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Maryam Moqadam
Maryam Moghaddam ( fa, مریم مقدم; born 1968) is an Iranian actress, screenwriter and director. She is best known for her acting in ''Closed Curtain'' (2013), ''Risk of Acid Rain'' (2015) and '' Ballad of a White Cow'' (2020). She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh The Crystal Simorgh ( fa, سیمرغ بلورین) is an award given by Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's major annual film festival. It is awarded in several categories of ''International Competition'' as well as ''Iranian Cinema Comp ..., in addition to nomination for an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award. Filmography Film * Fallet, 2009 (STV series, Director: Caroline Cowan) * Chalsio, 2011(TV movie, Director: Behtash Sanaeeha * Termites, 2017 (Director: Masoud Hatami) Awards and nominations * Winner of the best screenplay in 33rd Fajr Film Festival - IRAN 2015(Risk Of Acid Rain) * Winner of the best documentary film award in Prague Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the List of largest cities of Iran, most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical antiquity, Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Ray, Iran, Rhages, a prominent Medes, Median city destroyed in the medieval Muslim conquest of Persia, Arab, Oghuz Turks, Turkic, and Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia, Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behtash Sanaeeha
Behtash Sanaeeha ( fa, بهتاش صناعیها; born 1980 in Shiraz) is an Iranian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Biography Behtash Sanaeeha was born in Shiraz, a city located in the Fars province. He graduated in civil engineering BA, and later left his Master of Arts programme in architecture and started writing scripts and directing short films, documentaries and advertisements. He also wrote and directed two animated TV series and a TV fiction film. His first feature film, "Risk of Acid Rain" won the Best Screenplay of the 31st Fajr Film Festival, and also got nominated for the best film in the Arts and Experience section in the same festival. Risk Of Acid Rain also won the first prize of "Brilliant Talents" section from the 9th celebration of film critics. Sanaeeha also won the 2015 Netpac (Asian Cinema Promotion) award from the Iranian Film Festival in Australia. The film was screened at more than thirty festivals globally. After his first feature, Sanae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closed Curtain
''Closed Curtain'' ( fa, پرده, italics=yes, ''Pardeh'') is a 2013 Iranian docufiction film by Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi. It premiered at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 12, 2013 where Panahi won the Silver Bear for Best Script. It was shot secretly at Panahi's own beachfront villa on the Caspian Sea. Panahi stated that he began shooting the film in a state of melancholy but managed to recover by the film's completion. ''Closed Curtain'' is Panahi's second film since his 20-year ban on filmmaking after 2011's '' This Is Not a Film''. The film was selected as the closing film of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival. Plot An unnamed screenwriter (Kambozia Partovi) arrives at a secluded three-story villa on the Caspian Sea. He secretly brings along his pet dog named "Boy". Dogs are considered unclean under Islamic rule and the writer intends to hide "Boy" from authorities as he tries to get some writing done. The writer shaves his h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballad Of A White Cow
''Ballad of a White Cow'' ( fa, قصیده گاو سفید, italics=yes, romanized: Ghasideyeh gave sefid) is a 2020 Iranian drama film co-directed by Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moqadam, and co-written by Sanaeeha, Moqadam, and Mehrdad Kouroshniya. The film had its worldwide premiere at the 38th Fajr Film Festival. It also showed at 71st Berlin International Film Festival in March 2021. This film was also nominated for New Talent Award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2021. Plot Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed. Cast * Maryam Moqadam as Mina * Alireza Sani Far as Reza * Pouria Rahimi as Babak's brother * Farid Ghobadi as Reza's Colleague * Lili Farhadpour as Mina's Neighbor * Avin Poor Raoufi as Bita (Mina's daughter) Release On February 11, 2021, Berlinale announced that the film would have its worldwide premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival The 71st annual Berlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Simorgh
The Crystal Simorgh ( fa, سیمرغ بلورین) is an award given by Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's major annual film festival. It is awarded in several categories of ''International Competition'' as well as ''Iranian Cinema Competition''. The award's name comes from the Simurgh, a mythical bird that appears in Persian mythology. The Crystal Simorgh is one of the highest film honors in Iran. See also * Simurgh * :Crystal Simorgh recipients References Fajr International Film Festival Iranian film awards {{film-award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babak Payami
Babak Payami ( fa, بابک پیامی , born 1966) is an Iranian-Canadian film director, writer and producer. Biography Born in Tehran, Iran, Payami grew up in Afghanistan and Iran before leaving for Europe and subsequently Canada, where he became a Canadian citizen. He enrolled in the cinema studies program at the University of Toronto in the early 90s while working as translator and court interpreter. In 1998 he returned to Iran where he wrote, produced and directed his debut feature film ''One More Day'', which premiered in the official Panorama Special program of the Berlin International Film Festival 2000. He later wrote, directed and co-produced with Marco Mueller, his second feature film, ''Secret Ballot'', which competed in the official program of the Venice International Film Festival in 2001. It earned him several accolades in Venice, including the Best Director award. In 2002 Payami began production on ''Silence Between Two Thoughts'', which he wrote, directed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panâhi ( fa, جعفر پناهی, ; born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an assistant director for fellow Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, Panahi achieved international recognition with his feature film debut, '' The White Balloon'' (1995). The film won the Caméra d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, the first major award an Iranian film won at Cannes. Panahi was quickly recognized as one of Iran's most influential filmmakers. His films were often banned in Iran, but he continued to receive international acclaim from film theorists and critics and won numerous awards, including the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for '' The Mirror'' (1997), the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for '' The Circle'' (2000), and the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for '' Offside'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kambuzia Partovi
Kambuzia Partovi (also spelt Kambozia Partovi, fa, کامبوزیا پرتوی; 11 November 1955 – 24 November 2020) was an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Rasht, Iran, on the Caspian Sea. After studying theater arts in school he wrote mainly scripts for TV series. In 1988 he made his feature film debut with ''Golnar''. His 2007 film ''Café Transit,'' which received the special mention at Mar del Plata film festival, was selected by Iran as its candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He wrote screenplays for other directors, most notably Jafar Panahi's '' The Circle''. In 2013 he acted in and co-directed ''Closed Curtain'' with Panahi. Partovi trained and supported many Iranian artists and film makers, most notably Bahman Ghobadi. He died on 24 November 2020, of complications from COVID-19. Filmography Director *1988 ''Golnar'' *1990 ''The Singer Cat'' *1991 ''The Fish'' *1992 ''The Adult Game'' *1994 ''The Legend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallet (TV Series)
''Fallet'' (''The Case'') is a Swedish comedy-drama television series, a spoof on the Nordic noir detective genre. It premiered 14 April 2017 on Swedish channel SVT1 before being acquired by Netflix. It is a co-production of SVT, FLX, Film i Väst and DR, supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond. The series stars Lisa Henni as Sophie Borg and Adam Godley as DCI Tom Brown, two mediocre detectives who pair up to investigate a murder. In November 2017, ''Fallet'' was named best comedy drama at C21's International Drama Awards in London. American cable network Showtime is developing a remake from '' Shameless'' writer Etan Frankel Etan Frankel is an American playwright and television writer and producer. Career Frankel got his start as a playwright, writing a number of plays including ''Create Fate'', ''The Fearless'', and ''Truth and Reconciliation'', which won the Will .... Synopsis Incompetent detectives Sophie Borg from Stockholm and Tom Brown from St Ives, United Kingdom are g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Births
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Iranian Film Actresses
Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian diaspora, Iranian people living outside Iran * Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia * Iranian foods, list of Iranian foods and dishes * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) * List of Iranians This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors. In the news * Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. * Hassan Rouhani, former president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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