In this thread I think we should talk about Iranian Cinema, Theatre, Television, and Iranian Celebs (in and out of Iran). Portray a good film or show that you really like. Put up a actor/actress/ singer or any other kind of celeb you would like us to know about. Put up Interviews and gossip. Etc, etc.

As for me, one of my FAVORITE Iranian films is Ali Santoori

http://www.radioayeneh.se/bilder/Ali%20Santoori/a_1.jpg


Starring:

Bahram Radan
http://www.roozeshadi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bahram_radan_30nema_18_924.jpg


Golshifteh Farahani
(who recently came to the USA and played in "Body of Lies" with Leonardo De Caprio)
http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Body+Lies+New+York+Premiere+Outside+Arrivals+T-gjsJuDesPl.jpg

Synopsis:
A young singer, Ali Santoori (Bahram Radan), who in the begining has his life all organized and a bright future, suddenly falls under drugs and the suppression of the society. he eventualy looses his wife (Golshifteh Farahani) to another man and also becomes homeless. I won't ruin the end :)

It's a great movie!

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Very nice thread Arash:)
But there's a very similar thread as well: Movie Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=463273)


As for me, one of my FAVORITE Iranian films is Ali Santoori
http://www.radioayeneh.se/bilder/Ali%20Santoori/a_1.jpg


The movie is based on a brilliant theme with several powerful points. From the beginning to the end, the movie plays with your feelings and grabs your attention so good that you actually want to watch it to the end. It shows the present musician life in Iran, without any support from the government and soon not respected from the people anymore. One of the best Iranian movie that I've ever watched. Is it banned in Iran? With all the obvious protests, I'm guessing that it is.

Very good thread idea. Maybe we can also post some Persian celebrity gossips here too :lol:

Ebi, before he grew the beard

http://www.geocities.com/irannostalgia/ebi/ebishab.jpg

Very nice thread Arash:)
... Is it banned in Iran? With all the obvious protests, I'm guessing that it is.

It was banned after it was shown 1/2 days in many cinema's, although it had the permission... . But after this you could buy the CD/DVD.

Very nice thread Arash:)
But there's a very similar thread as well: Movie Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=463273)


Ugh, I have to look more carefully. But that has western movies in it also, this thread is just for Iranian media only.

Death of Yazdgerd (1981)
http://theatre.cafelitt.ca/photos/179613.jpg

Masterpiece of great Iranian playwright and Director Bahram Beyzaie first of two parts. Death of Yazdgerd is an an unusual, poetic drama that traces contemporary themes in a historical setting. Yazdgerd III was the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious.
(taken from the movie at google video)

Interesting also that this movie was made 2 years after the islamic revolution, yet the women's head were not covered yet.

The whole film is on Google Video, the quality is not that good though.

Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2331545630858249908&ei=pnz4ScvzJ562-wGptcSGBw&q=yazdgerd&hl=en

Part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-78067743311420184&hl=en

^^ Interesting, the fact that it was made after the revolution is surprising. I shall watch it when I have free time.

@arashmordad
u should write
ja,das ist guter stoff!
or
ja,das ist ein guter stoff!
:-)

Ebi, before he grew the beard

http://www.geocities.com/irannostalgia/ebi/ebishab.jpg

Wow, such a good find, he looks very cool here :)

@arashmordad
u should write
ja,das ist guter stoff!
or
ja,das ist ein guter stoff!
:-)

I'm trying to say "Yeah, That is some good stuff!" I guess I wrote it wrong. I wanted to put something else in place of "Stoff" but I thought it would be too inappropriate, lol.

دو فیلم ایرانی، در شصت و دومین دوره جشنواره سینمایی کن

در جشنواره امسال فیلم کن، فیلم ایرانی «کسی از گربه*های ایرانی خبری ندارد»، ساخته بهمن قبادی، در بخش نوعی نگاه، و فیلم «زمزمه با باد»، محصول مشترک ایران و عراق نخستین ساخته شهرام عدیلی در بخش ۱۵ روز کارگردانان شرکت خواهند داشت.

