Polaris (2016 Film)
''Polaris'' is a multi-cultural feature film based on a script written by Soudabeh Moradian and Naghmeh Samini starring Bahram Radan, Alicja Bachleda, Coby Ryan McLaughlin and Roya Teymourian. It's the first U.S. Iranian collaboration produced in the U.S. after the revolution and which received its license to screen theatrically in Iran in 2018. Its theatrical screening commenced in Iran in December 2018 and continued through early summer of 2019. Polaris portrays a young immigrant journalist, half Iranian-half German, who suffers from PTSD. This is a movie made by women and about women. The writers, producer, director, editor and most of the key crew members behind the scene were women. Polaris awarded the 2020 ReFrame Stamp. Founded by Women In Film and the Sundance Institute, the ReFrame Stamp serves as a mark of distinction to recognize standout films with more women, in front of and behind the camera. Polaris first premièred at TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX in Toronto as part of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soudabeh Moradian
Soudabeh Moradian (Persian language, Persian:سودابه مرادیان) is an Iranian-American independent filmmaker. A number of her movies have been in official selection of various international film festivals and many of them won awards. She has made many documentary series about Iranian rural women, and some independent documentaries about "war and madness" such as "Doomsday Machine"," Story Of The Land On Ashes","Mahin", "Voices Against Them" and some other narrative and docufiction films and series like "The Leader of Caravan","My Name Is Tomorrow" and "Les Chroniques d'iran". She made her first full feature-length narrative called Polaris (2016 film), Polaris in 2014 in Los Angeles and Seattle starring Bahram Radan, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Alicja Bachleda, Elisabeth Röhm and Coby Ryan McLaughlin. The subjects of her movies are mainly based on social issues, women and psychological impacts of war. She's also been teaching at film schools and colleges such as the Art Inst ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pierluigi Malavsi
Pierluigi is an Italian masculine given name meaning "Peter Louis". It is often an abbreviation of "Piero Luigi". Famous people with this given name include: * Pierluigi Balducci, Italian musician *Pierluigi Benedettini, Sammarinese footballer *Pierluigi Cappello (1967-2017), Italian poet *Pierluigi Cappelluzzo, Italian footballer * Pierluigi Carafa (1677-1755), Italian cardinal * Pierluigi Casiraghi, Italian footballer * Pierluigi Cera, Italian footballer * Pierluigi Collina, Italian football referee *Pierluigi Conforti, Italian road racer *Pierluigi Frattali, Italian footballer *Pierluigi Gollini, Italian footballer *Pierluigi Martini, Italian racing driver *Pierluigi Marzorati, Italian basketball player *Pierluigi Oliverio, American politician *Pierluigi Pairetto, Italian football referee *Pierluigi Praturlon (1924-1999), Italian photographer *Pierluigi Samaritani, Italian opera designer *Pierluigi Zappacosta, Italian businessman See also * Gian * Gianluigi Gianluigi is an Ita ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2016 Films
2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and deaths. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best films of 2016, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' stated, "Hollywood is the world's best money-laundering machine. It takes in huge amounts of money from the sale of mass-market commodities and cleanses some of it with the production of cinematic masterworks. Earning billions of dollars from C.G.I. comedies for children, superhero movies, sci-fi apocalypses, and other popular genres, the big studios channel some of those funds into movies by Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, James Gray, and other worthies. Sometimes there's even an overlap between the two groups of movies, as when Ryan Coogler made '' Creed'', or when Scorsese made the modernist horror instant-classic '' Shutter Island'', or when Clint Eastwood makes just about anything." Highest- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rydell Danzie
Rydell may refer to: * Rydell (name) * Rydell National Wildlife Refuge, National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota, U.S. * Rydell High School, fictional school in the 1971 musical ''Grease'' See also * * {{dab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roozbeh Jannatkhah
Roozbeh or Rouzbeh ( fa, روزبه) is an old Persian male given name .The name consists of the words "rooz" (day) and "beh" (better) and it means "fortunate". ''Avesta.org'' Persons named Roozbeh include: * Rhahzadh "Roch Vehan" (Rōzbehān), son of a certain Rōzbeh. *Rouzbeh (died 653/656), given name of Salman the Persian. *Rōzbeh aka Ibn al-Muqaffa' (died 756/757), Persian author. * (1915–1958), Iranian activist. * [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Diane Marshall-Green
