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* Writer's first novel named best book
* Best book nominees
* Panahi's Circle to skip London fest
* Meshkini awarded in Chicago
* Cartoonist: Mana Neyestani
* Zanjan residence to be preserved
* Kish documentary film fest
* Twelve film festivals each year
* The theater scene
* Best novel to be announced
* Makhmalbaf gets first prize in Seoul
* Meimi's film gets north American award
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Friday
October 20, 2000
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Thursday
October 12, 2000
Writer's first novel named best book
Tehran, (Aftab-e Yazd) -- "Nimeh-ye Ghaayeb", the debut novel
by Hossein Sanapour, has won the book of the year award from a prestigeous
panel of writers. It tells the story of five young characters in the 1980's
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Best book nominees
Tehran, (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Here are the ten novels which had been nominated
for the book of the year prize >>>
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Panahi's Circle to skip London fest
Tehran, (Aftab-e Yazd) -- "The Circle" directed by Jafar Panahi
will not be shown at the London film festival. The European distributor
is planning on a commercial release in Britain instead >>>
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Wednesday
October 18, 2000
Meshkini awarded in Chicago
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Marziyeh Meshkini won the Best Director award
at the Chicago film festival for "The Day I Became a Woman".
Meshkini is married to filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who wrote the screenplay
for the award-winning film >>>
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Cartoonist: Mana Neyestani
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Mana Neyestani, one of Iranb's leading political
cartoonists, talks about his style and success. He mentions Herge's Tintin
as one of his early influences >>>
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Zanjan residence to be preserved
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- The late Qajar-era residence of Ali Akbar Towfiqi,
the first (modern era?) mayor of Zanjan, has been listed as an historic
monument >>>
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Tuesday
October 17, 2000
Kish documentary film fest
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Fofty-four of the best documentary films of
the past 40 years will be shown at the Kish film festival. The event will
also be an opportunity to discuss serious issues facing documentary filmmakers
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Twelve film festivals each year
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Twelve festivals with different themes will
be held every year, says Deputy Culture Minister Seifollah Dad. Filmmakers
are also showing more interest in making comedies, he adds >>>
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The theater scene
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- A report on the theater scene... Mehdi Hashemi,
who's a succeful film actor, is directing a play which is currently number
one at the box office >>>
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Monday
October 16, 2000
Best novel to be announced
Tehran (Hayat-e No) -- The best novel of 1999 will be announced by a
panel of eight writers on Wednesday. The cash award is a million tomans.
News and interviews with organizers, including Karim Emami >>>
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Makhmalbaf gets first prize in Seoul
Tehran (Hayat-e No) -- "The day I became a woman" by Mohsen
Makhmalbaf has been selected as the best film at the South Korean film
festival >>>
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Meimi's film gets north American award
Tehran (Hayat-e No) -- Masoud Meimi's short film "Sherveh"
has won an award at the first festival of Iranian videos in north Amerca
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