No. 13 The House Of Cinema Newsletter Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds July & August 2010

Special Issue Nominees for the Statuettes of Top Films at 14th Inside Iranian Feast of Cinema Nominees for the Statuettes of Top Films at 14th Iranian Feast of Cinema Were Announced

Farhad Towhid, secretary of the 14th Feast of the Iranian Cinema, thanked the jury and announced: “After 47 days if intense evalua- tion, and viewing 132 long feature films by 60 expert jurors and hav- ing reached the deadline for sub- mitting evaluation forms, the votes were read by the supervising coun- cil comprising Zhila Ipakchi, Ali Dehkordi and Sirus Alvand in the presence of Seyed Mohsen Hash- emi, executive manager of the Feast of Cinema, and the nominees for the top awards were announced as fol- lows:

Best Picture produced by & Mahmoud Razavi The Afternoon of the Tenth Day produced by Manouchehr Moham- madi Gold and Copper produced by Manouchehr Mohammadi

Best Director Bahram Beizai for the film When We Are All Asleep Jalil Saman for the film Time for Being (Life) Asghar Farhadi for the film About Elly Varuzh Karim-Masihi for the film Hesitation for the film San- turi

Best Screenwriter Mohsen Amir Yusefi for the film The Stoker Jalil Saman for the film Time for Being (Life) Mohsen Abdolvahhab for the film Please Don’t Disturb Asghar Farhadi for the film About Read More on Elly Page 2 Hamed Mohammadi for the film Gold and Copper Nominees for the Statuettes of Top Films at 14th Iranian Feast of Cinema

Best Actress Behnam Khaksar for the film Afternoon of Best Sound Recording Haniye Tavassoli for the film Afternoon of the Tenth Day Mahmoud Sammakbashi for the film When the Tenth Day Leo Lu for the film Solomon’s Kingdom We Are All Asleep Hedye Tehrani for the film Seven Minutes to Abbas Rastegarpour for the film The Child the Autumn and the Angel for the film Gold and Cop- Best Exterior Special Effects Mehran Malekuti for the film Afternoon of per Asghar Pourhajerian for the film Democracy the Tenth Day Leyla Hatami for the film Roaming in the in Broad Daylight Jahangir Mirshekari for the film The Spy Mist Javad Sahrifi for the film The Saturday Hunt- Yadollah Najafi for the film Please Don’t Dis- for the film About Elly er turb Davoud Rasulian for the film Blue as the Li- lac Best Supporting Actress Mohsen Rouzbehani for the film Night of the Best Sound Mix Rana Azadivar for the film About Elly Event Masoud Behnam for the film Gold and Cop- Sareh Bayat for the film Satanic Imitator per Sahar Dowlatshahi for the film Gold and Cop- Best Musical Score Mohsen Rowshan for the film The Child and per Nasser Chashmazar for the film The Super- the Angel Merila Zarei for the film About Elly star Amir Hossein Qasemi for the film Please Zhaleh Sameti for the film Heiran Fardin Khalatbari for the film The Postman Don’t Disturb Does Not Ring Three Times Mohammad Kashfi and Ali Hosseini for the Aria Aziminezhad for the film Gold and Cop- film The Penalty Best Actor per Mahmoud Musavinezhad for the film Democ- for the film Seven Minutes to Mohammad Reza Aliqoli for the film After- racy in Broad Daylight the Autumn noon of the Tenth Day for the films Roaming in the Karen Homayunfar for the film Night of the Mist and About Elly Event Towhidi added: “The great number of films Hamid Farrokhnezhad for the films The that have been evaluated point to the fact that Stoker and In Color Purple there is intense rivalry among the films and that Mohammad Reza Forutan for the film The Other Mehdi Hashemi for the film Nothing

Best Supporting Actor Saber Abr for the film About Elly Mehran Ahmadi for the films Twenty and Nothing Hamed Behdad for the film Day and Night for the film Testimonial for God for the film Penniless

