, Magic and Miracles in Berlinale Encounters Premiere ‘The Great Yawn of History’ - variety.com - Iran - Berlin - city Tehran
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19.02.2024

Iranian Debut Director Aliyar Rasti on Faith, Magic and Miracles in Berlinale Encounters Premiere ‘The Great Yawn of History’

Christopher Vourlias A cross-country journey in search of a mysterious treasure puts the nature of faith to the test in “The Great Yawn of History,” the feature debut of Iranian director Aliyar Rasti, which premieres Feb. 23 in the competitive Encounters section of the Berlin Film Festival. The film tells the story of a man of wavering religious conviction who dreams of a box of gold hidden in a cave.

Alpha Violet Boards Uruguayan Drama ‘Don’t You Let Me Go’ Following Sundance Wins For Slate Titles ‘Sujo’ & ‘In The Land Of Brothers’ - deadline.com - Mexico - Iran - city Venice
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16.02.2024

Alpha Violet Boards Uruguayan Drama ‘Don’t You Let Me Go’ Following Sundance Wins For Slate Titles ‘Sujo’ & ‘In The Land Of Brothers’

EXCLUSIVE: Alpha Violet has acquired world sales rights for Uruguayan filmmaking duo Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge’s new drama Don’t You Let Me Go, exploring themes of friendship and death.

‘My Favourite Cake’ Review: A Romantic Confection That Rises Sweetly, Until It Crumbles - variety.com - Iran - Berlin - city Tehran
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16.02.2024

‘My Favourite Cake’ Review: A Romantic Confection That Rises Sweetly, Until It Crumbles

Jessica Kiang How late is too late? It’s a question that besets Mahin (Lily Farhadpour) a 70-year-old retired nurse who sleeps late, whose late husband is late by 30 years, and who is beginning to wonder if her loneliness might become untenable as late-life gets later still. But the question could also be asked of “My Favourite Cake” itself, which after leaning into Farhadpour’s ample charisma and the lovely, whimsical chemistry she strikes up with co-star Esmail Mehrabi, takes a strangely bitter turn in its home stretch, like a spongy confection whose dangerously high sucrose levels you are only just getting used to, when an unwelcome bit of grit chips a tooth.

Berlin Festival Deals With Impact of the Gaza War, Filmmaker Protests and Cancellations - variety.com - Ukraine - Russia - Germany - Iran - Berlin - Israel - Palestine
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16.02.2024

Berlin Festival Deals With Impact of the Gaza War, Filmmaker Protests and Cancellations

Berlinale, which looks to be one of the most politically charged editions in recent history. Several filmmakers have already canceled their participation to the festival in protest of Germany’s attitude towards Palestinian voices, while more than 50 Berlinale workers have signed an open letter this week demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and asking that the festival leadership take a “stronger institutional stance” on what the statement calls “the current assault on Palestinian life” and calling on the festival to take a stance that is “consistent with those taken in response to other events that have struck the international community in recent years.” The war in Gaza followed Hamas’ attacks on Israel on Oct.

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