Author: Bijan Tehrani

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…

A high speed roadtrip through modern creativity, STATION TO STATION is a revolutionary feature comprised of 62 one-minute films highlighting an exciting and eclectic mix of artists, musicians, writers, places, and perspectives. In the summer of 2013, a train designed as a kinetic light sculpture by artist Doug Aitken traveled from New York City to San Francisco over 24 days. Rolling into ten stations on the route, the train set in motion a series of happenings, each unique to its location and mix of creative participants. The film includes profiles, intimate moments on the train, conversations, and performances at the…

Aviva Kempner’s Rosenwald is the incredible story of Julius Rosenwald, who never finished high school, but rose to become the President of Sears.  Influenced by the writings of the educator Booker T. Washington, this Jewish philanthropist joined forces with African American communities during the Jim Crow South to build over 5,300 schools during the early part of the 20th century. Inspired by the Jewish ideals of tzedakah, (charity), and tikkunolam, (repairing the world), and a deep concern over racial inequality in America, Julius Rosenwald used his wealth to become one of America’s most effective philanthropists. Because of his modesty, Rosenwald’s…

Last week we had the opportunity to interview Barry Ward and Simone Kirby, the main cast of a beautiful and entertaining film, JIMMY’S HALL, directed by Ken Loach.In 1921 Jimmy Gralton’s sin was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads in an Ireland on the brink of Civil War. The Pearse-Connolly Hall was a place where young people could come to learn, to argue, to dream… but above all to dance and have fun. As the hall grew in popularity its socialist and free-spirited reputation brought it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced Jimmy…

2015 PALM SPRINGS INT’L SHORTFEST has started today and continues until Monday June 22. The following is an interview with Darryl Macdonald director of the Palm Springs Film Society and film festivals about 2015 SHORTFEST. Bijan Tehrani: It’s time again for another exciting Palm Springs ShortFest International Film Festival. Cinema Without Borders is proud of having a part in this amazing festival since 2007. How things have grown for ShortFest during this nine years?Darryl Macdonald: Well, for one thing we’ve doubled the number of filmmakers attending ShortFest from all over the world. At the 2005 event we hosted roughly 250 filmmakers,…