5 To 5 + Donya
5 To 5 + Donya
San Francisco, CA
Director: Tara Otadi [in person], 82 minutes, Cast: Reza Kianian, Shams Langerudi, Touraj Nasr, Mohammad Ali Dibaj, Ali Asghar Shahbazi Due to his car break-down, a fifty-five year old doctor has to spend a night in a villa with four wealthy men. Unexpected things happen among the doctor and the w…
Saturday, September 28 2019
5:15 PM
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7:00 PM
Shorts Program #2
Shorts Program #2
San Francisco, CA
Loop [24] + Short Wave [15] + Once Upon a Time [12] + Seven Empty Frames [7] + 40 Keys [5] + Nightmare [9] + Before Darkness [14] + Pains of the Sea [8] + The Persian* [5] + Let’s Blossom [1] + Ishq Beekar [4] Nemesis + [6] + The Stage [3] + The Damn Junks [5] = 110 minutes
Sunday, September 29 2019
11:00 AM
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1:00 PM
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
San Francisco, CA
Director: Ramin Bahrani, Screen Writers: Amir Naderi & Ramin Bahrani, 2018, USA, 100 minutes, Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, Lilly Singh Fahrenheit 451 is a modern adaption of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel set in a future America, the film follows a “fireman” whose job it…
Sunday, September 29 2019
9:30 PM
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11:00 PM
Girls of the Sun + Kaziwa
Girls of the Sun + Kaziwa
San Francisco, CA
Director: Eva Husson, France, 115 minutes, Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot, Zübeyde Bulut, Maia Shamoevi, Evin Ahmadguli, Nia Mirianashvili The latest from Eva Husson (Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)) follows an impassioned war correspondent, Mathilde (Emmanuelle Bercot), into the Dae…
Saturday, September 28 2019
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Dirty Job
Dirty Job
San Francisco, CA
Director: Khsoro Masoumi, 102 minutes, Cast: Pedram Sharifi [in person], Elham Nami [in person], Levon Haftvan, Reza Fayazi [in person] Farhad, an unemployment law student who is busy with alcohol sales, decides to migrate to the United States. Farhad wins U.S. Green Card Lottery so he travels to …
Sunday, September 29 2019
3:15 PM
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5:15 PM
Embassy + Only Voice Remans
Embassy + Only Voice Remans
San Francisco, CA
Director: Daniel Wyss, 2019, Switzerland, 72 minutes, Cast: Pascal Decosterd, Gary Sick, Henry Precht, Abbas Milani, John Limbert, Ahmad Salamatian, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh “Embassy” questions the role of diplomatic relations and territorial representation. In the spectrum of the crisis of the hostage…
Sunday, September 29 2019
1:00 PM
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3:00 PM
Axing + Driving Lesson
Axing + Driving Lesson
San Francisco, CA
Director: Behrooz Shoaibi, 91 minutes, Cast: Mahnaz Afshar, Sara Bahrami, Amin Hayaee, Negar Abedi The story of an addicted woman Mahsa who thinks that her girl is dead but when finds out that she is alive and lives with her father (Mahsa’s ex-husband) she decides to take her back. This put her to…
Sunday, September 29 2019
7:30 PM
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9:15 PM
Dressage + The Crossing
Dressage + The Crossing
San Francisco, CA
Director: Pooya Badkoobeh, 2018, Iran, 93 minutes, Cast: Negar Moghaddam, Ali Mosaffa, Shabnam Moghaddami Golsa is a 16-year-old girl living with her family in a small town near Tehran. She spends most of her time hanging out with a group of friends. One day the group decides on a course of action…
Saturday, September 28 2019
9:30 PM
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11:00 PM
White Fish Season
White Fish Season
San Francisco, CA
Director: Ghorban Najafi [in person], 2019, Iran, 97 minutes, Cast: Mohammad Reza Forotan, Ladan Mostofi, Zhale Alo, Milad Keymaram Nahid belongs to a noble and land-owning family. She got a massive loan from a bank following sudden death of her only child and went to Paris. Because of her family …
Sunday, September 29 2019
5:30 PM
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7:30 PM
Julia Blue + Asheghaneha
Julia Blue + Asheghaneha
San Francisco, CA
Director: Roxy Toporowych [in person], Producer: Nilou Safinya [in person], Ukraine/USA, 86 minutes, Cast: Polina Snisarenko, Dima Yaroshenko Julia Blue, is a love story for a new generation and a new century. Inspired to study photography by the protest scenes she witnessed in Kiev during the 201…
Saturday, September 28 2019
3:30 PM
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5:15 PM