Diane may refer to: People * Diane (given name) Film * ''Diane'' (1929 film), a German silent film * ''Diane'' (1956 film), a historical drama film starring Lana Turner * ''Diane'' (2017 film), a mystery film directed by Michael Mongillo * ''Diane'' (2018 film), a drama film starring Mary Kay Place Music * ''Diane'' (album), by Chet Baker and Paul Bley, 1985 * "Diane" (Cam song), 2017 * "Diane" (Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack song), a 1927 composition covered by many, including a 1964 UK #1 by The Bachelors * "Diane" (Hüsker Dü song), 1983 * "Diane", a song by Guster from '' Keep It Together'' * "Diane", a song by Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt and Billy James from ''The Boss Men'' Other uses * Diana (mythology), a name of the deity Artemis * The Dianne, a high-rise residential building in Portland, Oregon, US * Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill sold under the brand names Diane and Diane-35 * Group Diane, a former special forces unit of the Belg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bahram Radan
Bahram Radan ( fa, بهرام رادان , born April 28, 1979) is an Iranian actor, producer and singer. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh and a Hafez Award. Career While studying business management in college, Radan signed up for acting classes where he was discovered as an emerging talent. He got his first break when he was given an opportunity for his first role starring in the movie ''The Passion of Love''. The movie achieved great success at the Iranian box office and was one of the top-grossing movies of 2000. Radan has since starred in many movies and has become a popular household name in the Middle East, often referred to as one of the top five superstars of Iranian cinema. His extreme popularity caused Iranian authorities to ban his images from billboards in 2008. In 2010, he was chosen by United Nations as the first Iranian UN ambassador against hunger. While studying business management in college, Radan signed up for acting classes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sahara Pictures
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Cinematic Artistry
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Cinematic describes anything related to ''cinema''. It may refer to: any movie updates, cinema nights, cinematic review Film-related * Cinematic cutscene, a sequence in a video game that is not interactive * Cinematic music, original music written specifically to accompany a film * Cinematic storytelling, a story told primarily through the use of visual media * Cinematic techniques, a list of methods and techniques used in filmmaking Music * The Cinematics, a Scottish alternative-rock band * ''Cinematic'' (EP), a 2008 EP by Tony Harnell *''Cinematic'', a 1995 album by Adrian Borland * ''Cinematic'' (Illy album), released in 2013 * ''Cinematic'' (Owl City album), released in 2018 See also * Cinema (other) Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cecily Rhett
Cecily Rhett is a film editor and in 2007 directed a short film, '' Forward''. She edited the 1999 film '' But I'm a Cheerleader'', the 2001 film '' Stranger Inside'' and several episodes of the television series ''Biography''. Biography Rhett received a B.A. in Russian Language and Literature from Columbia University and a master's degree in Film Production from the University of Southern California. Filmography Film editor *1994: ''Fuzzy Logic'' *1995: ''Alchemy'' * 1998: ''Beyond Titanic'' *1999: '' Between Heaven and Hell: Hollywood Looks at the Bible'' *1999: '' But I'm a Cheerleader'' * 1997–2000: ''Biography'' (TV) *2001: '' Stranger Inside'' *2007: '' Forward'' * 2016: ''Polaris Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris ( Latinized to ''Alpha Ursae Minoris'') and is commonly called the North Star or Pole Star. With an apparent magnitude that ...'' Director *2007: '' Forward'' Refer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karen Homayounfar
Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic languages * House of Karen, a historical feudal family of Tabaristan, Iran * Karen (singer), Danish R&B singer Places * Karen, Kenya, a suburb of Nairobi * Karen City or Hualien City, Taiwan * Karen Hills or Karen Hills, Myanmar * Karen State, a state in Myanmar Film and television * ''Karen'' (1964 TV series), an American sitcom * ''Karen'' (1975 TV series), an American sitcom * ''Karen'' (film), a 2021 American crime thriller Other uses * Karen (orangutan), the first to have open heart surgery * AS-10 Karen or Kh-25, a Soviet air-to-ground missile * Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network * Tropical Storm Karen (other) See also * Karren (name) * Karyn (given name) * Keren, Eritrea a city ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christina Jo'Leigh
Christina may refer to: People * Christina (given name), shared by several people * Christina (surname), shared by several people Places * Christina, Montana, unincorporated community, United States * Christina, British Columbia, Canada * Christina Lake (British Columbia), Canada * Christina River, Delaware, United States, named after Christina, Queen regnant of Sweden * Christina River (Alberta), river in Alberta * Christina School District, Delaware, United States, named after Christina, Queen regnant of Sweden * Fort Christina, first Swedish settlement in North America Arts and entertainment * '' Christina's World'', an Andrew Wyeth painting of Christina Olson * ''Christina'' (1929 film), a 1929 silent film * ''Christina'' (1953 film), a West German drama film * ''Christina'' (book series), a series of novels published by Playboy Press ** ''Christina'' (1984 film), a film based on the book series * ''Christina'', self-titled album by Christina Milian Other * ''Christ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |