Author: Bijan Tehrani

THE SHADOW FOREST directed by Andrzej Cichocki won Cinema Without Borders Bridging The Borders Award for the Best Short Film at 2015 Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles. Here is the jury statement: “Cinema Without Borders Bridging The Borders Award for the Best Short Film at Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles goes to a film that shows that fear does not know any borders. Man has shared the fear of being hunted over the centuries and just in tragedy of those looking for a better place to live. The winner our award uses the language of filmmaking at its best to…

Polish short film INTERRUPTION shows when confronted to the hard situations in life, everyone tends to react differently. How we take it often depends on our physical endurance and our baggage of experiences. The film tells the story of a family, which during their normal day activity learns about some terrible news. INTERRUPTION has won Cinema Without Borders Special Jury Award at the 2015 Polish Film Festival Los Angeles. Adam Suzin, director, writer and cinematographer of INTERRUPTION was born in 1992 in Warsaw, Poland. A 3rd-year Cinematography student at The Lodz Film School. He participated in the ‘World from Down…

From the 1970s thru the 1990s, there was no hipper, no more outrageous comedy in print than The National Lampoon, the groundbreaking humor magazine that pushed the limits of taste and acceptability – and then pushed them even harder.  Parodying everything from politics, religion, entertainment and the whole of American lifestyle, the Lampoon eventually went on to branch into successful radio shows, record albums, live stage revues and movies, including ANIMAL HOUSE and NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION, launching dozens of huge careers on the way. Director Douglas Tirola’s documentary DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD:  THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON – tells…

Magdalena Lazarkiewicz, screenwriter and film director is one of the guests of Polish Film Festival Los Angeles that two of her films will be screened at the festival: KARSKI and DISAPPEARANCE. Magdalena studied cultural knowledge at the University of Wroclaw (graduated in 1976). In 1977-1978, she was the literary director of the Jaracz Theatre in Olsztyn. In 1982 she graduated from the Faculty of Radio and Television University of Silesia in Katowice. During her film studies she worked as assistant to Andrzej Wajda and her film debut came from under her Professor Krzysztof Kieslowski’s patronage and since then has been…

In 2015 edition of Polish Film Festival. Los Angeles ‘Warsaw By Night’ will be screened, we had an interview with Alex Gruz, who is the music composer for this beautiful film. Alex Gruz is a young Warsaw-born and UK-based composer with a strong focus on innovation, and emotion. His constant thirst for finding new sounds and capturing the beauty of the moment translates into deep, moving pieces that subtly enhance the emotion of a scene they are written for. As a conceptualist, Alex writes his music with strong attention to detail, making sure his pieces are coherent and well thought…

In EAST SIDE SUSHI  we witness that years of working in the food industry have made Juana’s hands fast-very fast. She can slice and dice anything you throw at her with great speed and precision. When Juana gives up her fruit- vending cart in order to find a more secure job, she lands a position as a kitchen assistant at a local Japanese restaurant. It is here she discovers a whole new world of cuisine and culture, far- removed from everything she has ever known. While working in the restaurant, Juana secretly observes the sushi chefs and eventually teaches herself…

Ave Maria – Palestinian, 2015, 14 Minute Running TimeAdditional Countries: France, GermanyNorth American PremiereA Jewish family’s car breaks down outside a nunnery during Shabat, inadvertently knocking off the head of the Virgin Mary. The driver’s mother and wife are eager to return home. After exhausting all options they turn to the nuns for help.DIRECTOR: Basil KhalilProducer: Eric DupontEditor: Basil KhalilScreenwriter: Daniel Yáñez Khalil, Basil KhalilCinematographer: Eric MizrahiMusic: Jamie SerafiPrincipal Cast: Maria Zreik, Maya Koren, Huda Al-Imam, Shady Srour, Ruth Farhi For Oscar consideration screening info please check http://www.laemmle.com/films/39781 – today September 17 is the last chance to see this film.

Pallett a well known Iranian band for their modern approach to Iranian traditional music and blending it with western music starts its US tour this week at LOS ANGELES on Sunday September 13. https://youtu.be/oSjS6LERiUk http://events.kodoom.com/…/los-angeles-ca/pallett-…/75907/e/

In Jean-Jacques Annaud’s film adaptation of Jiang Rong’s best-selling novel, a young Beijing student is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads’ traditional enemies – the marauding wolves – to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world. WOLF TOTEM stars Feng Shaofeng, Shawn Dou, with Ankhnyam Ragchaa, Yin Zhusheng, and Basen Zhabu. Bijan Tehtani:   In most of your film you deal with life in a different time or you explore the world in a…

The 2015 FICG in LA, which returns to the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood for its fifth year and runs from Thursday, August 27 to Sunday, August 30, brings the best of contemporary Mexican and Latin American cinema to Los Angeles, and is an extension of the Guadalajara International Film Festival. Featuring outstanding and award-winning titles from FICG30, which ran from March 6-15, 2015 in Guadalajara, FICG in LA will offer the premiere of other titles that have emerged in the world of cinema throughout the year to great critical acclaim. The aim of the festival is to increase access and visibility of…