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PREMIER ISSUE MAY - JUNE 2008
RECENT PRODUCTIONS
"The Fable of Gord-Afarid," (Naghl-e Gord-Afarid), "Two Cups of Coffee," (Doh Fenjan Ghahveh), "Last Image of a Memory," (Akhareen Tasveer-e Yek Khatereh), "Till dawn," (Tah Sobh), "Just Like that Night," (Mesl-e On Shab), "One Thousand and One Names," (Hezar-o Yek Nam)
A SHORT STOP
"A Genesis of Brevity In Creation of Short Film" by Arash Rasafi
ARTICLE BY GERALD PRATLEY
"The Proliferation of the Short Subject" translated by Saghi Nakhaeizadeh
THE SHORTS OF THE GREATS
On John Ford and his two award-winning documentaries, "The Battle Of Midmay," and "December 7th" translated by Saghi Nakhaeizadeh
THE BEST OF THE BEST
"The Man Who Planted Trees" by Nima Abbaspour
A SHORT DISTANCE
Antonia Shorka Interviews Carlo Damasco , the Italian director and filmmaker. Damasco, whose film "A Pair of Glasses" won top prize at the Short Film Festival in Isfahan, Iran in 2004, addresses topics such as the art of short narrative in cinema versus literature, the merits of short film as an independent artistic medium, and the role of government in supporting that industry.
A SHORT WALL
Reviews of "Boomrang," and "The Empty Fishbowl," (Tong-e Khali-e Mahi) by Arash Rasafi and Pegah Amiri.
SHORT PLOTS: A SWAP-MEET!
A virtual market to browse for ideas and inspiration. No purchase necessary. But pick and choose at your own risk!
THE FIRST IRANIAN NATIONAL ANIMATION SEMINAR
Maryam Mozafaripour reports on the primary goal of this conference, a discourse on the creative process of Iranian animators in the context of their cultural heritage and socio-political realities.
SHORT FILM AND TELEVISION
"Film-e Asehman," or "The Heavens," is a series of documentary shorts made for television broadcast. These films focus mainly on the spiritual and moral dimensions of humanity.
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