“Parallel” is a new live-action science fiction feature, directed by Kourosh Ahari, starring Danielle Deadwyler, now playing in theaters:
“…’Vanessa’ (Deadwyler) takes refuge at her family’s lake house to grieve after suffering the loss of her child.
“Accompanied by her husband ‘Alex’ and his brother, ‘Martel’ Vanessa attempts to regain her sense of normalcy after the tragedy. But soon after their arrival, she experiences an aberration when she is attacked by a parallel universe’s version of herself.
“Faced with the reality that multiverses exist, she must reconcile the fact that these parallel gates will either hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever…”
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“…’Vanessa’ (Deadwyler) takes refuge at her family’s lake house to grieve after suffering the loss of her child.
“Accompanied by her husband ‘Alex’ and his brother, ‘Martel’ Vanessa attempts to regain her sense of normalcy after the tragedy. But soon after their arrival, she experiences an aberration when she is attacked by a parallel universe’s version of herself.
“Faced with the reality that multiverses exist, she must reconcile the fact that these parallel gates will either hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 2/28/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
“Parallel” is a new live-action science fiction feature, directed by Kourosh Ahari, starring Danielle Deadwyler, now playing in theaters:
“…’Vanessa’ (Deadwyler) takes refuge at her family’s lake house to grieve after suffering the loss of her child.
“Accompanied by her husband ‘Alex’ and his brother, ‘Martel’ Vanessa attempts to regain her sense of normalcy after the tragedy. But soon after their arrival, she experiences an aberration when she is attacked by a parallel universe’s version of herself.
“Faced with the reality that multiverses exist, she must reconcile the fact that these parallel gates will either hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…’Vanessa’ (Deadwyler) takes refuge at her family’s lake house to grieve after suffering the loss of her child.
“Accompanied by her husband ‘Alex’ and his brother, ‘Martel’ Vanessa attempts to regain her sense of normalcy after the tragedy. But soon after their arrival, she experiences an aberration when she is attacked by a parallel universe’s version of herself.
“Faced with the reality that multiverses exist, she must reconcile the fact that these parallel gates will either hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 2/26/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: In an early bid, Vertical has secured worldwide rights to Parallel, a new sci-fi thriller starring Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Aldis Hodge (One Night in Miami…) and Edwin Hodge (The Tomorrow War). The film directed by Kourosh Ahari (The Night), from a screenplay by Jonathan Keasey (Down Wind) and the Hodge brothers, is slated for release in theaters later this year.
Currently in post-production, Parallel is a remake of Lei Zheng’s award-winning Chinese film Parallel Forest that marks the first under the Hodges’ new banner, Hodge Brothers Productions. Pic tells the story of Vanessa (Deadwyler), who takes refuge at her family’s lake house to grieve after suffering the loss of her child. Accompanied by her husband, Alex (Aldis Hodge), and his brother, Martel (Edwin Hodge), Vanessa attempts to regain her sense of normalcy after the tragedy. But soon after their arrival, she experiences an aberration when she is...
Currently in post-production, Parallel is a remake of Lei Zheng’s award-winning Chinese film Parallel Forest that marks the first under the Hodges’ new banner, Hodge Brothers Productions. Pic tells the story of Vanessa (Deadwyler), who takes refuge at her family’s lake house to grieve after suffering the loss of her child. Accompanied by her husband, Alex (Aldis Hodge), and his brother, Martel (Edwin Hodge), Vanessa attempts to regain her sense of normalcy after the tragedy. But soon after their arrival, she experiences an aberration when she is...
- 4/20/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: C. Henry Chaisson, writer of Keri Russell-fronted film Antlers and Apple series Servant, is turning Nick Cutter’s underwater thriller The Deep into a series for Amazon.
The book is in development with Amazon Studios with Lost and Five Days at Memorial exec producer Carlton Cuse exec producing alongside Bosch exec producers Henrik Bastin and Melissa Aouate.
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Set in the near future, The Deep centers on a research station at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where a...
The book is in development with Amazon Studios with Lost and Five Days at Memorial exec producer Carlton Cuse exec producing alongside Bosch exec producers Henrik Bastin and Melissa Aouate.
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Set in the near future, The Deep centers on a research station at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where a...
- 12/19/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Seattle-based MindRiot Entertainment is teaming up with Panama’s Hypatia Films, an associate producer of Claire Denis’ Cannes Grand Prix winner “Stars at Noon,” on the groundbreaking documentary, “In Search of Atlantis,” based on the findings of Seattle native Dr. Jason Rubin who has used deductive reasoning, the writings of philosopher Plato and the most advanced satellite sonar imagery to pinpoint the location of the fabled lost island of Atlantis.