محمد حقیقت، فیلمساز و منتقد سینمایی مقیم پاریس در گفت*وگو با رادیوفردا، درمورد فیلم «کسی از گربه*های ایرانی خبر ندارد» می*گوید: داستان فیلم درباره گروهی ازجوانان موسیقیدان زیرزمینی است، که در نبود مجوز کار، به ناچار در خفا به فعالیت هنری*شان ادامه می*دهند. از سوی دیگر کشورهای اروپایی از آنها دعوت کرده*اند که برای اجرای کنسرت به اروپا بیایند».
http://www.radiofarda.com/content/F7_Cannes_festival/1617014.html

I'm trying to say "Yeah, That is some good stuff!" I guess I wrote it wrong. I wanted to put something else in place of "Stoff" but I thought it would be too inappropriate, lol.hahhaha looool!:lol:
it was ok!
but in germany if u say "ja,das ist guter stoff"it also means"yes,that is some good drug"

but i like it:banana:

The Song of sparrows:

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http://www.iranian.com/main/files/singlepage_images/p_2.jpg

Peyman Abadi

Stuntman killed

Press TV: Iranian stunt man Peyman Abadi, who had appeared in a popular German TV series, has been killed during the filming of an Iranian TV series in Tehran. Abadi was killed on Wednesday when a burning bus he was jumping out of overturned. The 37-year-old Abadi was famous in Iran for doing stunts in the German TV series "Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Motorway Police". Abadi, who was born in Germany, returned to Iran in 2005 and established a professional stunt academy in Tehran.

(from : http://www.iranian.com/main/2009/may/peyman-abadi)

very sad :( , may he rest in peace

Iranian Movie
"The Kingdom of Solomon" (ملک سلیمان)

http://www.kpsfilm.com/pics/Solomon_movie_17.jpg
http://www.kpsfilm.com/pics/Solomon_movie_05.jpg
http://www.kpsfilm.com/pics/Solomon_movie_03.jpg
http://64.130.220.65/Multimedia/pics/1388/2/Art/87.jpg
http://media.farsnews.com/Media/8701/ImageNews/870123/2_870123_L600.jpg
http://www.kpsfilm.com/pics/Solomon_movie_18.jpg
http://media.farsnews.com/Media/8701/ImageNews/870123/3_870123_L600.jpg

Premiere: June 26, 2009

Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh
Writers: Cyrus Nowrasteh, Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh

Cast:
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Marno, Ali Pourtash, Navid Negahban, David Diaan, Parviz Sayyad

Plot:
A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam (Caviezel), whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra (Aghdashloo), who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya (Marnò), whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a tragic ending

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I saw body of lies, excellent movie ^^

Salâm

Does anyone know where I can see an extract of the movie "Soraya" (2003) ?

Sorry I don't know maybe you can search on google for its torrents. If I come across if I'll let you know.

^^ Thank you!! between do you know in which part of Morocco was the movie shot?

^^ Actually to be honest I haven't seen the film yet as I'm not a big movie fan person :)

I have just started to upload this beautiful iranian movie called "the hidden half" from dvd to youtube as it's very rare and hard to find given that it was banned when it came out and the producer was sentenced to death (she has been acquitted since then)

anyway here is the first part


ncxkuHNn06o

Golshifteh Farahani not returning to Iran?

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salom bacheha! kesi midone az koja mitunam filmaye jadide irani download konam va ya dvd-hash ro bekharam?! man doost daram filmaye irani bebinam va dah-ha tu iran kharidam, vali allan ke engelestanam jahaye ke filmaye didaniye jahan miforushan kheyli kame va jadidtarin filmaye irani dar hich jayi nist!

cheers! :cheers:

Kasi az gorbehaye Irani khabar nadareh / No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)

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Filmed illegally in Tehran, this new film from Bahman Ghobadi (Turtles Can Fly) explores Iran's illicit underground music scene. We follow a musical duo as they desperately (and sometimes dangerously) seek out band mates and the legal paperwork they need for a promised London gig. Despite 'Western and decadent music' being banned the country is a hotbed of indie, rock, metal, rap, blues and jazz where young talents risk arrest by rehearsing in barns, basements and rooftops. The music from genuine Iranian artists is impassioned and frustrated, full of a fast paced energy that will stay with you long after the credits roll. Raw, believable and profound

It won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7064/nobodyknowsaboutpersian.jpg

http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Persian+Cats+Photocall+2009+Cannes+Film+Festival+IZtaNGASyXQl.jpg

With permission from the film director:
Download via torrent (http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/145959433/Nobody+Knows+About+the+Persian+Cats?tab=summary)

Golshifteh Farahani not returning to Iran?

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I love her...

hi,
last week i watched on moroccan tv "2m (http://www.2m.ma)" an iranian movie called "Chahar shanbeh souri" (http://www.tvmag.com/programme-tv/fiche/2m-monde/film/34494745/la-f%C3%AAte-du-feu.html) with french subtitles

vf la fête du feu

http://images.allocine.fr/r_760_x/medias/nmedia/18/65/42/37/18865298.jpg

salom bacheha! kesi midone az koja mitunam filmaye jadide irani download konam va ya dvd-hash ro bekharam?! man doost daram filmaye irani bebinam va dah-ha tu iran kharidam, vali allan ke engelestanam jahaye ke filmaye didaniye jahan miforushan kheyli kame va jadidtarin filmaye irani dar hich jayi nist!

cheers! :cheers:

You can see all Iranian movies, tv series, and anything else Iranian on these web sites:

Arianworld.com
iranproud.com
persianhub.com

leila hatami was on a famous cinema program in france, she spoke french aswell il put up the show once i find it

leila hatami was on a famous cinema program in france, she spoke french aswell il put up the show once i find it

here is the video the name of the program is le grand journal


http://www.canalplus.fr/c-divertissement/pid3349-c-le-grand-journal.html?vid=475731&sc_cmpid=FBSharePlayer

merci beaucoup :)

Ashgar Farhadi's Golden Bear winner takes top honors Down Under.

