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CONTENTS 34th Fajr Film Festival 2 22 Movies to Compete in 34th Fajr Film Festival 3 Top Rivals at 34th Fajr Film Festival 4 Nine foreign Plays to Compete in Fajr Festival 7 Fajr Theater Festival to Host 30 Special Int'l Guests 8 Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #23. ’s The Salesman 9

34th Fajr Film Festival 1-11 February 2016 Tehran, Iran

Fajr Film Festival is Iran's annual film festival, held every February from 1-11 in Tehran, Iran. The festival, started in 1982, is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Iran. It takes place every year on the anniversary of the .

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22 Movies to Compete in 34th Fajr Film Festival 22 domestic movies would compete in the biggest cinematic event of the country to be held in February. A total of 22 movies, including Bodyguard, 'Wooden Lollipop', 'The Dragon Enters', 'Lanturi' (literally meaning numpty), 'Being Born', 'The World Redemption', 'The Girl', 'Barcode', 'Anger and Hubbub', 'Cyanide', 'Scandal', 'Malaria', 'Breath', 'Blind Point', 'Midnight' and 'Inversion' compete in the section. Top Rivals at 34th Fajr Film Festival Films by famous young and veteran directors vie for the Crystal Simorgh awards at the 34th Fajr Film Festival next month.

A brief look at the list shows that this year the festival will host a wide range of movies from drama and political to war and comedy, made by directors whose previous works have been welcomed warmly both by the audience and critics. According to Financial Tribune, top films will be waiting for in the biggest film event in Iran regarding their directors’ background. Of the total 22, five directors who attended last year’s edition include , Farzad Motamen, Mostafa Kiai, Hatef Alimardani and Hooman Seyedi.

Tabrizi, who is a versatile director of different genres of movies and has usually hit the box office with his comedies, will present ‘Mina’s Possibility’, a drama on doubt and infidelity.

Motamen, whose last film ‘The Long Farewell’ won the best award in the 33rd edition, comes back with ‘When Did You Last See Sahar?’, a mystery film, which Motamen believes is the best work on his resume. So far, he has made nine movies, mostly dramas and also a comedy and film noir, but this one is “fast-paced and centers on a sensitive social issue”.

Young Kiai has progressed a lot since his first film in 2009. His last film ‘The Ice Age’ won the best supporting actress award in the 33rd edition and was among the year’s best-sellers. His fifth film ‘Barcode’ has three from ‘The Ice Age’ as well as many other notable actors and is expected to be another step forward in Kiai’s artistic career.

Alimardani’s ‘Binam Alley’ won the best actress award in the 33rd edition. Now the star-studded cast of ‘In the Seventh Month’ has intrigued the audience to look forward to watching another powerful drama on the everyday life of two middle-class urban families in modern times.

Seyedi’s ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind’, as a director, did not win an award in the competition section last year; however, his performance in ‘ I Am Diego Maradona’ brought him the best supporting actor award. This year he comes with ‘Sound and Fury’. Page 6 | Fajr Other Contenders There are other names on the list that will lead role which marks his 5th cooperation attract film fans as the previous works of their with Hatamikia. directors were successful. Latest films by , , Reza ‘Lantouri’ (literally meaning numpty) by Dormishian and Masoud Dehnamaki are Dormishian, could emerge as the surprise of among the highly-anticipated productions. the festival as the previous film of the director ‘I’m Not Angry’ is still having screening Mir-Karimi has shone on the world stage with problems. Shown in the 32nd edition, ‘I’m his works ‘Today’, ‘A Cube of Sugar’, ‘As Simple Not Angry’ faced challenges from officials as That’ and ‘Under the Moonlight’. His last who have not yet issued the permit for its film ‘The Girl’ was sent to the festival public release. However, it was awarded the secretariat on the last day for film submissions APSA Academy NETPAC Development Prize in so that the audience can see another movie 2014. by the renowned director after two years at Dehnamaki’s ‘Scandal 2’ is a sequel to the Fajr. ‘Scandal’ (2012) which topped the best- sellers chart of the year. He has trilogy of ‘The Hatamikia is known for his quality films on Expelled’, all among the hits of their year of the Sacred Defense (the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq screening, in his resume. Popular among the war). After making some movies on social majority of the public, critics have shown issues, in ‘Bodyguard’ he has chosen a political little interest toward his movies. ‘Scandle 2’ topic which has made it a must-see for film may change their opinion by its fascinating fans. Another interesting point about the story of a clergy man who warns people of movie is ’s performance in the Tehran about an imminent catastrophe. This is the first time the word ‘international’ and cameras, this year the official poster of is not used in the title of the event as the the event shows the late actor Khosrow international section was separated from the Shakibai. According to the organizers, the national category in the previous edition and change is yet another effort to honor local was held at a later date in May. cineastes that have helped develop the This year’s festival also differs from the Iranian film industry. previous editions in terms of its poster. While previous posters included elements related The festival is slated for February 1-11 in to cinema and movie making such as film rolls Tehran.