According to MindRiot co-founder and chief creative officer Jonathan Keasey, Dr. Rubin passed on other Hollywood suitors as he liked MindRiot’s approach to the content and the fact that it had marshalled the support of multiple universities, including deep sea explorer Don Walsh, the honorary president of the Explorers Club, and even European authorities, given the maritime jurisdiction of Rubin’s site in the Atlantic Ocean.
Denis is among the constellation of world talent descending on the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival.
According to MindRiot co-founder and chief creative officer Jonathan Keasey, Dr. Rubin passed on other Hollywood suitors as he liked MindRiot’s approach to the content and the fact that it had marshalled the support of multiple universities, including deep sea explorer Don Walsh, the honorary president of the Explorers Club, and even European authorities, given the maritime jurisdiction of Rubin’s site in the Atlantic Ocean.
Denis is among the constellation of world talent descending on the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival.
- 9/12/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Mammoth Pictures has announced that it’s bringing back its Mammoth Pictures Screenplay Competition, for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.
Mammoth looks with its competition to discover and support emerging writers, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds. The competition is unique in that the Grand Prize-winning screenwriter will have their screenplay developed, financed and produced as a feature-length film by Mammoth Pictures, with the screenwriter receiving a standard pay scale. Mammoth Pictures has partnered with Coverfly for the first time this season to accept submissions for the competition on their platform, which can be entered now.
Mammoth’s new Head of Development Alexis Brontë is heading up this year’s competition, which is geared toward genre feature screenplays — particularly those under the speculative fiction umbrella in the categories of horror thriller, psychological thriller, mystery thriller, crime thriller, science fiction, dystopian and fantasy — though it remains...
Mammoth looks with its competition to discover and support emerging writers, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds. The competition is unique in that the Grand Prize-winning screenwriter will have their screenplay developed, financed and produced as a feature-length film by Mammoth Pictures, with the screenwriter receiving a standard pay scale. Mammoth Pictures has partnered with Coverfly for the first time this season to accept submissions for the competition on their platform, which can be entered now.
Mammoth’s new Head of Development Alexis Brontë is heading up this year’s competition, which is geared toward genre feature screenplays — particularly those under the speculative fiction umbrella in the categories of horror thriller, psychological thriller, mystery thriller, crime thriller, science fiction, dystopian and fantasy — though it remains...
- 9/1/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mammoth Pictures has acquired film and TV rights to the bestselling novella Diary of a Murderer from award-winning Korean author Young-ha Kim. The company’s Creative Director Kourosh Ahari is set to direct an English-language feature adaptation, marking the first production under the deal, from a script by Henry Chaisson.
Diary of a Murderer tells the story of a former serial killer stricken with Alzheimer’s disease and suffering from escalating memory loss. When his now peaceful life with his daughter is threatened by new killings mimicking his murders of decades past, he sets his sights on one final kill before he loses his memory completely: the new serial killer he suspects is stalking his daughter – all told in a series of notes the narrator writes to himself throughout his psychological descent into dementia.
Kim’s novella was previously...
Diary of a Murderer tells the story of a former serial killer stricken with Alzheimer’s disease and suffering from escalating memory loss. When his now peaceful life with his daughter is threatened by new killings mimicking his murders of decades past, he sets his sights on one final kill before he loses his memory completely: the new serial killer he suspects is stalking his daughter – all told in a series of notes the narrator writes to himself throughout his psychological descent into dementia.
Kim’s novella was previously...
- 8/17/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Danielle Deadwyler (Till) has signed on to star alongside Aldis Hodge and his brother Edwin Hodge in the sci-fi thriller Parallel, from director Kourosh Ahari (IFC Films’ The Night), which has entered production in Vancouver.
The film formerly titled Parallel Forest is a remake of Lei Zheng’s award-winning Chinese feature of the same name. It follows the journey of Vanessa (Deadwyler), a grief-stricken woman who mysteriously finds herself navigating between parallel spaces. While on a retreat with her husband and brother-in-law, and after suffering the loss of a child, she is faced with the threat of self destruction in order to regain the life she knew before her loss. These parallel gates may hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever.
Edwin and Aldis Hodge wrote the script for Parallel with Jonathan Keasey (K-Sun) and will produce via their company Hodge Brothers Productions, alongside...
The film formerly titled Parallel Forest is a remake of Lei Zheng’s award-winning Chinese feature of the same name. It follows the journey of Vanessa (Deadwyler), a grief-stricken woman who mysteriously finds herself navigating between parallel spaces. While on a retreat with her husband and brother-in-law, and after suffering the loss of a child, she is faced with the threat of self destruction in order to regain the life she knew before her loss. These parallel gates may hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever.
Edwin and Aldis Hodge wrote the script for Parallel with Jonathan Keasey (K-Sun) and will produce via their company Hodge Brothers Productions, alongside...
