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Oct 5-9, 1998 / Mehr 13-17, 1377

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* Film:"Shah" will be made - director
* Film: Hollywood film about Iran's royal jewels
* Film: "Banoo" still banned
* Film: Independent film award nominees
* Poetry: Sepehri's 70th birthday

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* Poetry: Sepehri's 70th birthday
* Music: "The Wall" in Persian
* Poetry: Malek-o-Shoaray Bahar
* Film:Iranian film awarded in Spain
* Film:Summer films: Hits & misses
* Muppets:Tehran muppet fest
* Film: Iranian festival in Paris
* Film: War film festival

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* "Shah" will be made - director

TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - "Shah" a film orginally-based on a book written by Masoud Behnoud has faced numerous obstacles during production. But director Kiumars Pourahmad insists that he will make the film (also known as "Cabinet") no matter what... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Hollywood film about Iran's royal jewels

NEW YORK (Variety) - Disney-based producers Barry Sonnenfeld and Barry Josephson have picked up New York scribe Richard Regen's heist spec script ``Kill Van Kull'' for a mid-six-figure price tag. The project is about a double-crossing triangle of Gen-X jewel thieves that targets the Royal jewels of Iran. When its leader, Simon, is betrayed by his partners and sent to jail, he breaks out and seeks revenge... FULL TEXT

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* "Banoo" still banned

TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - Despite rumors that the ban on Dariush Mehrjouie's "Banoo" has been lifted, the film still has not received permission to screen, nearly five years after it was first made... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Independent film award nominees

TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - Iran's independent House of Film has announced a list of films nominated for various awards... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Sepehri's 70th birthday

TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - Some say Sohrab Sepehri did not write poetry about social ills. But so what? ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* "The Wall" in Persian

TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" -- which is an example of "mardomi" (popular) Western music -- has been translated into Persian in Iran ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Malek-o-Shoaray Bahar

TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - A feature celebrating the life and times of Malek-o-Shoaray Bahar... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Iranian film awarded in Spain

TEHRAN (Hamshahri) - Abolfazl Jalili's "Dan" wins the juror's prize in a Spanish film festival... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Summer films: Hits & misses

TEHRAN (Hamshahri) - A round up of this summer's box office hits and flops in Iran... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Tehran muppet fest

TEHRAN (Hamshahri) - Eighty Iranian and 18 foreign muppeteers took part in the Tehran international muppet festival... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Iranian film festival in Paris

TEHRAN (Hamshahri) - Paris will host an Iranian film festival for 14 days, starting October 7... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* War film festival

TEHRAN (Hamshahri) - The seventh war film festival opened in Hamedan. Read all about the entries... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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 Favorite Feature

Three thousand butterflies

"Here's a wonderful Iranian artist well worth featuring." That's all the email message said. Skeptical but curious, I clicked on the web address. Just one look at one picture, and I thought "wonderful" is not the right word. Seyed Alavi's work is contemporary but timeless... go there

 


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