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Jul292018 by cineverseNo Comments

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by Louisa.H Pouran Derakhshandeh is one of the few Iranian female filmmakers who has been active in making narrative films continuously. In most of her films, she focuses on family themes and uses an emotional and often popular style.Derakhshandeh deals with the problems of children and teenagers who suffer from mental and physical disabilities in a significant number of her works. Of course the tendency towards such issues in today's cinema is commendable, but it does not intrinsically lead to the production of good films. Eternal Children (2006), a film recently released by Pouran Derakhsandeh is an example of this fact and offers no new message to the audience except a good actress named Elham Hamidi.Iman and Negar, two compatible young people, intend to get married, but someone stan...

Jun222018 by cineverseNo Comments

Shining in abundance of light

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by Aaron AtkinsThe Love Film Festival announced the winners in various categories, and to be fair, it could be said that all the winners among the nominees deserved to be selected. I had the chance to watch almost all the films that were submitted to the festival and considering the hard economic situation happening all over the world, I tried to be as fair as I could have been. In future articles I am going to publish a summary of the critiques of all the films that I watched. However, I am going to discuss the film that achieved the award for the best film and the best supporting actor role. A film directed by Ebrahim Forouzesh. Forouzesh is one of the directors of the older golden generation of the Iranian cinema. The Generation that presented likes of Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi....

Jun152018 by cineverseNo Comments

The History of Iranian Independent Cinema and Its International Presence in the World

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by Mostafa Mohammad Khani Independent Iranian cinema began in the 1940s with the flow of Iranian intellectual literature. And with directors such as Farrokh Ghaffari, Shahid Sales, Bahram Beizai and Amir Naderi, sparks of hope were formed in this cinema, and even political films such as Masoud Kimiaei. With the making of the films Deer and Qaisar and Dariush Mehrjoui with the making of the film Gao, a wave of criticism of the political rule of that time was able.In a way, he helped the Iranian people to protest. And it can be said that a wave of Iranian filmmakers introduced to the worldAnd these films, in addition to being shown and welcomed in cinemas and festivals inside Iran, create global successes and screenings in the international arena for Iranian cinema.With the beginning of t...

Feb202018 by cineverseNo Comments

Natalie Portman: “I Very Much Regret” Signing Roman Polanski Petition

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In a new interview, the actress also addressed the whitewashing controversy surrounding her upcoming film 'Annihilation.' BY KATIE KILKENNY Nine years after she signed a Hollywood petition demanding the release of Roman Polanski from Swiss custody, Natalie Portman says she regrets supporting the filmmaker, who pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor in 1977. “I very much regret it. I take responsibility for not thinking about it enough,” Portman says in an interview with Buzzfeed News published on Tuesday. “Someone I respected gave it to me, and said, ‘I signed this. Will you, too?’ And I was like, ‘Sure.'” The petition, made public in September 2009, demanded “the immediate release of Roman Polanski” after the Rosemary’s Baby filmmaker was detained days earl...

Oct182017 by cineverseNo Comments

A Phenomenon for the Cinema(Mirkarimi – Hamidi)

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by Nicholas Mayhu Some movies are momentary, some are hourly, some are weekly, and some of them are permanent. You keep thinking about some movies for a long time when you watch them. Sometimes, it is because of the story and the situation that the audience can identify with and sometimes, it has emotional reasons when you watch a romantic movie. Basically, if a movie can attract the attention of the audience, they will remember it for years.Important factors play a significant role in this regard and it seems that screenplay is the most important one. Now I want to talk about a movie that not only has a great screenplay but also includes other factors that absorb viewers for a while.Reza Mirkarimi is an Iranian filmmaker who is internationally well-known but not as much as Abbas Kiaros...

Dec242016 by cineverseNo Comments

Cinematic Sympathy with a Storytelling Attitude

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by Maziar Sheibanifar In Eternal Children (2006), Pouran Derakhshandeh has a sympathetic attitude towards children with Down syndrome, although the storytelling is not very strong.This time, she chose another group of people with disabilities in society and portrayed some of their issues, obstacles and challenges with style and techniques of filmmaking she used from the beginning of her directorial activity. She obviously tried to tell an attractive and comprehensive story and attract the audience. Over the past years, acceptable movies have been made based on the life and needs of people with disabilities all around the world, especially in Hollywood. The fantasy element, the attractiveness of the story and the effectiveness are emphasized in movies of this type. Professional and capab...

Sep182015 by cineverseNo Comments

makeup art in “The Role of Negar” made by Ali Atshani

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by Claire Denis A review of the viewpoints of Claire Denis, director, scenarist, and referee of the 40th Toronto Canada International Film Festival in 2015, about delicacy and capacities of makeup art in "The Role of Negar" made by Ali Atshani, the Iranian director participating in this festival. What you will learn from cinema makeup training by the makeup artist of "The Role of Negar":Cinema is a large and prosperous industry with an ever-increasing audience. People would like to watch films of different genres so that those films with better special effects and higher creativity and attractiveness will be more welcomed publicly.Makeup is one of the most important factors for making a powerful film. Whenever you can use professional cinema makeup to create a breathtaking fight scen...