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IFF - 2018 Tickets on Sale Now: The 11th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco
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September 22-23, 2018
Welcome to the 11th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran. This year, the festival presents 48 films ranging from fiction, documentary, animation, short, children, music video….to experimental….from Iran, USA, Italy, France, Singapore, Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany, Austria, Morocco….
We are happy and proud to continue our mission to discover and support the next generation of Iranian filmmakers living and working around the world, while we honor the veteran filmmakers for their distinguished careers. Please join us to celebrate the outstanding works of Iranian filmmakers.
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Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran, which showcases independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the world, will present 48 films at its 11th annual event. The films range from fiction, documentary, animation, short....to music video.

Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat, an internationally major artist working in the media of photography, film and video, was born in Qazvin, Iran. She came to the US as a teenager. She studied painting at the University of California at Berkeley, where she earned an MFA. After a decade-long hiatus from the art world, she emerged again as photographer and filmmaker and in 1996, Neshat began working with film, eager to create more poetic, open-ended works. She produced a trilogy of split-screen video installations: Turbulent (1998), Rapture (1999), Soliloquy (1999), followed by: Fervor (2000), Passage (2001), Tooba (2002), and her first feature film Women Without Men (2009). Her work has appeared in biennial shows in cities around the world, including Sydney, Istanbul, Venice, Johannesburg, and New York. Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco is honored to present her latest film Looking for Oum Kulthum on Saturday, September 22 at 7:30 pm.
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------------------------------------------ September 22-23, 2018 ------------------------------------------ Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco 6 Beach Road, 544 Tiburon, CA 94920 USA info@IranianFilmFestival.org www.IranianFilmFestival.org Supporting the Iranian Film Culture©
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Winners of the 2017 ‘Sepanta Awards’
Best Film: Malaria Best Director: Parviz Shahbazi, for: Malaria Best Actor: Ali Mosaffa, for: Duet Best Actress: Mitra Hajar, for: Wishbone Best Screenplay: Parviz Shahbazi, for: Malaria Best Cinematography: Roberto Cimatti, for: Mountain Best Documentary: Iran’s Arrow, by: Shahin Armin & Sohrab Daryabandari Best Short Film: Tanavob (Periodicity) Best Director for a Short Film: Ali Khoshdouni, for: Tanavob (Periodicity) Best Screenplay for a Short Film: Kaveh Mazaheri, for: Retouch Best Short Documentary: We Skate in Iran, by: Benjamin Aryani Best Actor in a Short Film: Homayoun Ershadi, for: Blue Lantern Best Actress in a Short Film: Katrin Aslani, for: Red Peace Best Cinematography for a Short Film: Sarkew Mesgari, for: White House Best Music Video: Where is Picasso, by: Massod Vadiee Best Animation: The Switchman, by: Mehdi Khorramain Best Experimental Film: The Big Nothing, by: Kaveh Kazemzadeh
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