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Iranian Teenage Love Sparks ‘Circumstance’
Susan Gerhard
Sep 10, 2011
Director, producer speak of challenges, inspirations behind a story of the urban Iranian underground.
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Iranian Teenage Love Sparks ‘Circumstance’
Susan Gerhard
Sep 10, 2011
Director, producer speak of challenges, inspirations behind a story of the urban Iranian underground.
September 15, 2011

Iranian Teenage Love Sparks ‘Circumstance’
Susan Gerhard
Sep 10, 2011
Director, producer speak of challenges, inspirations behind a story of the urban Iranian underground.
August 18, 2011

‘The Arbor’s’ ‘Verbatim Theatre’ Approach Strikes Chord
Dennis Harvey
Aug 16, 2011
Clio Barnard's ‘The Arbor’ takes a fascinating and unconventional look at Andrea Dunbar's brief, brilliant career.
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‘The Arbor’s’ ‘Verbatim Theatre’ Approach Strikes Chord
Dennis Harvey
Aug 16, 2011
Clio Barnard's ‘The Arbor’ takes a fascinating and unconventional look at Andrea Dunbar's brief, brilliant career.
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‘The Arbor’s’ ‘Verbatim Theatre’ Approach Strikes Chord
Dennis Harvey
Aug 16, 2011
Clio Barnard's ‘The Arbor’ takes a fascinating and unconventional look at Andrea Dunbar's brief, brilliant career.
August 11, 2011

Miranda July Throws Cautionary Tale to the Wind with ‘The Future’
Sean Uyehara
Aug 8, 2011
The filmmaker talks about time, life, storytelling and her new film, ‘The Future.’
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Miranda July Throws Cautionary Tale to the Wind with ‘The Future’
Sean Uyehara
Aug 8, 2011
The filmmaker talks about time, life, storytelling and her new film, ‘The Future.’
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Miranda July Throws Cautionary Tale to the Wind with ‘The Future’
Sean Uyehara
Aug 8, 2011
The filmmaker talks about time, life, storytelling and her new film, ‘The Future.’
June 28, 2011

'Cultures of Resistance'
Jun 30, 2011
Award-winning 2010 doc 'Cultures of Resistance' captures the ways artists, musicians and other cultural producers create political change through art, from Iran to China to other points worldwide. The event features a live interview with director Iara Lee via Skype after screening; ticket sales benefit clean water efforts for children in Gaza. Plays at Berkeley City College. More at mecaforpeace.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘Circumstance’
May 1, 2011
The Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner, ‘Circumstance,’ which tells the story of two Iranian women who fall in love, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on May 1 and May 3. Director Maryam Keshavarz attends each screening of her debut feature. More at fest11.sffs.org.
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Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates
Dennis Harvey
Mar 18, 2011
Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.
March 24, 2011

Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates
Dennis Harvey
Mar 18, 2011
Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.
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Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates
Dennis Harvey
Mar 18, 2011
Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.
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Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates
Dennis Harvey
Mar 18, 2011
Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.
March 24, 2011

Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates
Dennis Harvey
Mar 18, 2011
Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.
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Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates
Dennis Harvey
Mar 18, 2011
Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.
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YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011
YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
March 17, 2011

YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011
YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
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YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011
YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
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YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011
YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
March 17, 2011

YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011
YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
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YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011
YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
News & Blogs

Variety: "Roadside, Participant on 'Circumstance'"
Feb 15, 2011
Variety: "Marking another acquisition partnership coming out of the Sundance Film Festival, Roadside Attractions will team with Participant Media," handling U.S. theatrical distribution rights of writer and director Maryam Keshavarz's Iranian drama 'Circumstance.' More at variety.com.
Feb 3 2011

Sundance Awards 'Circumstance,' 'Another Happy Day'
Susan Gerhard
Jan 30, 2011
Ten days of audience voting and jury contemplation lead to a barrel of awards for directors, writers.
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Sundance Awards 'Circumstance,' 'Another Happy Day'
Susan Gerhard
Jan 30, 2011
Ten days of audience voting and jury contemplation lead to a barrel of awards for directors, writers.
January 31, 2011

Sundance Awards 'Circumstance,' 'Another Happy Day'
Susan Gerhard
Jan 30, 2011
Ten days of audience voting and jury contemplation lead to a barrel of awards for directors, writers.
News & Blogs

