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'Castle of Dreams' Walks Off with Two Awards in Turkey Art & Culture November 4, 2019 3 This Day in History (November 4) ‘Castle of Dreams’ Walks Off Today is Monday; 13th of the Iranian month of Aban 1398 solar hijri; corresponding to 6th of the Islamic month of Safar 1441 lunar hijri; and November 4, 2019, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. 837 lunar years ago, on this day in 604 AH, the famous Persian poet and mystic, Jalal od-Din Mohammad Balkhi Rumi, was born to Iranian parents With Two Awards in Turkey in Wakhsh, a town located on the river of the same name in Balkh, Greater Best Actor Award, the Best Director Award, and Khorasan. Wakhsh is now in Tajikistan while Balkh is in Afghanistan. The most important influences upon him, besides his scholarly father Baha od-Din the Golden Goblet. Walad who was connected to the spiritual lineage of the Iranian Gnostic Najm The film has also won two awards at the Batumi od-Din Kubra, were the Persian poets Attar Naishapuri and Sana’i Ghaznavi. International Art-House Film Festival in Georgia He was hardly ten years when the family had to flee Khorasan towards Iraq and was selected as the best film according to because of the barbaric Mongol invasion. After a sojourn in Baghdad and critics in the West and East Eurasian Film Festival travel to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, followed by a brief stay in (Orenburg, Russia). Damascus, he settled in Konya in Anatolia which was under the Persianate Seljuq Sultanate of Roum – hence his title Rumi. At the age of 67, he passed Best director award of the 4th Slemani away in Konya, where he produced his magnum opus the “Mathnawi”, and International Film Festival in Iraq and best film where his shrine has become a place of pilgrimage for Sufis. Known also as award at Int’l Film Award “East – West. Golden “Mowlavi” and “Mowlana”, his poems have been translated into many of the Arch” in Russia are also among the honors received world’s languages including English. His “Mathnawi” remains one of the by the flick. literary glories of the Persian language. In addition to Persian literature, his A short synopsis for the film reads “Jalal Moradi, poetry has influenced Urdu, Punjabi, Turkish, Pashto, Chaghatai, Bengali and a 42-year-old father of two, kills a family in an Sindhi languages. In his poems he has paid homage to the unsurpassed merits of Imam Ali (AS), the divinely-decreed vicegerent of Prophet Mohammad accident. In the court of law, the murder is recognized (SAWA). as accidental killing without intent. After getting out 608 solar years ago, on this day in 1411 AD, Khalil Sultan, the Timurid ruler of prison, he leaves his wife and kids and moves to of Transoxiana from 1405 to 1409, died in Rayy near modern Tehran. He another city. Two years later, he must go back to his was a son of Miran Shah and a grandson of the fearsome Turkic conqueror hometown as his wife is brain-dead.” Amir Timur, who in 1402 gave him rule of Ferghana valley – spread across Hamed Behdad, Mohammad Asgari, Zhila Shahi, in what is now Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kirghizstan – on being impressed Hamed Behdad in ‘Castle of Dreams’. Akbar Ayeen, Azadeh Nobahar, Mohammad by his military prowess during the conquest of North India. Upon Timur’s death in 1405 Khalil viewed himself as successor and quickly casting aside TEHRAN (IFILM) -- Iranian family drama ‘Castle Wolfgang Becker headed the jury of the Ashkanfar, Youna Tadayyon, and Niyousha Alipour his cousin, Pir Mohammad, the appointed heir, took control of the capital, of Dreams’ by Reza Mirkarimi has dominated the International Feature Film Competition. The rest make the cast list of the flick. Samarqand, including Timur’s vast treasury. Meanwhile, his uncle Shah Rukh, key competition category at the 56th Antalya Golden members of the jury were comprised of Icelandic Traditionally known as Turkey’s most prestigious the youngest son of Timur and governor of Khorasan, pressed his own claim Orange Film Festival in Turkey. screen writer and director Runar Runarsson, Dutch and oldest film festival, the Antalya Golden Orange and advanced against him from Herat in what is now Afghanistan, but turned The film took a 100,000-Turkish Lira award for actor Johanna ter Steege, Polish producer Ewa Film Festival is held annually since 1963, considers back when Khalil’s father Miran Shah, the governor of Azerbaijan marched best director, while its lead role, Hamed Behdad, Puszczynska and Busan Film Festival director Jay for selection feature films from Asia, Europe and in support. Khalil’s position, however, began to weaken. He was unpopular in shared best actor award of the International Feature Jeon. Samarqand, because of his wife Shad Mulk’s undue influence on state affairs. Middle