- 6/21/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Bahman Ghobadi, the exiled Iranian filmmaker who has won prizes at Cannes, Berlin, San Sebastian and many other international festivals, has penned a letter to the Film Academy saying, “It would be great if we could have one representative from exiled artists.”
Read his missive in full below.
Ghobadi, who has been in exile for the past 13 years, joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2017. In his letter to Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, he talks about exiled artists and suggests that every year one of their movies should be presented to the Academy for Oscar consideration. He notes that the same thing happened for the Tokyo Olympics, where a team of refugee athletes was able to join the competition.
Iran is a country with a complicated filmmaking legacy. One the one hand, it has spawned some of the world’s great directors — Abbas Kiarostami comes to mind...
Read his missive in full below.
Ghobadi, who has been in exile for the past 13 years, joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2017. In his letter to Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, he talks about exiled artists and suggests that every year one of their movies should be presented to the Academy for Oscar consideration. He notes that the same thing happened for the Tokyo Olympics, where a team of refugee athletes was able to join the competition.
Iran is a country with a complicated filmmaking legacy. One the one hand, it has spawned some of the world’s great directors — Abbas Kiarostami comes to mind...
- 9/28/2021
- by Erik Pedersen and Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: One Night In Miami and City On A Hill star Aldis Hodge will star with The Purge and The Tomorrow War‘s Edwin Hodge in a remake of the award winning Lei Zheng-directed Chinese film Parallel Forest. Kourosh Ahari will direct. The siblings will play brothers in the film, and they wrote the script with Jonathan Keasey (K-Sun and My Wife Hates Your Wife). They will also produce under their newly christened Hodge Brothers Productions banner.
Ahari is coming off the debut film The Night, a horror film distributed by IFC and just released on Hulu. it made history as the first U.S.-produced film to open in Iranian theaters in decades.
Parallel Forest is a grounded sci-fi thriller that follows the journey of Vanessa, a grief-stricken woman who mysteriously finds herself navigating between parallel spaces. While on a retreat with her husband and brother-in-law, and after...
Ahari is coming off the debut film The Night, a horror film distributed by IFC and just released on Hulu. it made history as the first U.S.-produced film to open in Iranian theaters in decades.
Parallel Forest is a grounded sci-fi thriller that follows the journey of Vanessa, a grief-stricken woman who mysteriously finds herself navigating between parallel spaces. While on a retreat with her husband and brother-in-law, and after...
- 5/12/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Iranian filmmaker Kourosh Ahari has been working in the industry in the US for almost a decade, covering different roles and directing few short movies. His latest work, the horror film “The Night”, is an Iran-us co-production, which he has directed, co-written and edited, bravely shot almost exclusively in Farsi with an excellent Iranian cast and crew. The film is making a bit of history as it is the first US-produced film to receive a license for theatrical release in Iran since the revolution, and also because it’s an extremely rare representative of the horror genre, in a country that produces and watches mainly social dramas and comedies.
Mirrors are fascinating and baffling beasts. Their strong symbolic significance has always inspired artists’ and filmmakers’ imaginative metaphors for self-discovery and introspection. They magically allow us to stare into our own eyes and look behind us, inviting us to go past the shiny surface.
Mirrors are fascinating and baffling beasts. Their strong symbolic significance has always inspired artists’ and filmmakers’ imaginative metaphors for self-discovery and introspection. They magically allow us to stare into our own eyes and look behind us, inviting us to go past the shiny surface.
- 4/15/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Psychological horror-thriller launched in US via IFC Midnight in January.
Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has closed key international deals on psychological horror-thriller The Night, the US production about an Iranian couple starring Cannes 2016 best actor winner Shahab Hosseini and Niousha Noor.
Peg has licensed rights in Germany and Italy (Koch Media), France (Fip), Poland (M2), Cis (Voxell), Australia and New Zealand (Rialto), and Latin America (Star).
Deals also closed in South Korea (Entermode), Taiwan (Vie Vision), Malaysia (Suraya), Vietnam (Green Media), Thailand (Movie Copyright), Indonesia (Falcon), and the Middle East (E4).
As previously announced North American rights holder IFC Midnight...
Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has closed key international deals on psychological horror-thriller The Night, the US production about an Iranian couple starring Cannes 2016 best actor winner Shahab Hosseini and Niousha Noor.
Peg has licensed rights in Germany and Italy (Koch Media), France (Fip), Poland (M2), Cis (Voxell), Australia and New Zealand (Rialto), and Latin America (Star).
Deals also closed in South Korea (Entermode), Taiwan (Vie Vision), Malaysia (Suraya), Vietnam (Green Media), Thailand (Movie Copyright), Indonesia (Falcon), and the Middle East (E4).
As previously announced North American rights holder IFC Midnight...
- 4/9/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Genre festival planned a physical event but had to shift online due to the pandemic.
