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February 7-11, 2000 / Bahman 15-19, 1378
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Friday
February 11, 2000
* Credits
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - A list of some of the
films at the Fajr fetival, including director, actors, etc. >>>
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* New generation
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - The head of the youth
film association talks about the future generation of film makers >>>
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* Good & bad
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - The Book of the Year
selection process has chnaged. Some changes are for the better, some not
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Thursday
February 10, 2000
* Fajr winners
February 10, (CinemaIran) - Best Movie: 'The Smell of Camphor, The Fragrance
of Jasmine' written and directed by Bahman Farmanara. Best Director: Bahman
Farmanara (The Smell of Camphor, The Fragrance of Jasmine) >>> FULL TEXT
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* Hast v neest
Tehran (Mosharekat) - Abbas Kiarostmi was not competing in this year's
Dajr festival. But his films were being shown in nearly every category
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* Cheers!
Tehran (Mosharekat) - "Eshq-e Taher" was booted from the Fajr
festival because director Mohammad Ali Najafi had refused to take out a
bar fight and scenes where the actors were drinking liquor >>> FULL
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Wednesday
February 9, 2000
* Protest
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Students protest against Masoud Kimiaie "Eteraaz"
-- a film about the student movement. But unconfirmed reports say he has
been chosen by the Fajr jury as the best director >>>
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* For you, not them
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Siroos Alvand says he made "Dast-haaye aloodeh"
for moviesgoers not the critics >>>
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* Ballet
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - A group from Armenia will perform a ballet
based on Ferdosi's Rostam & Sohrab at the Fajr music festival >>>
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Tuesday
February 8, 2000
* Good news, bad news
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - The bad news is that
Nikahang Kosar is in prison for drawing a political cartoon lampooning
Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi. The good news is that collected cartoons may become
a bestseller >>>
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* Nominees
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Fajr film fest nominees have
been announced. In the best film category, the nominees are "Bolough"
by Masoud Jafari Jozani,"Bouy-r kafour, atr-e yaas" by Bahman
Farmanara, "Mehr" by Ahmadreza Darvish, "Mard-e baaraani"
by Abolhassan Davoudi and "Eteraaz" by Masoud Kimiaie >>>
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* Missing masters
Tehran (Hamshahri) - The Fajr music festival has
one main problem: it does not include such masters as Meshkatian, Alizadeh
and Shajarian >>>
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Monday
February 7, 2000
* People's choice
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - The people's choice for best film in the Fajr
film festival is Khosro Sinaie's "Aroos-e Aatash", according
to an audience survey >>>
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* Music controversy
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - The Culture Ministry's music committee has
gotten a lot of heat for approving the Shadmehr Aghili's Pop album, "Dehati"
>>>
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* Beethoven
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - One of the performances on the first day of
the Fajr music festival is a piece by Beethoven >>>
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