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October 2-6, 2000 / Mehr 11-15, 1379
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Friday
October 6, 2000
Samira's "Blackboard" unreal, says festival official
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- The director of the Vienna film festival believes
some Iranian directors make films that have the best chance of doing well
in international film festivals, such as Samira Makhmalbaf's "Blackboard"
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Summer blockbusters
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- A review of the biggest box office draws of the
summer. Siroos Alvand's "Dast-haaye aaloodeh" was the biggest
hit of the summer with 280 million tomans in ticket sales >>>
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Youth film fest
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- The international youth film festival in Tehran
(October 26-31) will include 44 foreign films and 10 Iranian films in the
competition category >>>
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* Samira's "Blackboard" unreal,
says festival official
* Summer blockbusters
* Youth film fest
* The Circle: Oscar contender?
* Best war films
* Dehbashi: Master editor
* Moshiri ill
* The rise of Iranian cinema in past 20 years
* Iranian cinema in Paris
* Forty short stories in one volume
* "Taming of the Shrew" in Tehran
* Darvish or Van Damme?
* No permit needed for music albums
* "Private Ryan" at Iran's war films fest
* Comedy fest
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Thursday
October 5, 2000
The Circle: Oscar contender?
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Jafar Panahi's "Daayereh" (The Circle)
has a good chance of winning an oscar for best foreign-language film, according
to the film's distributor, Winstar >>>
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Best war films
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Winners of the war films festival have been
announced, including "Hiva" by Rasoul Molla-Qolipour >>> FULL
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Dehbashi: Master editor
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Ali Dehbashi is one of the best and most hard-working
editors in Iran. He talks a bit about his work in honoring great writers,
poets and >>>
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Wednesday
October 4, 2000
Moshiri ill
Tehran (Cinema) -- Fereydoun Moshiri, one of the greatest contemporary
poets, has been bed-ridden due to an unspecified illness >>>
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The rise of Iranian cinema in past 20 years
Tehran (Cinema) -- In the 1980s Iranian cinema officials had a very
difficult time entering films into international festivals. But they persisted
and the rest is history. Here's a fascinating account >>>
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Iranian cinema in Paris
Tehran (Cinema) -- Arlequin Theater in Paris will screen Iranian films
from November 7 through December 20 Paris. A report >>>
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Tuesday
October 3, 2000
Forty short stories in one volume
Tehran (Hayat-e No) -- Forty short stories from the past 80 years have
been brought togther in one volume by Hassan Zolfaghari >>>
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"Taming of the Shrew" in Tehran
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew"
will be staged in Tehran. Haydeh Haeri will be directing >>>
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Darvish or Van Damme?
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Imam Sadeq University refused to screen Ahmadreza
Darvish's "Motevaled-e Ordibehesht" (Born in Ordibehesht), claiming
it has "no social value". It showed a Jean Claude Van Damme flick
instead >>>
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Monday
October 2, 2000
No permit needed for music albums
Tehran (Hayat-e No) -- Musicians no longer need to submit their work
to the Ministry of Culture for approval. They can release their albums
directly to the market. Even so, there were no new album releases last
week >>>
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"Private Ryan" at Iran's war films fest
Tehran (Hayat-e No) -- Organizers of the "Holly Defense Film Festival"
plan to screen Steven Spielberg's World War II film, even though they haven't
asked for permission >>>
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Comedy fest
Tehran (Aftab-e yazd) -- A comedy film festival will be held later this
month in Shahr-e Kord >>>
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