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This year, the Oscar for animated short film went to “In the Shadow of the Cypress,” a wordless 20-minute animated film from married Iranian directors Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi. The film explores a father’s post-traumatic stress disorder—representing the difficulties of ...
Now in its 43rd year, the Vancouver International Film Festival brings cinema from around the world to the heart of Vancouver. This year's festival offers a diverse and thoughtful line-up of Persian or Iran-related movies, such as "Googoosh: Made of Fire." Everyone and anyone ...
Last week, The Smithsonian Museum of National Art in Washington DC featured "Grass" (the 1924 legendary documentary about the Bakhtiari people's harrowing migration) with musical accompaniment by Iranian American musician Kamyar Arsani, a master of the traditional Iranian frame ...
Today, many Iranians choose their spouse after months of dating and courtship. But just a few generations ago, courtship was an elaborate and ceremonious process heavily influenced by the elders in the family. The following 1962 short film (Khastegari, meaning courtship in ...
This year, Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) celebrates its 42nd year. The annual festival showcases world-class cinema in one of the world’s most scenic metropolitan areas. And this year's spectacular roster includes great cinema from around the globe, live ...
Culture and Entertainment news, Kodoom.com /Several award-winning Iranian Films will be featured in this year's Vancouver International Film Festival (September 29 through October 9)./Filled with fascinating, warm characters, No Prior Appointment provides a vibrant glimpse of ...
News Headlines, Kodoom.com /These headlines are a sample of most visited news titles translated from Persian, aggregated from hundreds of reliable news sources on a daily basis by Kodoom News Robot. To see the complete news sources (in Persian), click on the Farsi فارسی language ...
Entertainment and Culture Blog /Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is back this year, celebrating its 40th anniversary with both in-person and virtual film experiences. Representing Iran are three films being featured this year: Hit the Road, Maya and Bone Marrow./VIFF ...
Culture and Entertainment Blog /Iranian director Majid Majidi, whose Children of Heaven (1997) was the first Iranian film to be nominated for an Academy Award, returns with Sun Children, Iran's submission for this year's Best International Feature Film Oscar (Not shortlisted). ...