Sundance Awards 'Circumstance,' 'Another Happy Day'
Susan Gerhard
Jan 30, 2011
Ten days of audience voting and jury contemplation lead to a barrel of awards for directors, writers.
September 14, 2010

Iranian Film Festival
Sep 18, 2010
San Francisco Art Institute hosts the third annual Iranian Film Festival with more than two dozen films and a special tribute to Fakhri Khorvash, who appears in person along with a screening of 1974 film 'Prince Ehtejab.'
News & Blogs

IndieWIRE: Kiarostami's Letter at Cannes
May 18, 2010
A letter from Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami speaks out against Ministry of Guidance and Islamic Cutlure and in solidarity with detained director Jafar Panahi.
Reviews

Beyond 'Berlin,' Eggers' New German Gems
Michael Fox
Feb 26, 2010
The moving arrow anoints a new hot spot of contemporary cinema every few years, and then moves on. Yet Germany never makes the cool list.
Festivals

SF Indiefest at Twelve
Matt Sussman
Feb 4, 2010
It s a strange time for independent film, with scaled-back specialty divisions and online self-distribution, but SF Indiefest remains a champion of the unsung and un-buzzable.
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Kim Longinotto and Women Make Movies Film Festival
Adam Hartzell
Aug 27, 2009
A mini-retrospective of the work of Kim Longinotto plays during the Women Make Movies Film Festival at the Roxie.
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Social Justice and the S.F. Jewish Film Festival
Michael Fox
Jul 22, 2009
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival arrives with an expansive program spotlighting the Jewish tradition of social justice and human rights.
In Production

Cyrus Omoomian's 'Democracy': From Iran to Chile
Michael Fox
May 26, 2009
Iranian filmmaker Cyrus Omoomian documents post-Pinochet Chile in work-in-progress Pushing Towards Democracy.
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'Strand' Follows Thread to Rep Cinema's Glory Days
Michael Fox
Feb 3, 2009
In Strand: A Natural History of Cinema, Christian Bruno pays homage to the pivotal and shifting role of movie theaters in San Francisco's cultural life.
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Autobio-Animation and the Horrors of War
Dennis Harvey
Jan 6, 2009
Waltz with Bashir is another animated feature that embraces a more grown-up story and audience than anything in the long history of "cartoons."
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Crossing Borders with 'Fraulein'
Dennis Harvey
Oct 21, 2008
A director who lives in both Switzerland and New York leads a Swiss-German coproduction about two women from former Yugoslavian territories who meet in Zurich.
Q & A

Vida Ghahremani: Star is Reborn in Wayne Wang's Latest
Judy Stone
Sep 24, 2008
When Vida Ghahremani became a movie star at 16 in the Shah's Iran, she felt as if she were in prison.
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Vida Ghahremani: Star is Reborn in Wayne Wang's Latest
Judy Stone
Sep 24, 2008
When Vida Ghahremani became a movie star at 16 in the Shah's Iran, she felt as if she were in prison.
Reviews

Kiarostami Firsts, Plus "Five"
Judy Stone
Feb 26, 2008
Fresh insight into the Iranian director is offered in a remarkable DVD featuring Five, an experimental, meditative film set on the shores of the Caspian.
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Kiarostami Firsts, Plus "Five"
Judy Stone
Feb 26, 2008
Fresh insight into the Iranian director is offered in a remarkable DVD featuring Five, an experimental, meditative film set on the shores of the Caspian.
Reviews

Abbas Kiarostami: "Image Maker"
Robert Avila
Aug 2, 2007
An impressive PFA series runs alongside an exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum of Kiarostami's striking photographic work.
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Things You May or May Not Know About Miranda July
Johnny Ray Huston
Oct 19, 2006
For close to a decade now, Miranda July has been exploring and often crossing the traditional boundaries between life and the movies.
Festivals

Overview of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival
Michael Fox
Jul 20, 2006
The sudden climate change in the Middle East has had a tone-altering effect on the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, where the war will be Topic A.
Reviews

Tehran Contemporary Art Exhibit On Tour
Robert Avila
Mar 23, 2006
The documentary Persian Garden chronicles the grandest art exhibition in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.
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Tehran Contemporary Art Exhibit On Tour
Robert Avila
Mar 23, 2006
The documentary Persian Garden chronicles the grandest art exhibition in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.
Festivals

Tiburon Film Festival Turns a Tourist Town Around
Louise Carroll
Mar 9, 2006

The newest film festival on the dock, Tiburon International, turns a tourist town around.

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