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* Iranian film fest in Malaysia
* Romeo, oh Romeo!
* Kimiaie may start filming abroad
* House of Cinema elections
* Kiarostami gets award
* Art & politics
* Who's making what
* Rumor helps "Shokaran" ticket sales
* Taziyeh attracts small audience
* Karimi's puppets
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Friday
May 5, 2000
* Iranian architechture: Pradise
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Architectural historian Mohsen Habibi talks about
major concepts in Iranian architecture, namely that it is an effort to
recreate paradise on earth >>>
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* World Theater Day in Tehran
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Some interesting observations from World Theater
Day celebratios in Tehran (towards bottom of report) >>>
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* First Iranian video film fest in North America
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Plans are underway to hold the first Iranian video-film
festivals in Canada and the U.S. this year. If you would like your film
to be show you apply soon >>>
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Thursday
May 4, 2000
* Iranians snap up titles at Tehran Book Fair
Tehran (Gulf News) - Tehran's 13th international book fair opened yesterday
to thousands of eager Iranians who queued at the gates hours before opening
time to snag the latest titles usually not available to them in bookshops.
The fair showcased some 100,000 titles from 1,300 local publishers and
430 foreign publishers from 35 countries >>>
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* Cheap books, big bucks
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Visitors to the international book fair can purchase
foreign books at special exchange rates (one fourth the black market rate).
Naturally some are taking advantage >>>
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* Iranian film fest in Malaysia
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Iranian actors and filmmakers warmly received in
Malaysia >>>
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Wednesday
May 3, 2000
* Romeo, oh Romeo!
Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - A production of Shakespeare's
"Romeo and Julliet" will go on stage in Tehran in late June >>> FULL
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* Kimiaie may start filming abroad
Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - Masoud Kimiaie might make
his next film in Mexico or Canada >>>
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* House of Cinema elections
Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - Touraj Mansouri has been
elected as the new director of the House of Cinema. Fereshteh Taerpour
has been chosen as his deputy >>>
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Tuesday
May 2, 2000
* Kiarostami gets award
Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - Abbas Kiarostami receives the Kirosawa award in
San Francisco for his contributions to international cinema >>> FULL TEXT
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* Art & politics
Tehran (Iran daily) - Behrouz Afkhami's latest film, "Shokaran",
is tangled in political controversy >>>
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* Who's making what
Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - News briefs on films in production -- films by
Daryoush Mehrjui, Ebrahim Hatami-Kia, Davoud Mir-Baqeri,Jafar Panahi, Alireza
Zarrindast and Daryoush Farhang >>>
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Monday
May 1, 2000
* Rumor helps "Shokaran" ticket sales
Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - Behrouz Afkhami's "Shokaran" tops boxoffice
sales with nearly 200 million tomans in 32 days -- thanks to rumors that
it might be banned >>>
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* Taziyeh attracts small audience
Tehran (Ham-Mihan) - Ten free taziyeh performances at Taa'atr Shahr
attracts about 1,200 people - total >>>
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* Karimi's puppets
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Nosrat Karimi's puppet's on display >>> FULL TEXT
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