Author: Bijan Tehrani

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Historic Sign Trust announce “The White Party” celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the Hollywood Sign presented by the Hollywood Museum. The historic event will be held on Thursday, Sept. 19th, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Drai’s Hollywood.To learn more about the event we talked to Donelle Dadigan, President of Hollywood Museum. Bijan tehrani: Please tell us a little bit about the Hollywood sign event?Donelle Dadigan: We are celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Hollywood sign, it is so thrilling because in its entire life it has had one bit facelift in…

The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, and the American Cinematheque will celebrate the 7th edition of German Currents on October 4th through 7th, 2013 at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Fareed C. Majari director who talked to Bijan Tehrani about 2013 German Current, is the 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 as visiting professor at the University of Connecticut and taught German at the Goethe-Institute Munich. For the Goethe-Institute he developed software for Computer Assisted Language Learning…

14th Edition of Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles opens on October 8 and continues until October 17. In order to learn more about 2013 the Polish Film Festival, Los Angele, we had the opportunity of talking to Vladek Juszkiewicz director and founder of the festival. Bijan Tehrani: Please tell us about Polish Film Festival , LA and what will be new in 2013 edition of the festival?Vladek Juszkiewicz : This is the 14th edition of the Festival. We will be screening 56 features, shorts, documentaries and animations.For the first time ever we will be screening films at two different locations,…

WADJDA is a movie of firsts. This first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia is the story of a young girl living in a suburb of Riyadh determined to raise enough money to buy a bike in a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl’s virtue. Even more impressive, WADJDA is the first feature film made by a female Saudi filmmaker. In a country where cinemas are banned and women cannot drive or vote, writer- director Haifaa Al Mansour has broken many barriers with her new film.WADJDA had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, was…

Last week and during the HP Workstations Global Launch event in New York, I had the opportunity of speaking to two new HP customers on camera. Mark Russell, Director/Visual Effect Supervisor and Henric Larsson, founder and CEO of Chimney, they both had switched from using Apple computers to use HP workstations. Mark Russell. Director/Visual Effect SupervisorAfter attending the University of Southern California, Mark began his career in film production in Los Angeles, working on groundbreaking films such as Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, and Hellboy. Since moving to New York, he has supervised the visual effects in independent projects like…

Terraferma happens on a tiny, remote Sicilian island, where a local woman and an immigrant find themselves at odds with each other and yet are united by the same dream: a better future for their children, their very own Terraferma. Terraferma is not only a navigator’s point of arrival; it is also an island with deeply rooted traditions which appear to have stopped in time. And it is the issue of time standing still that is creating upheaval in the Pucillo family. Ernesto is 70 years old; he hates change and doesn’t want his fishing boat to be scrapped. His…

At Siggraph 2013 HP announced the first professional monitors of the new Z Display family as well as new entry-level Z Workstations that offer reliable and flexible workstation performance at PC-like prices. HP is continuing to drive innovation across an evolving workplace with the introduction of the HP Z22i, Z23i and Z24i IPS Displays. Offering outstanding image accuracy and mission-critical reliability, the HP Z Displays are optimized for use with HP Z Workstations. HP Z Displays are ideal for engineers, architects, designers and photographers who require image accuracy at an affordable price. Building upon HP’s award-winning Z series of workstations,…

In a hotel on the west coast of Sicily a group of international jazz artists are rehearsing and getting ready to go on tour. As they are preparing, two women from the favelas of Rio show up. The women tell the musicians that Darcy, a famous percussionist and old friend of the bandleader has gone missing and they believe that a witchdoctor, paid by drug smugglers, is responsible. One thing is clear: Darcy must be found. The musicians finally figure out, after much consideration, what to do; and the bandleader and an actor set out in search of the Candomblé…

This weekend is the 51st Anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s passing and in celebration The Hollywood Museum is hosting several events. Marilyn: The Exhibit is the largest exhibit of authentic items, costumes and personal memorabilia in the United States and the backdrop of the Marilyn weekend events.In order to learn more about this event we interviewed Donelle Dadigan Founder and President of the Hollywood Museum.Bijan Tehrani: Can you tell us a little bit about the event this weekend at the Hollywood Museum.Donelle Dadigan: We are thrilled because the event marks the anniversary of the 51st year since Marilyn Monroe’s passing. ON…

The Patience Stone captures the reality of everyday life for an intelligent woman under the oppressive weight of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.Somewhere, in Afghanistan or elsewhere, in a country torn apart by a war… A beautiful woman in her thirties watches over her husband who has fallen into a coma. After ten years of living under his control, with no voice of her own, she finally has the upper hand. And with that, the safety to reveal to him her deepest desires, pains and secrets, stories she could never share with anyone for fear of retribution. And it is…