Josh Wallace and Devin Das’s US horror satire Keeping Company has won best feature at the inaugural Easter edition of UK genre film festival Grimmfest.
The film received its European premiere at the virtual festiva and follows two salesmen who knock on the wrong door and find themselves trapped in a stranger’s basement.
A special mention went to Kourosh Ahari’s The Night, an Iranian psychological horror starring Cannes award-winner Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman), which IFC Films acquired for North America last year...
Josh Wallace and Devin Das’s US horror satire Keeping Company has won best feature at the inaugural Easter edition of UK genre film festival Grimmfest.
The film received its European premiere at the virtual festiva and follows two salesmen who knock on the wrong door and find themselves trapped in a stranger’s basement.
A special mention went to Kourosh Ahari’s The Night, an Iranian psychological horror starring Cannes award-winner Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman), which IFC Films acquired for North America last year...
- 4/7/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
A young Iranian couple and their baby are the sole occupants of a Shining-style hotel in this effective supernatural thriller
The fundamental creepiness of hotels is the driving force behind this very potent supernatural mystery-thriller from Iranian-American film-maker Kourosh Ahari: the creepiness of their deserted corridors, their stately or shabby lobbies, and their anonymous rooms, whose blankness keeps the secret of their previous occupants.
It’s a creepiness that predates and is independent of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, though that’s admittedly an influence here. In modern-day Los Angeles, a young Iranian couple with a baby – Babak (Shahab Hosseini) and Neda (Niousha Noor) – are at a dinner party with friends in an unfamiliar part of town. They are tired and quarrelsome on the way home; Babak is really too drunk to drive, and Neda has lost her licence after an earlier run-in with a traffic cop, so they...
The fundamental creepiness of hotels is the driving force behind this very potent supernatural mystery-thriller from Iranian-American film-maker Kourosh Ahari: the creepiness of their deserted corridors, their stately or shabby lobbies, and their anonymous rooms, whose blankness keeps the secret of their previous occupants.
It’s a creepiness that predates and is independent of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, though that’s admittedly an influence here. In modern-day Los Angeles, a young Iranian couple with a baby – Babak (Shahab Hosseini) and Neda (Niousha Noor) – are at a dinner party with friends in an unfamiliar part of town. They are tired and quarrelsome on the way home; Babak is really too drunk to drive, and Neda has lost her licence after an earlier run-in with a traffic cop, so they...
- 3/30/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Paradigm and Rain Management Group have signed Kourosh Ahari, the Iranian-American director of IFC Midnight’s The Night.
Ahari also co-wrote and produced the psychological-thriller through his LA-based production banner Mammoth Pictures, along with his producing partner, Alex Bretow.
Ahari’s feature directorial debut The Night, which is currently on release in the U.S., stars Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman) and Niousha Jafarian (Here And Now).
The Persian-language film follows an exhausted married couple, Babak (Hosseini), Neda (Jafarian) and their baby who take shelter in the grand, but eerie Hotel Normandie after a night out with friends. Throughout a seemingly endless night, mysterious disturbances ruin their night’s rest as the couple soon realize they’re locked-in with a malevolent force that hungers for the dark secrets they’ve kept from one another.
According to the film’s producers, the film recently became the first U.S.-produced film...
Ahari also co-wrote and produced the psychological-thriller through his LA-based production banner Mammoth Pictures, along with his producing partner, Alex Bretow.
Ahari’s feature directorial debut The Night, which is currently on release in the U.S., stars Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman) and Niousha Jafarian (Here And Now).
The Persian-language film follows an exhausted married couple, Babak (Hosseini), Neda (Jafarian) and their baby who take shelter in the grand, but eerie Hotel Normandie after a night out with friends. Throughout a seemingly endless night, mysterious disturbances ruin their night’s rest as the couple soon realize they’re locked-in with a malevolent force that hungers for the dark secrets they’ve kept from one another.
According to the film’s producers, the film recently became the first U.S.-produced film...
- 3/10/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Kourosh Ahari’s psychological horror film The Night is making history by becoming the first U.S.-produced film to achieve a wide theatrical release in Iran since the country’s 1979 revolution.
With movie theaters starting to reopen in Iran amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and just ahead of the country’s New Year (Nowruz), Ahari’s debut feature is set for a wide theatrical release in the country on Feb. 24 through Mammoth Pictures and Ayat Film Company. The film originally attained a license for theatrical release last July. IFC Midnight oversaw the film’s successful North American release in ...
With movie theaters starting to reopen in Iran amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and just ahead of the country’s New Year (Nowruz), Ahari’s debut feature is set for a wide theatrical release in the country on Feb. 24 through Mammoth Pictures and Ayat Film Company. The film originally attained a license for theatrical release last July. IFC Midnight oversaw the film’s successful North American release in ...
