Going on right now (as in this weekend and next week) you should def check out this happenstance. Happenstance for me, cuz I was just watching 'Amanpour.' on CNN via iPod and thinking, Hmmmm...I wonder if there are any good Moussavi docs or narrative interpretations?
And then I found out Iranian Film Festival 2010 is happening in DC! Yay! Not sure I'm gonnna find a Moussavi pic, BUT there are definitely some titles that are in high demand. The screenings are free, and tickets are available an hour before each showing. Still, prepare to stake your claim early as seats are expected to fill up fast.
Learn more about each film over at the Smithsonian's site. Dates, times and location are also available.
Yours truly is particularly intrigued by the doc titled Consulting God Estekhareh, by Mohammad Sadegh Jafari. Abbas Kiarostami will be live and in full effect all festival long. Peep the fest descriptor below.
The Freer Gallery of Art is located at Jefferson Drive and 12th St., SW, Wash., DC. Metro map it.
In Freer's own words:
The Freer’s fourteenth annual festival of Iranian films presents five new films
and a video installation by Abbas Kiarostami. This series is organized by Carter
Long of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and with the support of ILEX
Foundation: Olga M. Davidson and Niloofar Fotouhi.Headliner, Abbas Kiarostami (with the stunna shades on) discussing his directorial style.
gotta see at least one of his pics. i feel him on dreams and dreaming. reality is overrated.
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