Persian Portraits

Persian Portraits is a series of Iranian films curated by the Tehran-based Documentary Experimental Film Center. Among the films screened will be Ehsan Amani’s “The Slap” (Sili; previously covered). They’ll also be showing Massoud Bakhshi’s “Tehran Has No More Pomegranates” (Tehran Anar Nadarad); the video above includes an interview with Bakhshi. The event will take place at 7:30 pm on Sunday, September 28, at the Egyptian Theatre, as part of the National Geographic All Roads Film Festival. 

Details here (scroll down).

(Thanks, Arash!)

Pangea Day: Sili

Iranian actor and filmmaker Ehsan Amani had a funny short called Sili (The Slap) in yesterday’s worldwide filmfest Pangea Day - one of several dozen films and (I think) the only Iranian entry. Check out the rest of the day’s movies and more about Pangea Day here.