- 2/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kourosh Ahari’s psychological horror film The Night is making history by becoming the first U.S.-produced film to achieve a wide theatrical release in Iran since the country’s 1979 revolution.
With movie theaters starting to reopen in Iran amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and just ahead of the country’s New Year (Nowruz), Ahari’s debut feature is set for a wide theatrical release in the country on Feb. 24 through Mammoth Pictures and Ayat Film Company. The film originally attained a license for theatrical release last July. IFC Midnight oversaw the film’s successful North American release in ...
With movie theaters starting to reopen in Iran amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and just ahead of the country’s New Year (Nowruz), Ahari’s debut feature is set for a wide theatrical release in the country on Feb. 24 through Mammoth Pictures and Ayat Film Company. The film originally attained a license for theatrical release last July. IFC Midnight oversaw the film’s successful North American release in ...
- 2/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: After its stateside theatrical release of the IFC Midnight’s The Night in January, the Kourosh Ahari-directed thriller is set to have its theatrical premiere in Iran on February 24. Mammoth Pictures and Ayat Film Company’s release of the pic marks a historic moment as it is the first U.S.-produced film to have a wide theatrical release in Iran since the country’s revolution 40 years ago.
The Night is the feature directorial debut of Kourosh Ahari and stars Iranian actor Shahab Hosseini (Cannes 2016 Best Actor Winner Oscar-winning The Salesman), Niousha Jafarian (Here and Now) and George Maguire (The Pursuit of Happyness). The film also marks Hosseini’s debut performance in a US-based production.
The psychological thriller is cut from the same cloth of The Shining and follows an exhausted married couple, Babak (Hosseini), Neda (Jafarian) and their baby who take shelter in the grand, but eerie...
The Night is the feature directorial debut of Kourosh Ahari and stars Iranian actor Shahab Hosseini (Cannes 2016 Best Actor Winner Oscar-winning The Salesman), Niousha Jafarian (Here and Now) and George Maguire (The Pursuit of Happyness). The film also marks Hosseini’s debut performance in a US-based production.
The psychological thriller is cut from the same cloth of The Shining and follows an exhausted married couple, Babak (Hosseini), Neda (Jafarian) and their baby who take shelter in the grand, but eerie...
- 2/23/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Grimmfest have today announced the launch of their Grimmfest Easter Edition, a new annual event taking place over the Easter Weekend, and complimenting the long-established festival in October.
Easter is traditionally a time for rebirth, renewal, resurrection. But as the Pandemic continues to rage, and the world remains on lockdown for the foreseeable future, it is also a time for rethinking. Thus, while the Grimmfest team had hoped to be hosting a ‘live’ Easter event, instead, the Grimmfest Easter Edition will be taking place online, and will build on the success of Grimmfest 2020 online experience.
The festival will open on Thursday April 1st with our preview night that will feature the UK premiere of Kourosh Ahari’s surreal and sulphurous Iranian American haunted hotel horror The Night, which has already earned deserved comparisons to Kubrick’s The Shining, alongside the UK premiere of Lluis Danes’ visually ravishing reimagining of the...
Easter is traditionally a time for rebirth, renewal, resurrection. But as the Pandemic continues to rage, and the world remains on lockdown for the foreseeable future, it is also a time for rethinking. Thus, while the Grimmfest team had hoped to be hosting a ‘live’ Easter event, instead, the Grimmfest Easter Edition will be taking place online, and will build on the success of Grimmfest 2020 online experience.
The festival will open on Thursday April 1st with our preview night that will feature the UK premiere of Kourosh Ahari’s surreal and sulphurous Iranian American haunted hotel horror The Night, which has already earned deserved comparisons to Kubrick’s The Shining, alongside the UK premiere of Lluis Danes’ visually ravishing reimagining of the...
- 2/9/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Kourosh Ahari’s ‘The Night’ and Lluís Danés’ ‘The Barcelona Vampiress’ to open genre festival.
UK genre film festival Grimmfest has revealed the line-up for its first Easter edition, which will open with Kourosh Ahari’s The Night and Lluís Danés’ The Barcelona Vampiress.
The spin-off event to Grimmfest was established after its traditional October festival was moved online, due to the pandemic, and was meant to mark a return to physical screenings for the organisation. But ongoing cinema closures and restrictions will also see the Grimmfest Easter Edition go virtual from April 1-5.
The festival will open with psychological horror The Night,...
UK genre film festival Grimmfest has revealed the line-up for its first Easter edition, which will open with Kourosh Ahari’s The Night and Lluís Danés’ The Barcelona Vampiress.
The spin-off event to Grimmfest was established after its traditional October festival was moved online, due to the pandemic, and was meant to mark a return to physical screenings for the organisation. But ongoing cinema closures and restrictions will also see the Grimmfest Easter Edition go virtual from April 1-5.