East countries. A famine caused him to be even more despised, and he left Samarqand for his Film Competition section of the event. ‘Castle Of Dreams’ has already won three awards The event was launched on October 26, 2019 and base Ferghana. His rule in Samarqand finally ended on May 13, 1409 when This year, German director and screenwriter at the Shanghai International Film Festival: the wrapped up on November 01, 2019 in Antalya. Shah Rukh entered the city unopposed and placed his own son, the famous astronomer-mathematician, Ulugh Beg, as ruler of Transoxiana. Shah Rukh showed clemency towards Khalil and appointed him governor of Rayy. Animation Hit Competes in Germany 443 solar years ago, on this day in 1576 AD, during the Eighty Years’ War, Spanish forces invaded Flanders and captured the city of Antwerp in what is TEHRAN (IFILM) -- The 62nd Based on the fantasy book now Belgium. After three days of fighting the city was almost destroyed. edition of the International Leipzig by Afsaneh Shabannejad, the 228 solar years ago, on this day in 1791 AD, US General, Arthur St. Clair, Festival for Documentary and animated film is a recreation of the governor of Northwest Territory, was decisively defeated by an Amerindian Animated Film - DOK Leipzig in classic fable of ‘The Wolf and the army near Fort Wayne, Indiana on the banks of Wabash River. Miami Germany has screened Iranian short Lamb’. Amerindian Chief Little Turtle led the powerful force of the native tribes of Miami, Wyandot, Iroquois, Shawnee, Delaware, Ojibwa and Potawatomi animation ‘Am I a Wolf?’. In ‘Am I a Wolf?’, a number of that inflicted the greatest defeat ever suffered by the US Army at the hands Directed by Amir-Houshang students are performing a theater of Amerindians. The staggering defeat moved Congress to authorize a larger Moeen, the Iranian animation went called ‘The Wolf and the Seven army in 1792. on the German screen three times Little Goats’. Everybody has a 118 solar years ago, on this day in 1901, Greek archaeologist Spyridon on October 29, 30, and 31, 2019. role.The 8-minute animation has Nikolaou Marinatos, whose most notable discovery was the site of an ancient taken home numerous awards port city on Thera Island in the southern Aegean Sea, was born. The city, the from global events such as the 11th name of which was not discovered, apparently had about 20,000 inhabitants Iran Short Film when it was destroyed by the great volcanic eruption of 1500 BC, as a sign of Tehran International Animation divine wrath for its sinful populace after repeated warnings through messengers Festival in Iran, the 22nd Media of God. Among the finds made at the site were the finest frescoes discovered in Wins Best Arts Festival in Japan, the 6th the Mediterranean region to that time, surpassing even those found at Knossos Tripoli Film Festival in Lebanon, in Crete. The most famous of these murals is the “Two Boys Boxing”. Cinematographer the 10th International Animation 101 solar years ago, on this day in 1918 AD, the Austro-Hungarian Empire Film Festival “Golden Kuker A still from ‘Am I a Wolf?’. surrendered to Allied Powers, a week prior to the end of World War I. It was the – Sofia” in Bulgaria, the 2019 most important ally of Germany and broke up into several countries. Award in U.S. Animation Festival in Taiwan. celebration of films with the highest 73 solar years ago, on this day in 1946 AD, the constitution of the United Insomnia International Animation Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) came TEHRAN (MNA) – Iranian Film Festival in Russia, the 12th The DOK Leipzig is one of the artistic and innovative approaches into effect. The aim behind its foundation was to establish scientific and short ‘Watercolor Girl’, directed Paris International Animation leading festivals for documentary to storytelling, embodying our cultural links and bonds among world nations and to publish books in different by Siamak Kashef-Azar, has won Film Festival in France, the 2019 and animated film. The festival, values of peace, tolerance, human languages. Among the clauses of the UNESCO charter are respect for justice, an award in the October edition Indie-AniFest - Korea Independent being the first in the world to dignity and freedom of expression. rule of law, and protection of human rights and basic liberties. of American Golden Picture Animation Film Festival in South combine these two genres, is built The 62nd DOK Leipzig has been 59 solar years ago, on this day in 1960 AD, at the Kasakela Chimpanzee International Film Festival in the on more than 60 years of history slated for October 28-November 3, Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observed chimpanzees creating Korea, and won a nomination at tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
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