Best Set Design Abbas Bolondi for the film Night of the Event Abdolhamid Qadirian for the film Solomon’s Kingdom Behzad Kazazi for the film Testimonial for God Marjan Golzar for the film Gold and Copper Keyvan Moqaddam for the film Penniless all nominees deserve to receive the top prize but of course there will be only one winner in Best Editing each category which will be determined on the Best Costume Design Hassan Hassandoust for the film Afternoon basis of the jury votes.” Shiva Rashidian for the film Close Encoun- of the Tenth Day ter Bahram Dehqani for the film Gold and Cop- Towhidi concluded: “The final evaluation will Abdolhamid Qadirian for the film Solomon’s per be done by a larger group of jurors. Apart from Kingdom Hydeh Safiyari for the film About Elly the specialized jury members of the prelimi- Behzad Kazazi for the film Anahita Nazenin Mofakham for the film The Other Mohammad Reza Moini for the film Around nary stage, 18 heads of the other film guilds of the Highway the House of Cinema, five representatives of the Best Cinematography producers, five members selected by the board Khsuie Abyaneh for the film Solomon’s King- of directors, comprising Aideen Aghdashloo, dom Best Make-up Goli Emami, Dr. Mehdi Hojjat, Fereshteh Taer- Mohammad Aladpush for the film The Husk Abdollah Eskandari for the film In Color Pur- pour and Keyvan Kasirian, will form the jury Hossein Jafarian for the film About Elly ple Amir Karimi for the film The Postman Does for the final evaluation.” Sudabeh Khosravi for the film Day and Not Ring Three Times Night Farshad Mohammadi for the film Aal Navid Farahmarzi for the film Twenty Saeed Malekan for the film When We Are All more Asleep info ? visit: Best Visual Special Effects Mahin Navidi for the film Hot Chocolate www.iampg.org Hassan Izadi for the film Night of the Event Nominees for Statuettes of Top Documentary Films at the 14th Iranian Feast of Cinema Nominees for Statuettes of Top Film Still, Poster, Credits and Trailer at 14th Mohsen Ramazanzadeh for the film Parseh The public relations office of the 14th Meysam Shahbabaie, Center for Promotion of Iranian Feast of Cinema Iranian Feast of Cinema announced nomi- Documentary and Experimental Cinema for the nees for top prizes at the documentary film film I Am a Sign section, adding that the results were ob- Ali Abdipour, Mohammad Abdollahi for the The public relations office of the 14th film Red Killers Iranian Feast of Cinema announced lists tained on the votes of the jury of the docu- Seyed Mmani Mirsadeqi, Envirnment Preser- of works accepted at film stills, posters, mentary films and vote counting. vation Organization for the film Twist of the Water credits and trailers competitions. The jury of the competition of film stills, Nominees for Best Sound posters, credits and trailers, comprising (Sound Recording, Sound Mix, Music) Nominees for Direction of Ebrahim Haghighi, Ahmadi, Mitra Amir Adibparvar, Mahmoud Kheradmand for Best Medium-Length film Mohaseni, Amir Hossein Alamolhoda, sound mix of the film How Green Was My Val- Bahram Dehqn viewed and evaluated 245 Baktash Abtin for the film Park Mark ley film stills, 55 credits, 18 trailers and 223 Mehdi Saleh Kermani for the sound recording Fathollah Amiri for the film Life in Eclypse of the film Cold Bubble Amir Joghtaie for the film Cold Bubble posters and announced nominees for top Alireza Karimnezhad for the sound recording of Fereshteh Joghtaie for the film How Green Was prizes as follows: the film Life in Eclypse My Valley Nezam Kiaie for the sound recording of the film Mohammad Ali Hashemzehi for the film Asku Nominees for Film Still section Park Mark