The festival will open with psychological horror The Night,...
- 2/9/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
From the early stages of crafting his debut feature The Night, Kourosh Ahari envisioned a tale of fear, loss and discovery that anyone from any part of the world could relate to.
“Even though making this as an Iranian film was important to me, I still wanted to make a movie that connects with people around the world,” Ahari shares of the mostly Farsi-spoken film. “It’s a very universal theme and story that everyone, whether Iranian or not, can connect to because it’s talking about the human condition that’s shared among all of us around the world....
“Even though making this as an Iranian film was important to me, I still wanted to make a movie that connects with people around the world,” Ahari shares of the mostly Farsi-spoken film. “It’s a very universal theme and story that everyone, whether Iranian or not, can connect to because it’s talking about the human condition that’s shared among all of us around the world....
- 1/30/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
From the early stages of crafting his debut feature The Night, Kourosh Ahari envisioned a tale of fear, loss and discovery that anyone from any part of the world could relate to.
“Even though making this as an Iranian film was important to me, I still wanted to make a movie that connects with people around the world,” Ahari shares of the mostly Farsi-spoken film. “It’s a very universal theme and story that everyone, whether Iranian or not, can connect to because it’s talking about the human condition that’s shared among all of us around the world....
“Even though making this as an Iranian film was important to me, I still wanted to make a movie that connects with people around the world,” Ahari shares of the mostly Farsi-spoken film. “It’s a very universal theme and story that everyone, whether Iranian or not, can connect to because it’s talking about the human condition that’s shared among all of us around the world....
- 1/30/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Audiences who feel like their movie options have been a little light on actual movie stars this past month get a boost of A-list energy this weekend, between the Justin Timberblake small-town ex-con drama “Palmer” on Apple TV Plus and Netflix’s feel-good “Penguin Bloom,” in which a disabled woman played by Naomi Watts bonds with a baby magpie.
But the really starry option is Warner Bros.’ “The Little Things,” a big-budget serial-killer thriller starring three Oscar winners: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto. With many theaters still shut, the studio release will debut simultaneously via streaming on HBO Max.
Those who appreciate such intensity (and don’t mind risking a drive-in or megaplex visit) may also want to consider A24’s buzzy midnight movie “Saint Maud.” Meanwhile, the home-bound crowd can find their frights on demand in Iranian chiller “The Night.”
Smaller distributors continue to push international Oscar submissions,...
But the really starry option is Warner Bros.’ “The Little Things,” a big-budget serial-killer thriller starring three Oscar winners: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto. With many theaters still shut, the studio release will debut simultaneously via streaming on HBO Max.
Those who appreciate such intensity (and don’t mind risking a drive-in or megaplex visit) may also want to consider A24’s buzzy midnight movie “Saint Maud.” Meanwhile, the home-bound crowd can find their frights on demand in Iranian chiller “The Night.”
Smaller distributors continue to push international Oscar submissions,...
- 1/29/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Beginning (Dea Kulumbegashvili)
Originally a Cannes selection, then coming to San Sebastian, TIFF, and NYFF where it picked up deserved awards, the Georgian film Beginning is a difficult, sometimes brutal film to watch and then unpack. Déa Kulumbegashvili’s debut is a look at the confines, both religious and familial, put on one woman’s (Ia Sukhitashvili) life as she wrestles with outer and inner demons. Both a lonely and patient film, Beginning acts as mirror and portal, creating turmoil and strife for audience and subject. Challenging yet rewarding, Beginning is phenomenal. – Michael F.
Where to Stream: Mubi (free for 30 days)
The Dig (Simon Stone)
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Beginning (Dea Kulumbegashvili)
Originally a Cannes selection, then coming to San Sebastian, TIFF, and NYFF where it picked up deserved awards, the Georgian film Beginning is a difficult, sometimes brutal film to watch and then unpack. Déa Kulumbegashvili’s debut is a look at the confines, both religious and familial, put on one woman’s (Ia Sukhitashvili) life as she wrestles with outer and inner demons. Both a lonely and patient film, Beginning acts as mirror and portal, creating turmoil and strife for audience and subject. Challenging yet rewarding, Beginning is phenomenal. – Michael F.
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The Dig (Simon Stone)
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- 1/29/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Kourosh Ahari’s debut feature proves an accomplished psychological chiller that impresses far beyond its historic status as a U.S. production featuring primarily Iranian or Iranian-American talent. The Night, whose dialogue is mostly delivered in Farsi, is also notable for being the first American production approved for theatrical release in Iran since that country’s 1979 revolution. As diplomatic achievements go, it’s not exactly on par with reentering the nuclear deal, but it’s a start.
Stylistically and thematically indebted to many past horror films revolving around the hospitality industry (The Shining, I’m looking at you), The Night begins with ...
