List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2004-05-31

At Five in the Afternoon

directed by Samira Makhmalbaf

YEAR
2003

107 MINS, Color

With sharp wit and elegant images, this film by Iran's Samira Makhmalbaf (THE APPLE) tells the story of Noqreh (Agheleh Rezaie), a contemporary woman in post-Taliban Kabul. Now allowed to attend school, Noqreh dreams of becoming the president of the republic of Afghanistan. However, her rigid father takes a dim view of the new changes in Kabul, a city he believes is rife with blasphemy. Based on a novel by the filmmaker's father, noted director Moshen Makhmalbaf, At Five in the Afternoon won the Jury Prize at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. TVPG (AC) May 12 9:00pm; 15 11:15pm; 30 9:30pm

PRODUCER
Mohsen Makhmalbaf

SCREENWRITER
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Samira Makhmalbaf

CINEMATOGRAPHER
Ebrahim Ghafori
Samira Makhmalbaf

EDITOR
Mohsen Makhmalbaf

COMPOSER
Mohammad Reza Darvishi

CAST
Agheleh Rezaie
Abdolgani Yousefrazi
Razi Mohebi
Marzieh Amiri

Iran, Veiled Appearances

directed by Thierry Michel

YEAR
2002

88 MINS, Color

Appeared at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival
Free of the restrictions that would have hindered an Iranian filmmaker, Belgian documentarian Thierry Michel visits Iran with the goal of discovering the reality behind the pervasive stereotypes that define the country in the West. Twenty-three years after the Islamic revolution, Michel finds a country of contradictions: young Iranians yearn for cultural freedom while nearby paramilitary religious sects celebrate martyrdom. Troubling and eye-opening, IRAN, VEILED APPEARANCES presents a revealing portrait of a country on the eve of transition. TVPG (AC, AL, V)


SCREENWRITER
Thierry Michel