Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, firsthand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily life during the conflict through the eyes and unwaveringly optimistic presence of Fatma, a talented photographer whose generation is trapped in an endless cycle of war, famine, and resistance. Her conversations with Farsi bring us into the heart of the conflict, even while their physical distance underscores the dire situation inside Gaza. Put Your Soul On Your…
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Born in Iraq but having lived in Norway for the last three decades, Zaradasht Ahmed returns to film in his homeland again after his successful documentary feature Nowhere to Hide [+] (2016), which won the IDFA Award for Best Feature-length Documentary. His latest, The Lions by the River Tigris [+], which premiered at CPH:DOX, features citizens of Mosul who care deeply about the lost cultural heritage of their city amid the ruins of war, especially a beautiful gate with lions – hence the movie’s title. On the occasion of its screening at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan, we sat down to talk about the loss of…
The Wheel of Time is an American fantasy television series developed by Rafe Judkins for Amazon Prime Video. The series is based on the book series of the same name by Robert Jordan. It features an ensemble cast led by Rosamund Pike. The eight-episode first season premiered on Prime Video in November 2021. In May 2021, before the first season premiered, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered in September 2023. The series was renewed for a third season in July 2022, over a year ahead of the debut of the second season. The third season premiered…
War always carries with it the scent of dust and blood. The sound of sirens, cracked walls, anxious mothers’ eyes, and children’s unfinished games—these are the images war etches into the canvas of time. Yet amid this devastation, there is something even bombs cannot silence: the flame of love for life, which cinema has always told stories of and paid tribute to. Cinema is the voice of truth—louder than the roar of bombs. Art is the voice of those whom no media will ever amplify. Even under the rubble, we still search for life. Amid smoke and fire, we still…
The following is a video interview with with Dr. Persis Karim, Director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University, co-director of “The Dawn Is Too Far” https://vimeo.com/1091356435 Cinema Without Borders Foundation and the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies are proud to present the Los Angeles screening of “The Dawn Is Too Far” on June 19th, 7 PM at Laemmle Town Center 5 (17200 Ventura Blvd UNIT 121, Encino, CA 91316). The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dr. Persis Karim, Director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University, co-director of…
Cinema Without Borders Foundation and the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies are proud to present the Los Angeles screening of “The Dawn Is Too Far” on June 19th, 7 PM at Laemmle Town Center 5 (17200 Ventura Blvd UNIT 121, Encino, CA 91316). The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dr. Persis Karim, Director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University, co-director of the film. If you are interested to attend this screening, RSVP by sending an email to: RSVPfilm@yahoo.com OR cwbfRSVP@gmail.com You may have a guest, please include your name and telephone…
Cinema Without Borders Foundations is proud to present the screening of six short films from Iranianfilmmakers on June 1st at 7 PM at Laemmle Town Center 5, located at 7200 Ventura Blvd. Encino, 91316. Crimson by Rayan Farzad, Ruffle by Sara Farzadfard, Shackled by Lyla Neiad, Sormeh by Azadeh Ghochagh, Sorry! She Can’t Help Herself by Roqieh Tavakoli and The Role of Each Fret by Maryam Farahzadi, are the six films that will be screened at this event Thanks to Mr. Fariborz Yousefi a cultural activist organizing cultural events for the Iranian community in Los Angeles You may purchase your…
Iranian director Saeed Roustayee is back in Cannes with “Woman and Child,” a female empowerment drama premiering in competition. The film follows a 40-year-old widowed nurse named Mahnaz, who is struggling with a rebellious son and other complications in a heavily oppressive patriarchal context. Roustayee’s new work segues from the somewhat similarly themed “Leila’s Brothers,” which launched from Cannes in 2022 and led to the director being sentenced to jail time for screening the film without government approval, though Roustayee did not go behind bars. Paradoxically, even before “Woman and Child” screened, the film came under fire — sight unseen —…
Premiering in the main competition of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, The Phoenician Scheme marks another return to form – or, more accurately, to formula – for Wes Anderson. Despite an all-star cast led by Benicio Del Toro, the film fails to ignite emotionally or intellectually, instead offering another meticulously composed, pastel-hued shell with little inside. Del Toro plays Zsa-Zsa Korda, a fabulously wealthy businessman plagued by relentless assassination attempts. His solution? Appointing his only daughter, Liesl – a nun, played with near-total blankness by Mia Threapleton – as the sole heiress to his estate. When Korda launches a mysterious infrastructure project, the titular “Phoenician Scheme”,…
How do you deal with the chaotic drama of our times? According to Ari Aster’s new film, Eddington, by adding yet more chaos. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Joe Cross, the sheriff of the New Mexican town of Eddington. He’s an ordinary Joe, Joe the plumber-style ordinary, salt of the earth type. It’s the time of Covid and Joe’s got asthma and doesn’t like wearing his mask, nor does he like the mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal), who once briefly dated Joe’s wife Louise, (Emma Stone), a woman with a history of mental health issues compounded by the presence by her…