Stylistically and thematically indebted to many past horror films revolving around the hospitality industry (The Shining, I’m looking at you), The Night begins with ...
- 1/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Kourosh Ahari’s debut feature proves an accomplished psychological chiller that impresses far beyond its historic status as a U.S. production featuring primarily Iranian or Iranian-American talent. The Night, whose dialogue is mostly delivered in Farsi, is also notable for being the first American production approved for theatrical release in Iran since that country’s 1979 revolution. As diplomatic achievements go, it’s not exactly on par with reentering the nuclear deal, but it’s a start.
Stylistically and thematically indebted to many past horror films revolving around the hospitality industry (The Shining, I’m looking at you), The Night begins with ...
Stylistically and thematically indebted to many past horror films revolving around the hospitality industry (The Shining, I’m looking at you), The Night begins with ...
- 1/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While playing a game of “mafia,” Babak (Shahab Hosseini) and Neda (Niousha Noor) are tasked with figuring out who amongst them (it’s an evening with friends rounded out by two more couples) are gangsters and who are citizens. The idea is to therefore lie if you’re the former. Pretend you’re innocent and point your finger elsewhere in hopes that the majority of players choose to “kill” the wrong person. A poker face is king and in this case salvation for those searching for one last victory before kababs are grilled and conversations move to more serious matters. That’s not to say this sort of deceit doesn’t also bleed into those matters too. Secrets are inevitable. They sometimes prove necessary. The question becomes whether you can stomach the guilt.
As a sudden toothache reveals, Babak’s constitution for keeping his shame at bay might not be as strong as he thought.
As a sudden toothache reveals, Babak’s constitution for keeping his shame at bay might not be as strong as he thought.
- 1/26/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Director Kourosh Ahari made a big splash in the movie world last year as the director of the first US-produced film to receive a theatrical release in Iran since the revolution. The movie in question: The Night.
After a night spent with friends, Babak and Neda (Shahab Hosseini and Niousha Noor respectively) decide to take a break from the drive home and give their baby, and themselves, a bit of rest at the Hotel Normandie, a nice but creepy hotel – the only one nearby. The pair settle in for the night only to have their baby wake up. This is far from abnormal but what follows is a series of progressively stranger and creepier events that suggest an evil force has enticed the young family there for a reason.
While I'm not sure if it's simply the edit of t...
After a night spent with friends, Babak and Neda (Shahab Hosseini and Niousha Noor respectively) decide to take a break from the drive home and give their baby, and themselves, a bit of rest at the Hotel Normandie, a nice but creepy hotel – the only one nearby. The pair settle in for the night only to have their baby wake up. This is far from abnormal but what follows is a series of progressively stranger and creepier events that suggest an evil force has enticed the young family there for a reason.
While I'm not sure if it's simply the edit of t...
- 1/7/2021
- QuietEarth.us
There’s something much scarier in horror films than icons like Dracula or Michael Myers. Plus, you don’t have to look far and wide to find them. They’re kissing you goodbye every day and sitting across from you at dinner every night. Loved ones. From “Rosemary’s Baby” to “The Invisible Man,” the disturbing depths they sink to never cease to repel an audience and hold them in rapture.
Continue reading ‘The Night’ Trailer: That Wake-Up Call Might Never Come In Kourosh Ahari’s Latest Film at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Night’ Trailer: That Wake-Up Call Might Never Come In Kourosh Ahari’s Latest Film at The Playlist.
- 1/7/2021
- by Andrew Hrip
- The Playlist
"Where were you, just now?" IFC Films has debuted a new official US trailer for an indie film titled The Night, made by Iranian filmmaker Kourosh Ahari. This originally premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival last year, and it later screened at the Fajr, Sitges, Cinequest, and Nightstream Film Festivals as well. This unsettling horror is about an Iranian couple living in the US that becomes trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them. It becomes a night that never ends... The Night stars Shahab Hosseini, Leah Oganyan, Niousha Jafarian, George Maguire, and Gia Mora. This still looks heavily inspired by The Shining in many ways, but re-invented as an intriguing immigrant horror film about Iranians and the demons haunting their relationship. This one is worth a look. Here's the full-length US trailer (+ poster) for Kourosh Ahari's The Night,...
- 1/7/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In her 4-star Nightstream review, Emily von Seele wrote that "Kourosh Ahari’s The Night is a deeply unsettling film that is both a haunting ghost story and affecting morality play," and you can now get an idea of what to expect in the official trailer ahead of its forthcoming release from IFC Midnight.
Written and directed by Kourosh Ahari, The Night stars Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Jafarian, and George Maguire. IFC Midnight will release the film in select theaters and on Digital and VOD beginning January 29th.