SYDNEY -- The winner of the 2011 Sydney Film Prize came down to a tight contest between two Middle Eastern films, Ashgar Farhadi’s Nader and Simin, A Separation from Iran and Mohamed Diab’s Cairo 678 from Egypt, but it was ultimately A Separation that took away the AUS$60,000 ($63,600) prize announced Sunday.

Sydney Film Festival Jury president Chen Kaige said both films came close to fulfilling the competition's key criteria.

“The 2011 Official Competition Jury has been mindful of the key criteria for this prize: we award a film that best demonstrates emotional power and resonance; a film that is audacious, cutting-edge, courageous and goes beyond the usual treatment of the subject matter. In our final deliberations we found two very different films about the relationships between men and women came closest to fitting these criteria. We take great pleasure in awarding the Sydney Film Prize to A Separation,” Chen said.

A Separation “looks beneath the surface of relations between men and women in Iran in a way that raises questions about law, freedom and feminine and masculine honor. It is an extremely courageous film, successfully executed,” Chen added.

The jury also praised Cairo 678’s “courage in using a popular form of cinema to successfully communicate the frustration and anger of women in Egypt with sexual harassment, and their determination to change this. It’s a film that resonates the world over.”

Joining Chen on the 2011 Official Competition Jury were actor Kerry Fox, British producer Mark Herbert, ABC Radio National’s senior film critic Julie Rigg and Australian director Sarah Watt.

Speaking from Iran, Farhadi said, "Here in Tehran at my home the day has just began and I have been awakened by my dear friend with a phone call giving me news of this award. I am on this side of the world and you are on the other, at this moment when it is the start of day here, it is approaching night time there. What could bring us together better than cinema? It removes the time and space separating us. I would like to thank Clare Stewart, festival director and her team as well as jury president Chen Kaige and the members of the jury for this award and I would like to share this happiness with my fellow Iranians living there in Australia. Thank you.”

A Separation was the fourth winner of the Sydney Film Prize and beat out 11 other features, which also included Cannes Palme D’Or winner, Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Australian Cannes entries Sleeping Beauty and Toomelah, in the festival’s Official Competition. It reprised the film's Golden Bear Award for best feature at this year's Berlin Film Festival.

Other awards announced on the festival’s closing night included: The 2011 Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize, which went to Life in Movement, produced and directed by Bryan Mason and Sophie Hyde; the Dendy Award for Best Live Action Short is The Palace written and directed by Anthony Maras and produced by Maras and Kate Croser; and the CRC Award for a Multicultural film was won by 33 Postcards, the first official Chinese-New South Wales co-production, directed by Pauline Chan and produced by Chan, Penny Carl-Nelson, Liu Zhijiang and Lesley Stevens.

Dario Russo, the creator of viral web hit Italian Spiderman, won The Peter Rasmussen Innovation Award, for an Australian whose work in film, machinima or new media “embodies a visionary spirit and a relentless determination in the face of obstacles -- financial or otherwise -- to create high quality works for the screen.”

The results of the 2011 Audience Awards will be announced later this week.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-separation-wins-sydney-film-203297

دلیل برتری «جدایی نادر...» بر فیلم*های هالیوودی

روزنامه اسكاتمن چاپ اسكاتلند درباره فیلم ایرانی «جدایی نادر از سیمین» به كارگردانی «اصغر فرهادی» نوشت: این فیلم متفاوت از فیلم*های هالیوودی، سراسر اخلاقیات است و ارزش دیدن دارد.

به گزارش فارس، در یادداشت منتقد روزنامه اسكاتمن آمده است: «اصغر فرهادی»، فیلمساز ایرانی در فیلم «جدایی نادر از سیمین»، از نزدیك به مشكلات زندگی یك زوج جوان می*پردازد كه شاید در فضای جمهوری اسلامی معنا داشته باشد و چندان برای مخاطب خارجی آشنا نباشد.

