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Iranian Film Festival (IFF) is an annual event showcasing the independent feature and short films made by or about the Iranians from around the world.
IFF is also a platform for the Iranian filmmakers living around the globe to express their vision and talent through the artistic medium of film.
Iranian Film Festival (IFF) was established to support the Iranian film and culture in the Iranian-American community of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
The 5th Annual Iranian Film Festival will be held at San Francisco Art Institute on September 08-11, 2012
( 800 Chestnut Street , San Francisco, CA 94133)
This year's Official Selections:
Dash Akol
Director: Masoud Kimiai
Year: 1971
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 minutes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Screening September 8th, 7:00 pm
One Line of Reality
Director: Ali Vazirian
Year: 2012
Country: Iran
Duration: 84 minutes
Genre: Social Drama
Screening September 9th, 7:20 pm
I Am Nasrin
Director: Tina Gharavi
Year: 2012
Country: England
Duration: 88 minutes
Genre: Drama
Screening September 8th, 5:00 pm
Daughters of Malakeh
Director: Jet Homoet & Sharogh Heshmat Manesh
Year: 2011
Country: Holland/Iran
Duration: 75 minutes
Genre: Family, Documentary
Screening September 8th, 3:10 pm
The Neighbor
Director: Naghmeh Shirkhan
Year: 2010
Country: Canada/USA
Duration: 104 minutes
Genre: Drama
Screening September 9th, 9:05 pm
The Flowers of Kirkuk
Director: Fariborz Kamkari
Year: 2010
Country: Italy/Switzerland/Iraq
Duration: 105 minutes
Genre: Drama
Screening September 9th, 5:05 pm
Screening September 8th, 3:10 pm
Hezarsi (1030)
Director: Iman Tahsinzadeh
Year: 2012
Country: Iran
Duration: 74 minutes
Genre:
Screening September 9th, 11 am
Surprise
Director: Masoud Hatami
Year: 2012
Country: Iran
Duration: 7 minutes
Genre: Short Film
Screening September 8th, 3:10 pm
Screening September 9th, 3:15 pm
Wind & Fog
Director: Mohammad-Ali Talebi
Year: 2011
Country: Iran
Duration: 74 minutes
Genre: War, Social Drama, Children
Screening September 9th, 3:15 pm
A Few Minutes Sooner
Director: Mohamad Ebrahim Shahbazi
Year: 2012
Country: Iran
Duration: 14 minutes
Genre: Short Film
Screening September 9th, 7:20 pm
Persian Pasta
Director: Vahid Sedaghat
Year: 2011
Country: Iran
Duration: 45 minutes
Genre:
Screening September 8th, 1:00 pm
Iran - Then and Now
Director: Buddy Hatton
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Duration: 80 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Screening September 8th, 11:00 am
Aman
Director: Ali Jaberansari
Year: 2012
Country: UK/Iran
Duration: 27 minutes
Genre: Short Film, Drama
Screening September 8th, 1:00 pm
The Lat Image of a Memory
Director: Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammad Reza Jurabchian
Year: 2011
Country: Iran
Duration: 18 minutes
Genre: Short Film, Drama
Screening September 8th, 11:00 am
Screening September 8th, 1:00 pm
Burning Nests
Director: Shahram Maslakhi
Year: 2012
Country: Iran/Iraq
Duration: 74 minutes
Genre: Drama
Screening September 8th, 9:30 pm
Screening September 8th, 1:00 pm
Screening September 9th, 1:10 pm
Screening September 9th, 1:10 pm
Valentine's Day
Director: Mir Abbas Khosravi
Year: 2012
Country: Iran
Duration: 15 minutes
Genre: Family, Comedy, Short Film
Screening September 8th, 3:10 pm
Sonnet of Delirium
Director: Majeed Beenteha & Una Lorenzen
Year: 2011
Country: Iceland
Duration: 5 minutes
Genre: Short Film, Animation
Screening September 9th, 9:05 pm
Stranger at Home
Director: Lena Liberta
Year: 2011
Country: Germany
Duration: 23 minutes
Genre: Short Film
Screening September 9th, 1:10 pm
35 Year Old Man
Director: Amir Motlagh
Year: 2012
Country: USA/Iran
Duration: 5 minutes
Genre: Short Film, Drama
Screening September 8th, 1:00 pm
It Was My City
Director: Batin Ghobadi
Year: 2010
Country: Iran
Duration: 13 minutes
Genre: Short Film, Drama
Screening September 9th, 3:15 PM
Land's Gift
Director: Mehdi Talebani
Year: 2011
Country: Iran
Duration: 35 minutes
Genre: Short Film
Screening September 9th, 11:00am
Screening September 8th, 5:00 PM
Phoenix
Director: Shahin Sorat
Year: 2010
Country: Iran
Duration: 8 minutes
Genre: Animation
Screening September 8th, 9:30 PM
General tickets are $10; students with photo ID: $8
Festival Pass: $100 (General); $80 (Students)
Tickets are sold on the day of the shows, or in advance by clicking below
Complete Screening Schedule:
Saturday September 8, 2012
11:00 am
Iran - Then & Now(80min)
The Last Image of a Memory (18min)
1:00 pm
Persian Pasta (46min)
Aman (27min)
35 Year Old Man (5min)
Bride Can (7min)
Short Film About Ice Fishing (8min)
3:10 pm
Daughters of Malakeh (58min)
Valentine's Day (7min)
Rules of Three (17min)
Surprise (7min)
5:00 pm
I Am Nasrin (88min)
Tonight is not a good night for dying (5min)
7:00 pm
Dosh Akol (95min)
Q&A with Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh
9:30 pm
Burning Nest (74min)
Phoenix (8min)
Sunday September 9, 2012
11:00 am
Hezarsi (74min)
Land's Gift (35min)
1:10 pm
From Cyrus to Ahmadinejad (56min)
Strangers at Home (23min)
Bedtime Stories from Axis of Evil (23min)
3:15 pm
Wind & Fog (74min)
It Was My City (8min)
Once Upon a Time (11min)
5:05 pm
Flowers of Kirkuk (105min)
7:20 pm
One Line of Reality (84min)
A Few Minutes Sooner (14min)
9:05pm
The Neighbor (108min)
Sonnet of Delirium (4min)
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