The Apology depicts the personal journey of three women whose lives were upended when they were forced into sexual slavery during World War II. United Nations researchers report that between 1931 and 1945, the Japanese military forced an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 women and girls into institutionalized sexual slavery. Euphemistically referred to as “comfort women,” they typically ranged in age from 11 to 33 and were taken from Japanese colonies from Korea to Indonesia. Mobilized through forced recruitment, kidnapping, false employment offers or sale by family members and employers, they served in brothels supervised by the Japanese military. Seventy years…
Author: Bijan Tehrani
Bijan Tehrani
Bijan (Hassan) Tehrani Founder and Editor in Chief of Cinema Without Borders, is a film director, writer, and a film critic, his first article appeared in a weekly film publication in Iran 45 years ago. Bijan founded Cinema Without Borders, an online publication dedicated to promotion of international cinema in the US and around the globe, eighteen years ago and still works as its editor in chief. Bijan is has also been a columnist and film critic for the Iranian monthly film related medias for 45 years and during the past 5 years he has been a permanent columnist and film reviewer for Film Emrooz (Film Today), a popular Iranian monthly print film magazine. Bijan has won several awards in international film festivals and book fairs for his short films and children's books as well as for his services to the international cinema. Bijan is a member of Iranian Film Writers Critics Society and International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). He is also an 82nd Golden Globe Awards voter.
The Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles, opens on October 18 and runs through November 1st. Here is the complete program of the festival: 18th Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles, First Week at Laemmle’s Royal Theater 11523 Santa Monica Blvd. West L.A., CA 90025 310-478-3836 Thursday, October18. 8:00pm Valami Amerika 3 SPECIAL EVENT – OPENING NIGHT Friday, October 19. 12:00pm Boxi,Budapest Bar 60min *FREE SCREENING 1:30pm Cube Man, Meghalni Ukrajnaert, Menjek- Maradjak 118min *FREE SCREENING 4:00pm Hegeduorszag, A Vituoz 105min *FREE SCREENING 6:30pm A Belso oldal, Szabo Magda vilagsikere, A modern cirkusz atyja 117min *FREE SCREENING 9:00pm Budapest Bar, Pesti…
Polish Film Festival, LA opens on October 17th and concludes on October 25th. The following is the complete program of the festival: Laemmle’s Monica Film Center, 1332 2ND Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310/394-9744) Parking:City Parking Structure #4, directly across the street from the theatre. – First 90 minutes free; $1.00 for the next hour; $2.00 each additional 30 minutes; $20.00 maximum on weekdays, $25.00 maximum on weekends Thursday, October 18, 2018 (in person: Ida Nowakowska, John Castagna, Stefan Wenta, Jesse Orrall) 7:00 p.m. Shorts – 1: DREGS (Fusy) by Kordian Kadziela (2017, 28 min.) MODUS OPERANDI by Remigiusz Biernacki…
Social-justice filmmakers are in constant search for important and crucial sources for subjects for their films. The new book by Medea Benjamin, Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran, opens new horizons for those in search of captivating and pertinent issues. Inside Iran is a very honest and precise look into the relationship between Iran and the USA. The current U.S. administration’s policy of imposing unfair sanctions and beating the war drum by leaving the Iran Nuclear deal puts the lives of millions of Iranians at risk. Iran is among the nations listed in…
LUCAS – International Festival for Young Film Lovers, announced the winning films of the festival in an award ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany. Lucas International Film Festival For Young Film Lovers started on September 20th and concluded on September 27th. A total of 9500 people attended this festival in its eight days duration and 21 feature films and several short films had participated at the festival competitions. Lucas International Film Festival For Young Film Lovers has nine awards that six of them is offered by Lucas . This year for the first time Cinema Without Borders award it’s GoE Bridging The…
After his mother’s sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo’s coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief. Socrates was produced by a crew of 16-20-year-olds from the Querô Institute, a UNICEF-supported project that provides social inclusion through filmmaking to underrepresented youths in the Baixada Santista region of São Paulo, Brazil. Produced by Ramin Bahrani (99 HOMES) and filmed with a micro budget of under twenty thousand dollars, Socrates is the debut feature film from 29-year-old Brazilian-American director Alex Moratto. Bijan Tehrani: Could we call Socrates a social justice film?…
LUCAS – International Festival for Young Film Lovers was opened on Thursday September 20th at Deutsche Filmmuseum in city of Frankfurt, Germany. The opening ceremony was started by Sylvia Weber’s welcome speech. After Sylvia Weber, Programming Head of Lucas, Fleissig, Director of the festival thanked filmmakers speech, that had participated in the festival and called cooperation with Cinema Without Borders for offering the GoE Bridging The Borders Award a good opportunity. https://vimeo.com/291387989 The ceremony was followed by showing teasers from the participating films and a cocktail party and concluded by screening of Transcendence directed by Wally Pfister.
In London’s CAMA, a gallery dedicated to the contemporary and modern art and opened by Tehran’s CAMA gallery there is an exhibition of photos by Iranian Filmmakers such as Jafar Panahi, the late Abbas Kiarostami, Nasser Taghvai, Kamran Shirdel, Majid Barzegar, Ebrahim Golestan and cinematographer Seifollah Samadian. The exhibition Time Lapse is at CAMA, London, until 2 October. The Guardian has published fifteen photos of this exhibition in a photo gallery that we present it to you in the video below: https://vimeo.com/290634159 About this exhibition CAMA’s site mentions: CAMA Gallery of Iranian art presents an exhibition of photographs by 7…
LUCAS – International Festival for Young Film Lovers, has announced nominees for the Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging The Borders Award sponsored by Go Energistics. The five feature films nominated for GoE Bridging The Borders Award are: Glasses (Einak) from Iran, Girl In Flight (La Fuga) from Chile/Italy, Amateurs from Sweden, Saturday Church from US and Rafiki from Zambia. A jury of seven formed by CWB will decide the winning film and Yeganeh Taheri, Cinema Without Borders Editor in Germany will present GoE Bridging The Borders Award to the winner at the festival’s award ceremony on September 27. https://vimeo.com/290400092 Nominees: Glasses IR 2017. D: Reza Aghaei. 74 min. Fiction film. Farsi OV with Eng.…
Souls of Totality, a short film directed by Richard Raymond happens during the Great American Eclipse, this is a love story about the sacrifices we make for love. Lady 18 (Tatiana Maslany) and Guy 3 (Tom Cullen) have a secret. They are members of a cult that believes if they die during a Solar Eclipse their souls will be taken to paradise. But that’s not their secret… They are also profoundly in love. Richard Raymond to introduce Souls of Totality in the video below: https://vimeo.com/289314957 Richard Raymond started his career at Pinewood Studios when he was 15 years old, establishing himself…