Page 7 | Health Nine foreign plays to compete in Fajr Festival

TEHRAN – Nine foreign plays are to compete in Spain, and “B Lala”, a joint Iranian and in the international section of the 34th edition German production by Iranian director Yasser of the Fajr Theater Festival. Khaseb are also included. German director Thomas Ostermeier stages William Shakespeare’s masterpiece “Hamlet”, Other plays are coming from Georgia, Japan, while Marianne Roland from Norway performs Hungary and Iraq. In addition, thirteen “Hedda Gabler”, Henrik Ibsen’s most Iranian plays are also to compete in the performed play, at the festival. international section. They include “The Last Pomegranate of the World” by Ebrahim “Catastrophe” by Alex Serrano from Spain, “A Poshtekuhi, “Odyssey” by Arash Dadgar, “A House in Asia” by Agrupacion Senor Serrano, Song for You” by Amin Ebrahimi and “Vanik” a company dedicated to the performing arts by Sohrab Salami.

The festival was running from January 5 until February 1. Fajr Theater Festival to Host 30 Special Int'l Guests

Some 30 guests from 11 countries attended the 34th Fajr Theater Festival. The guests will represent famous companies from Holland, Algeria, Czech Republic, Germany, Georgia, Romania, Qatar, Singapore, the Switzerland, France and Belgium.

Considered one of the most significant artistic events in the field of theater in Iran, International Fajr Theater Festival started its activities in 1982.

Fajr International Theater Festival occurs annually in Iran, featuring local and international theatrical works to mark victory of the Islamic Revolution 1979. Page 10 | Fajr Asghar Farhadi Writer | Director |Producer| Costume Designer

First Iranian Director to be nominated for academy awards in any other category except Best Foreign Language Film.

Asghar Farhadi, born 7 May 1972) is an internationally, critically acclaimed Iranian and . For his work as a director, he has received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, among many other awards. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world by Time magazine in 2012.

Life and career Farhadi was born in Homāyūnshahr (Khomeyni Shahr), Province of Isfahan. He is a graduate of theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from University of Tehran and Tarbiat Modares University, respectively. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in the Isfahan branch of the Iranian Young Cinema Society, before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for IRIB. Filmography

Feature films 2002- / Writer 2003- Dancing in the Dust/ Writer and Director 2004- The Beautiful City/ Writer and Director 2006- / Writer and Director 2007- Canaan/ Writer 2008- Tambourine/ Writer 2009- Trial on the Street/ Writer 2009- / Writer, Director and Producer 2011- / Writer, Director& Producer 2013- The Past/ Writer, Director

Television 1998- The Waiter/Director, Producer and Writer 1998- Doctors/ Writer 1998- Farrokh & Faraj Residental Complex/ Director 1999- Youth days/Writer 1999- Story of a City/ Director, Producer and Writer 2001- Story of a City II / Director, Producer and Writer

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #23. Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman The Salesman Drama | 2016 (Iran) Writer/ Director: Aasghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi’s 2013 title The Past won French actress Berenice Bejo a Best Actress award at Cannes. Following 2011’s A Seperation (which won Berlin’s Golden Bear, plus a Golden Globe and Oscar in the US), Farhadi has become a highly sought auteur, and it resulted in his 2008 film About Elly finally receiving distribution in the US, where it hit theaters in 2015. He’s got several irons in the fire, including an Almodovar produced Spanish project on deck for a possible 2017 release. But first, Farhadi returns to Iran for The Salesman (also previously referred to as Seller and Deliver it to Ahoo), starring Shahab Hossein and Taraneh Alidootsi (both previously having starred in About Elly, Fireworks Wednesday, and A Separation. The film revolves around a couple performing Arthur Miller’s famed play Death of a Salesman. Cast: , Taraneh Alidootsi.