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…
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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…
Every evening a crowd of fans and photographers flock around the red carpet of the most prestigious movie festival on the planet, where stars like Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise and Sean Penn show up on their way to premiere screenings. But in the rest of the town, another American is on everyone’s lips: U.S. President Donald Trump. While in the dark of movie theaters, films from all over the world are competing to win the prestigious Palme d’Or, the movie industry’s producers and distributors, as well as politicians and lobbyists, will be getting together in the French Riviera to seal deals…
The 20th annual South East European Film Festival #SEEfest (seefilmla.org), co-presented by ELMA, foundation for European Languages and Movies in America, is bringing to Los Angeles U.S. premieres, European talent and an Industry Accelerator with panels and workshops from April 30 – May 7. The festival will showcase over 50 movies from the culturally rich area of East and South-East Europe. Opening the festival on April 30th with a red carpet gala at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills (135 S. Doheny Dr, in Beverly Hills) will be the Los Angeles premiere of Bogdan Mureșanu’s Romanian tour-de-force, “THE NEW…
In a recent success for Vietnamese media, Skyline Media’s box-office hit and family dramedey, The Ancestral Home, has been set for a May 9 release date in North American theaters via Eastern Edge Films, per Variety. The Ancestral Home has already risen to become Vietnam’s highest-grossing spiritual film with a $10 million box office, and has received 3 million admissions since it’s February 21 premiere. It will be dropping strategically during Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month as part of a global rollout. https://youtu.be/ARd5H7XFFVM?si=ODw6TUCvdT-Tuek9 Aside from box-office success, the film has created a massive social and cultural impact, garnering 3.8 million social…