Bijan Tehrani
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Bijan Tehrani
a film director, film critic and writer, works as editor in chief of Cinema Without Borders while teaching Language of Film at The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles. Bijan has won several awards in international film festivals and book fairs for his short films and children's books.
Michal Sedlacek talks about the The first annual Czech Filmfest 2012
The first annual Czech Filmfest 2012 will take place at the Cinefamily Theater in Hollywood between May 16 to May 24, 2012. The festival will introduce both new and classic Czech movies to film audiences in Los Angeles, and several successful directors and actors will be present to promote their ... Full story
"Lebanon is surprising – even to the Lebanese", Fareed Majari, director of SEX & BEIRUT
Fareed C. Majari director of Sex & Beirut is the new director of the Goethe-Institute Los Angeles. He studied English and Slavonic Studies in Marburg, Germany, and Coventry, U.K. and Film at the All-State Film Institute in Moscow. He worked ... Full story
Kang Je-kyu talks about his film, MY WAY, the most expensive film ever made in Korea
My Way, an epic telling of a WWII story that no one has ever heard before, is the latest film from Korea’s game-changing Director Jegyu Kang After emerging as bitter rivals and enemies as young marathon runners, Korean native Kim ... Full story
FIGHTVILLE
Fightville examines the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), which over the past decade has grown from a controversial gladiatorial sideshow into a billion-dollar international industry. But Fightville looks beyond the spotlight of Las Vegas and focuses on the fighters, ... Full story
"17 Girls" at COL*COA 2012
17 Girls is based on a headline-grabbing incident in the U.S., sister directing duo Delphine and Muriel Coulin’s provocative debut feature - which they also co-wrote - follows the fallout in a sleepy French coastal town of Brittany, when a ... Full story
Shannon Kelley talks about UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema
A few days ago and after posting my interview with Parviz Sayyad, the Iranian filmmaker, Shannon Kelley, Head of Public Programs at UCLA Film & Television Archive, contacted me to clarify a few issues that was discussed in my interview ... Full story
A conversation about Kino Croatia 2012
After several years of absence we can see again a special presentation of Croatian films at American Cinematheque in Los Angeles. The new series, called Kino Croatia, will take place April 13th through April 15th at the Aero Theater in ... Full story
Francois Truffart talks about COL*COA 2012 and High School Screenings Program
City of Lights, City of Angels (COL•COA) was created in 1996 by The Franco-American Cultural Fund, a unique collaborative effort of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, the Writers Guild of America West, and France’s Society of ... Full story
Parviz Sayyad talks about filmmaking in exile and politics & Cinema
Parviz Sayyad actor, writer, film, theater and television director and producer is one of the most famous actors among the masses in Iran while among the film fans and film critics he is known films that he has directed and ... Full story
Harper Lee: Hey, Boo, on PBS
Harper Lee: Hey, Boo illuminates the phenomenon behind Lee's first and only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the 1962 film version, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Offering an unprecedented look into Lee's mysterious life, Emmy winning filmmaker Mary ... Full story
A conversation with Pamela Roberts about Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel engages leading historians, biographers and personal friends to reveal a complex woman who experienced profound identity shifts during her life and struggled with the two great issues of her day: the changing role of women and ... Full story
Last Days Here, a documentary about Bobby Liebling’s life and Music
LAST DAYS HERE, the new documentary from Don Argott and Demian Fenton (THE ART OF THE STEAL, ROCK SCHOOL), is a raw, yet unexpectedly touching chronicle of cult metal legend Bobby Liebling’s bid to resurrect his life and career after ... Full story
VW Scheich talks about Wallenda
VW Scheich is writer/director of Wallenda, a short period drama about Karl Wallenda’s first high wire performance years before he became the patriarch of The Flying Wallendas, the famous troupe known for its death-defying feats. Wallenda was a unique project ... Full story
Sound Of Noise
In Sound Of Noise a Swedish film, Police officer Amadeus Warnebring has been born into a musical family with a long history of famous musicians. Ironically, he hates music. His life is thrown into chaos when a band of crazy ... Full story
Looking Back: Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest, LA
Sunday, February 19th set-off the start of the Los Angeles-Italia Film, Fashion, and Art Fest—a week-long affair where some of the best contemporary art from all of Italy was on display at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Filmmakers and fans ... Full story
The Forgiveness of Blood
Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlin Film Festival, the powerful and richly textured second feature from Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace) focuses on an Albanian family caught up in a blood feud. Nik (Tristan ... Full story
FOOTNOTE, OSCAR nominee
FOOTNOTE, directed by Joseph Cedar, is the tale of a great rivalry between a father and son. Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are both eccentric professors who have dedicated their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies. The father, Eliezer, is a ... Full story
Chico And Rita, nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar
Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque) and Spain’s most successful designer Javier Mariscal’s new animated film Chico & Rita is nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.Trueba and Mariscal, close collaborators and friends for many years, celebrate their passion for ... Full story
MONSIEUR LAZHAR, Oscar nominee
MONSIEUR LAZHAR, directed by Philippe Falardeau, is a Canadian film nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 2012 Oscars.In Montreal, an elementary school teacher dies abruptly. Having learned of the incident in the newspaper, Bachir Lazhar (Fellag), ... Full story
Tuba Atlantic, nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film Oscar
Recent film school grad, Hallvar Witzo, got off an 18 hour flight and arrived at the Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon to find himself sitting next to his idols, Martin Scorsese and Steven Speilberg. Hallvar candidly expressed, "This is a big ... Full story