Nominees for Production of 1. Testimonial for God Nominees for Best Editing Best Medium-Length film (Abdollah Abdinasab) 2. The Expressway Amir Adibparvar, Fershteh Joghtaie for the Baktash Abtin for the film Park Mark (Mohammad Fowqani) film How Green Was My Valley Turaj Aslani for the film How Green Was My Amir Adibparvar for the film Cold Bubble Valley 3. Afternoon of the Tenth Day Masoud Amini, Ensiyeh Saebi for the film Dust Fathollah Amiri, I.R.I.B., Ilam Center for the (Jalal Hamidi) of Memory film Life in Eclypse 4. The Passion of Charlie Reza Daryanoush for the film Mr. and Mrs. B’s Ehsan Mohammad Hassani, Ashura Media (Navid Sajjadi Hosseini) Empty Spot Institute for the film Asku Mohammad Shirvai for the film Mark Park Amir Joghtaie for the film Cold Bubble 5. A True Report (Mehdi Delkhasteh) Nominees for Best Cinematography Nominees for Direction of Nominees for the Poster section Turaj Aslani for the film Mark Park Turaj Aslani for the film How Green Was My Best Feature Film 1. Mainline Valley Morteza Pourmohammadi for the film I Am a Fima Emami, Reza Daryanoush for the film Mr. (Behzad Khorshidi) Sign and Mrs. B’s Empty Spot 2. About Elly Amir Joghtaie for the film Cold Bubble Masoud Amini, for the film Dust of Memory (Heidar Rezai) Arastou Maddahi Givi for the film Life in Mohammad Shirvani for the film Zeo, Twenty 3. The Sounds Eclypse One Amid Rashedi, Turaj Rabbani for the film The (Mehdi Rowshanai) Unfinished Photo 4. Monsoon Season Nominees for Best Research Alireza Rasulinezhad for the film Minor and (Taha Zaker) Major 5. Wounded at Heart Fima Emami, Reza Daryanoush for the film Mr. and Mrs. B’s Empty Spot (Heidar Rezai) Amir Hossein Sanaie, Masoud Amiri Tirani for Nominees for production of the film Dust of Memory Nominees for the credits and Trailer Fereshteh Joghtaie for the film How Green Was Best Feature Film sections My Valley Mohsen Ramazanzadeh for the film Parseh Reza Khoshdel-Rad for the film Dust of Memo- ry Raziyeh Noraden Musavi for the film Life in 1. The Night Bus Eclypse Mohammad Hassan Damanzan for the film Farmanfarma’s Daughter (Amir Sheiban ) Alireza Rasulinezhad for the film Minor and 2. Roaming in the Mist Major (Reza Shirvani) Nominees for Direction of Mohammad Shirvani for the film Zero, Twenty Best Short film One 3. The Invitation Center for Promotion of Documentary and (Meisam Molai) Mohammad Sadeq Jafari for the film Seeking Experimental Cinema for the film Mr. and Mrs. 4. Santuri B’s Empty Spot the Good ( Moayerian) Mohsen Ramezanzadeh for the film Parseh Meysam Shahbabaie for the film I Am a Sign Seyed mani Mirsadeqi for the film Twist of the It should be noted that Diplomas of Honor At the 14th Feast of cinema one statuette Water will be awarded to the Best works in the will be awarded to the best film still and sound, editing, cinematography category, two diplomas of honor will be presented and Statuettes of 14th Feast of Cinema will Nominees for Production of be awarded to the best works in the re- to the best poster and best credits. search, direction of short film, production Best Short Film of short film, direction of medium-length film, production of medium-length film, Morteza Razzaq Karimi for the film Bazh and direction of feature film and production of Barsam feature film section. Nominees for the Statuettes of Top Prizes at the Short Film section of the 14th Iranian Feast of Cinema

T Cinema and Karim Azimi Karim Lakzadeh for the film La- Nominees for best he public relations office of Sorrows and Instincts / produced vasan, Tajrish Editing the 14th Iranian Feast of Cinema by Karim Lakzadeh announced nominees for top prizes Emad Khodabakhsh for the film at the short film section, adding Nominnes for Best Ex- The Snail that the results were obtained on Nominees for Best Mohsen Jafari and Karim Azimi the votes of the jury of the Short perimental Direction for the film My House Is cloudy film Society and after four days of Director Nima Abbaspour for the film Meysam Mohammadi for the film vote counting. Naqi Nemati for the film Those Tables, Newspaper and Three Dots Radiography of a Portrait Two Karim Azimi for the film My Kazem Molai for the film Minus Azad Mohammadi for the film House Is Cloudy Mahmoud Ghaffari for the film Nominees for Best The Snail Kazem Molai for the film Minus Party Under the water Films Karim Lakzadeh for the film Sor- rows and Instincts Those Two / produced by the Babak Amini for the film Party Nominees for Best Nominees for Best Center for Promotion of Documen- Under the Water Cinematography Sound tary and Experimental Cinema and Soheila Golestani for the film Ramin Abolsedq for the film A Naqi Nemati Situation White Hooman Behmanesh for the film Tables, Newspaper and Three Those Two Song for Luba Dots / produced by the Center for Mohammad Rasuli for the film Farid Sedaqat for the film The Promotion of Documentary and Nominees for Best The Snail Snail Experimental Cinema and Nima Farshid Alizadeh for the film My Arash Sadeqi for the film The Abbaspour Script House Is cloudy Snail The Snail / produced by Azad Golnaz Sarkarfarshi for the film Ali Mohammad Qasemi for the Mehrshad Malekuti for the film Mohammadi Happy Birthday film Qiluneh Radiography of a Portrait My House Is Cloudy / produced Nima Abbaspour for the film Ashkan Ashkani for the film Party Shain Pourdadashi and Amir by the Center for Promotion of Tables, Newspaper and Three Dots Under the Water Turkman for the film the Metamor- Documentary and Experimental Azad Mohammadi for the film phosis The Snail Kazem Molai for the film Minus Picture of Magic An Exhibition of still photos of Iranian movies in past 3 years is part of the 14th Iranian Cinema Feast which is being held by the House of Cinema at Mellat Multiplex Gal- lery. The exhibition contains 200 photos which have been se- lected by the Iranian Cinema Photographers’ Association. The Gallery will be open till September 24th.

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