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My Favourite Cake
''My Favourite Cake'' (Persian: کیک محبوب من, translit. ''Keyk-e mahbub-e man'') is a 2024 tragicomedy and romantic drama film co-written and directed by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, and starring Lily Farhadpour and Esmail Mehrabi. The film tells the story of a woman who decides to live out her desires in a country where women's rights are heavily restricted. The international co-production between Iran, France, Sweden, and Germany had its world premiere on 16 February 2024 at the main competition for the Golden Bear at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. The filmmakers were issued travel bans during post-production, and prohibited from attending the premiere in Berlin, by the Iranian Government. Synopsis 70-year-old Mahin has been widowed for 30 years and her two children live abroad. She is living a lonely life in Tehran. But one day, she decides to join her friends for the afternoon tea and finds a new spark in her heart. She meets someone who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryam Moghaddam
Maryam Moghaddam (; born 1969 or 1970), also spelt Moghadam and Moqadam, is an Iranian actress, screenwriter, and director, known for her collaborations with her husband Behtash Sanaeeha. She is best known for her acting in ''Closed Curtain'' (2013) and ''Risk of Acid Rain'' (2015) (which she also co-wrote), and co-writing and directing ''Ballad of a White Cow'' (2020). The couple's most recent collaboration is ''My Favourite Cake'', which had its world premiere on 16 February 2024 at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. Early years and education Maryam Moghaddam (also transliterated as Moghadam and Moqadam) was born in 1969 or 1970 in Tehran, Iran. She graduated from the Performing Arts School in Gothenburg, Sweden. Career Moghaddam performed on the stage many times in Sweden, including at the National Theatre in Gothenburg. In 1993, she had her first role in a feature film in ''Zero Height'' (''Bolandiha-ye Sefr''), directed by Hossein-Ali Layalestani. She also star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Swedish national public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a quasi-autonomous non-government organisation. Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, '' Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The foundation's board consists of 13 politicians, representing the political parties in the Riksdag and appointed by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBCS-FM
CBCS-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Sudbury, Ontario, broadcasting at 99.9 FM, and serves all of Northeastern Ontario through its network of relay transmitters. The station's studio is located at the CBC/Radio-Canada facilities at 43 Elm Street in Sudbury. History On July 28, 1975, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation received approval from the CRTC to operate a new english-language FM station at Sudbury, Ontario. The proposed frequency was 97.1 MHz (later read 99.9 MHz when launched). The station was launched on May 5, 1978 on 99.9 MHz. Prior to its launch, CBC Radio programming aired on private affiliates CKSO and CKSO-FM."Sudbury Radio History Highlights" '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Sudbury
Sudbury, officially the City of Greater Sudbury is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population, with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census. By land area, it is the largest in Ontario and the fifth largest in Canada. It is administratively a single-tier municipality and thus is not part of any district, county, or regional municipality. The City of Greater Sudbury is separate from, but entirely surrounded by the Sudbury District. The city is also referred to as "Grand Sudbury" among Francophones. The Sudbury region was inhabited by the Ojibwe people of the Algonquin group for thousands of years prior to the founding of Sudbury after the discovery of nickel ore in 1883 during the construction of the transcontinental railway. Greater Sudbury was formed in 2001 by merging the cities and towns of the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury with several previously unincorporated townships. Being located inland, the local climate is extremely seasonal, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival
The 2024 edition of the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the 36th edition in the event's history, will be held from September 14 to 22, 2024 in Sudbury, Ontario. The first titles in the program were announced on August 13, 2024, with the full program announced on August 22. In part as a response to a minor controversy earlier in the year, when the Sudbury Wolves limited ticket sales to North Bay residents during the 2023–24 OHL season playoff semifinals against the North Bay Battalion, Cinéfest executive director Patrick O'Hearn announced that the festival was "putting a stop to this", and will offer a special $45 "North Bay Day" pass covering admission to the four North Bay-filmed titles in the festival lineup ('' Drive Back Home'', '' We Forgot to Break Up'', ''All the Lost Ones'' and ''Seeds A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 28 June to 6 July 2024, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The official selections lineup was announced on 28 May, with the remainder of the lineup announced on 14 June. Official selection Crystal Globe PROXIMA Special Screenings Horizons Imagina Future Frames: Generation Next of European Cinema Pragueshorts Out of the Past Midnight Screenings The Wish to Be a Red Indian: Kafka and Cinema Tribute to Francine Maisler Tribute to Ivan Trojan Awards The following awards were presented: Official selection awards *Grand Prix – Crystal Globe: '' A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things'' — Mark Cousins [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its namesake Main River, it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighboring city of Offenbach am Main and its urban area has a population of over 2.3 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has a population of more than 5.6 million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region. Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel, lies about northwest of the geographic center of the EU at Gadheim, Lower Franconia. Like France and Franconia, the city is named after the Franks. Frankfurt is the largest city in the Rhine Franconian dialect area. Frankfurt was a city state, the Free City of Frankfurt, for nearly five centuries, and was one of the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International
Established in 2008, the Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International is a film festival taking place in Frankfurt, Germany and the Rhine-Main region every year in spring. Aside from regional film productions in competition for Best Short and Feature Film, the festival also presents international films, VR film productions and video art. History Under the name of Lichter Filmtage Frankfurt/Rhein-Main, the festival now known as Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International was initiated by festival director Gregor Maria Schubert in 2008. The festival was founded by Gregor Maria Schubert, Stephan Limbach, Mark Liedtke, Alexander Dumitran, and Cordula Mack. The festival was founded by Gregor Maria Schubert, Stephan Limbach, Mark Liedtke, Alexander Dumitran, and Cordula Mack. Currently, it is headed by Gregor Maria Schubert and Johanna Süss, supported by a team of volunteers. The festival made its debut as a show for regional film productions. In the years to follow it developed into a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PEN America
PEN America (formerly PEN American Center), founded in 1922 and headquartered in New York City, is a nonprofit organization that works to defend and celebrate free expression in the United States and worldwide through the advancement of literature and human rights. PEN America is the largest of the more than 100 PEN centers worldwide that together compose PEN International. PEN America has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. PEN America's advocacy includes work on press freedom and the safety of journalists, campus free speech, online harassment, artistic freedom, and support to regions of the world with challenges to freedom of expression. PEN America also campaigns for individual writers and journalists who have been imprisoned or come under threat for their work and annually presents the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award. PEN America hosts public programming and events on literature and human rights, including the PEN World Voices Festival of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the " Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival in France. Tens of thousands of visitors attend each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale juries also give many other awards, and in addition there are other awards given by ... [...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] |