این فیلم درباره زوج جوانی است كه با مشكلات فراوان ازدواج می*كنند و زن كه سیمین نام دارد با بازی «لیلا حاتمی» قصد دارد تا از ایران را به قصد زندگی در خارج از كشور ترك كند ولی همسرش نادر كه مجبور است از پدر بیمارش نگهداری كند حاضر نیست او را همراهی كند.

این روزنامه به اظهارات اصغر فرهادی در این باره پرداخته و نوشته است: كارگردان این فیلم گفته است شاید برای مخاطبان ایرانی ارتباط كامل با داستان این فیلم راحت*تر باشد ولی به نظر من تمركز اصلی این داستان یك زوج ازدواج كرده و مشكلات*شان است و ازدواج ارتباطی است كه میان دو بشر برقرار می*شود و هیچ ربطی به زمان و مكان و جامعه خاصی ندارد.

اسكاتمن نوشت: فرهادی امسال جوایز مهمی چون خرس طلای بهترین فیلم، بهترین بازیگر نقش اول زن و مرد را در جشنواره فیلم برلین از آن خود كرد، این فیلم همچنین اخیرا در فرانسه با استقبال فراوان روبرو شد آنچنان كه «نیكولاس ساركوزی»، رییس جمهور این كشور خواستار دیدن این فیلم شد، دیدن این فیلم به همه توصیه می*شود. «جدایی نادر از سیمین»، فیلمی فوق*العاده پویا و پر از معماهای اخلاقی است كه مدت زمان زیادی است كه دیگر در فیلم*های هالیوودی شاهد آن نیستم.

این روزنامه افزود: یكی از منتقدان سینما نیز این فیلم را تا حدودی هیچكاكی نامیده است، از نظر او این فیلم مثل یك افسانه اخلاقی می*ماند كه از استرس*ها و فشارهای یك فیلم كلاسیك كارآگاهی برخوردار است كه این استرس در طور فیلم افزایش می*یابد تا جایی كه تماشاچی را سرجایش میخكوب می*كند، فقط مسئله تعجب*انگیزی كه در این باره وجود دارد این است كه چرا فرهادی تماشاچی را بدون پایانی مشخص و با سوالات فراوان رها كرده است.

فرهادی می*افزاید: مخاطبان غربی اغلب تصویری بسیار بهم ریخته از زنان ایرانی دارند و آنها را تنها انسان*هایی مطیع در بند خانه و زندگی و به دور از هرگونه فعالیت اجتماعی می*دانند، شاید تعداد زیادی از زنان ایرانی اینگونه زندگی كنند ولی بخش عظیمی از زنان جامعه ایران نیز حضور بسیار فعال و پررنگ در جامعه دارند، در فیلم «جدایی نادر از سیمین» ما شاهد هر دو قشر از این زنان هستیم، بدون آن كه هیچ كدام از آنها محكوم و یا مورد تایید قرار گیرند.

Bahram Radan's album cover


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how are your Favorite Iranian actors and actress ?!

my fav actors are

Behrooz Vousoghi
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/8804/46896201.jpg

Fardin
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5775/fardinfig1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/830/46896201.jpg/)

shahab hosseini
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2024/shahabhosseinishahzadey.jpg

my fav actress are:
Leila Hatami
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6704/leilahatami61stberlinfi.jpg

Tanaz Tabatabaie
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8965/51486l.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/35/51486l.jpg/)


Pegahe ahangrani
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2352/21801.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/9/21801.jpg/)

me,
MohammadReza Forootan
http://kardorost.com/img/content/351/forotan_08.jpg

Nusha Zeighami
http://www.siterooz.com/bio/khabar/nyoosha-zeighami14.jpg

Goli Farahani
http://www.youimages.org/public/images/002916golshifteh_farahani.jpg

I have just started to upload this beautiful iranian movie called "the hidden half" from dvd to youtube as it's very rare and hard to find given that it was banned when it came out and the producer was sentenced to death (she has been acquitted since then)

anyway here is the first part


ncxkuHNn06o
Looks like a very good movie.. I would love to see the rest of it...

inja ham dar bareye serial ham goftogu konim?

inja ham dar bareye serial ham goftogu konim?

that would be great

Was a good Iranian movie about Iranian history ever filmed (I am not talking about documentaries)?

there are hardly any

Was a good Iranian movie about Iranian history ever filmed (I am not talking about documentaries)?

Films, not much. There are some ok television series though.

Can somebody post a link (for a stream, not a download) please? I would like to watch it/them.:)

out if every 100 persian movies, 20 are garbage, 70 are bad, 5 are good and 5 are legendary

a good site is persianhub

anyway

ive started watching a tv series called "ghalbe yakhi" , the first season already made and the second season is part way done

its good and unlike many series it has cinema actors such as amin hayayi and elnaz shakerdoost
tge story is one of those long complex stories that keeps you excited
the have it on persianhub