List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2009-03-05

Iranian Film Festval

It's free!

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Event InfoName:
Iranian Film Festval
Tagline:
It's free!
Host:
MTN/Iranian embassy
Type:
Music/Arts - Performance
Time and PlaceStart Time:
Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 10:00am
End Time:
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 12:00am
Location:
Rosebank
City/Town:
Johannesburg, South Africa
Description
Once again, the Iranian Embassy in conjunction with MTN is holding the Iranian Film Festival. Bringing you the best of Iranian cinema, this is a must-see. And best of all, it's free-so no excuse for missing it.

Prepare to be culturally enriched.

It just finished showing at Pretoria, and is now showing in Jhb at Rosebank's Cinema Nouveau (28 Feb-5 March)
It then goes on to show in CT & Dbn.

For more, listen to SAfm's Wknd PM Live this Sat night at 8:45pm when we interview Iran's cultural attache to SA about the festival

Visit Nouveau's website for times & film listings

To Have or Not Have
A Documentary on Reproductive Politics in Iran

Niki Karimi, Film Maker
Charis Thompson, Commentary
Minoo Moallem, Moderator
Film screening
Thursday, March 5, 2009
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Stern Hall, Main Lounge

Niki Karimi, the Iranian actress and film maker in person!Commentary by Professor Charis ThompsonModerated by Professor Minoo MoallemSponsored by: Gender and Women's Studies, , Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Berkeley Center

San Francisco: Premiere of TEHRAN HAS NO MORE POMEGRANATES
March 4 & 5--Tehran Anar Nadarad has FINALLY come to a theatre near you!
Host: Tehran has No More Pomegranates
Type: Music/Arts - Opening
Network: Global

Thursday, March 5, 2009
Location: Embarcadero Center Cinema
Street: 1 Embarcadero Center
City/Town: San Francisco, CA

Phone: 4153520835

DescriptionBased on its tremendously successful screening in Los Angeles and by popular demand, Willow Films, as part of its U.S. tour, is proud to present the San Francisco theatrical release of the acclaimed documentary:

Written, directed and produced by: MASSOUD BAKHSHI
Narrated by: NOSRAT KARIMI--one of Iran’s greatest artists & main character in the 1976 TV series “My Uncle Napoleon”
Featuring music by: MOHSEN NAMJOO

"An imaginative and engaging history of Tehran that uses a petulant barbed humor to deliver a steady stream of irony about this drastically transformed society." –Variety

March 4 & 5, 2009
6:15 pm, 8:00 pm & 9:35 pm Showings Only

Embarcadero Center Cinema
PROMENADE LEVEL
1 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111

$10.50 General
$8.25 Student
$8.25 Child (-12)
$8.25 Senior (bring your parents & aunts & uncles AND all your non-Iranian friends, too)

Buy your tickets online at: https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=224

General Info: http://sociarts.com/thnmp