Iranians’ 20 Oscar appearances! 3 Oscars and 17 Oscar nominationsBy Bijan Tehrani02/28/20193 Mins Read Iranian/American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi, won an Oscar on last Sunday for her short documentary film PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE. If…
“I wanted CHICKEN WITH PLUMS to be like a dream, ” Marjane SatrapiBy Bijan Tehrani08/29/201210 Mins Read Chicken With Plums takes place in Teheran, 1958. Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser Ali Khan, one of the…
“Unfortunately, many of us forgot who we were” Marjane SatrapiBy Bijan Tehrani12/22/200711 Mins Read Marjane Satrapi was born in 1969. She grew up in Tehran where she attended the Lycée Français (French high school).…