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* Film: Majidi: American films
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* Literature: Interview
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* Film: Iran's Oscar-hopeful
director wins home film award
* Literature: Golshiri
to get German rights award
* Film: Fajr Film Festival
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* Film: Oscar nomination
helps Iran movies
* Book: Winners of Iran's
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* Theater: FEATURE: Women in
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* 'The Apple': Daughters of Darkness Who Dream of the Light
February 19, 1999 (The New York Times) - "The Apple" was shown
as part of last year's New York Film Festival. Following are excerpts from
Lawrence Van Gelder's review, which appeared in The New York Times on Sept.
30. The film opens Friday in Manhattan. Potent symbolism linked to a bizarre
story rooted in fact, set in Iran and laden with political, social and
generational overtones makes "The Apple" one of the more intriguingly
resonant features of the 36th New York Film Festival ... FULL
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* Majidi: American films should be banned
Tehran (Iran daily) - Majid Majidi, whose film "Children of Heaven"
is currently playing in U.S. theaters and been nominated for an Oscar,
told Variety magazine that he supports Iran's ban on the showing of American
films. He said this will help the domestic film industry ... FULL TEXT
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* Iranian film fest gets Oscar boost
18-FEB-99 TEHRAN, Iran (Variety/Reuters) - There was good news and some
bad vibes at the 17th Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's window on
the world that ran Feb. 1-10. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the
country's Islamic revolution, it marked a time to look back at the unexpected
flowering of post-revolutionary cinema and take stock of future prospects
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* Interview with Moshiri
Tehran (Iran daily) - Iran's only newspaper for the blind has done an
extensive interview with poet Fereydoun Moshiri ... FULL
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* Iran's Oscar-hopeful director wins home film award
February 10, 1999, TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- A film by Majid Majidi,
the man who directed the first Iranian film to be nominated for an Oscar,
has won the top prize at Iran's premier film festival, newspapers reported
Wednesday. "The Color of God," the story of a blind boy's difficult
relationship with his father, won the prize as the best film in Tehran
international Fajr film festival's competition section on Tuesday, the
newspapers said ... FULL
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* Golshiri to get German rights award
Tehran (Iran daily) - Author Hooshang Golshiri and the Iranian writers
guild have been named the recipients of an award in Germany for their defense
of freedom of expression ... IMAGE
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* Fajr Film Festival awards
Tehran (Iran daily) - Tehran's Fajr Film Festival has ended with one
of the Best Film awards going to Rasool Qolipour's "Hiva" ...
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* Oscar nomination helps Iran movies
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Although Iranian films have won awards at international
festivals for years, Tuesday's Oscar nomination for ``Children of Heaven'
is a first for a movie from the Islamic Republic. Despite strict government
rules for filmmakers, Iranian films have won praise for their frank portrayal
of social issues in Iran's restrictive society ... FULL
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* Winners of Iran's book awards
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Compilers of a children's encyclopedia have won
Iran's top book award ... IMAGE
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* Artists condemn attacks
Tehran (IRNA) - A group of some 100 artists have condemned attacks launched
by (conservative) newspapers against the theater feastival during the anniversary
of the revolution. One newspaper compared the festival with the Shiraz
arts festival in the Shah's era ... IMAGE
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* FEATURE: Women in theater
Tehran (Iran) - Film, theater AND TV actress Azita Hajian talks about
women in theater... FULL
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* Street plays
Tehran (Hamshahri) - A report on the Street Plays Festival in Tehran
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