Synopsis: "The Night is a psychological thriller that follows an Iranian couple, Babak and Neda, and their one-year-old daughter, Shabnam. Returning home from a friend’s gathering, Babak drives drunkenly, too stubborn to let Neda drive with a suspended license. When Babak’s driving threatens the safety of the family, Neda insists they stay the night at a hotel. Once they check-in, Babak and Neda find themselves imprisoned,...
Written and directed by Kourosh Ahari, The Night stars Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Jafarian, and George Maguire. IFC Midnight will release the film in select theaters and on Digital and VOD beginning January 29th.
Synopsis: "The Night is a psychological thriller that follows an Iranian couple, Babak and Neda, and their one-year-old daughter, Shabnam. Returning home from a friend’s gathering, Babak drives drunkenly, too stubborn to let Neda drive with a suspended license. When Babak’s driving threatens the safety of the family, Neda insists they stay the night at a hotel. Once they check-in, Babak and Neda find themselves imprisoned,...
- 1/6/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Oooh, here's something to keep an eye out for at the end of the month. IFC Midnight is releasing The Night, a very cool looking horror flick and the directorial debut from Iranian filmmaker Kourosh Ahari on digital and VOD platformas at the end of the month. IFC released a terrific new bump-in-the-night trailer. Check it out below. The comparisons to Kubrick seem to be on point. Interesting trivia bit to share with you as well. The Night is the first US-produced film to receive distribution in Iran in four decades. There are plans for a theatrical release int the States but for the moment its anyone's guess if that'll work out under the current social and medical climate in the U.S. ...
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- 1/6/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman) is set to star as Iranian-American physicist and inventor Ali Javan in an upcoming biopic to be written and directed by Kourosh Ahari (The Night).
Javan first proposed the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A successful prototype, constructed by him in collaboration with W. R. Bennett, Jr. and D. R. Herriott, was demonstrated in 1960. Javan also contributed to the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy. His original 1960 helium neon-laser device is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History.
Ahari, Hosseini and producer Alex Bretow’...
Javan first proposed the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A successful prototype, constructed by him in collaboration with W. R. Bennett, Jr. and D. R. Herriott, was demonstrated in 1960. Javan also contributed to the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy. His original 1960 helium neon-laser device is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History.
Ahari, Hosseini and producer Alex Bretow’...
Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman) is set to star as Iranian-American physicist and inventor Ali Javan in an upcoming biopic to be written and directed by Kourosh Ahari (The Night).
Javan first proposed the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A successful prototype, constructed by him in collaboration with W. R. Bennett, Jr. and D. R. Herriott, was demonstrated in 1960. Javan also contributed to the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy. His original 1960 helium neon-laser device is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History.
Ahari, Hosseini and producer Alex Bretow’...
Javan first proposed the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A successful prototype, constructed by him in collaboration with W. R. Bennett, Jr. and D. R. Herriott, was demonstrated in 1960. Javan also contributed to the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy. His original 1960 helium neon-laser device is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History.
Ahari, Hosseini and producer Alex Bretow’...
The Night Starring Shabab Hosseini Written And Directed By Kourosh Ahari Release Date – Friday, January 29, 2021 (In Theatres and on Digital and VOD Platforms) *Official Selection – Santa Barbara International Film Festival* *Official Selection – Sitges Film Festival* From the executive producers of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Night …
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- 12/28/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
"Did you hear that, too?" Mammoth Pictures has unveiled an official US trailer for an indie film titled The Night, made by Iranian filmmaker Kourosh Ahari. This originally premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival at the beginning of the year, and it screened at the Fajr, Sitges, Cinequest, and Nightstream Film Festivals. This unsettling horror is about an Iranian couple living in the US that becomes trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them. It becomes a night that never ends. Starring Shahab Hosseini, Leah Oganyan, Niousha Jafarian, George Maguire, and Gia Mora. This looks like it's inspired quite a bit by The Shining, playing on cultural differences and using the freakiness of a US hotel to seriously scare this couple. And it certainly does look freaky and unsettling. Here's the official US trailer (+ poster) for Kourosh Ahari's The Night,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Demons of the mind come alive in a cavernous Los Angeles hotel in “The Night,” a scary and stylish psychological horror thriller by Iranian American director Kourosh Ahari. Featuring excellent performances by Shahab Hosseini and Niousha Jafarian (“Here and Now”) as a married couple with a baby daughter and a frayed relationship, this predominantly Farsi-language production sneaks up on viewers and delivers a knockout final act.
The first U.S. production approved for commercial exhibition in Iran since 1979, “The Night” has been acquired by IFC Midnight, which aims to release it in North American cinemas in January 2021. Comparisons with Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” are inevitable for just about any film about people stuck in a haunted old hotel building. Ahari and co-writer Milad Jarmooz take this in stride, nodding here and there to Kubrick’s classic while stamping this visit to a hostile hostelry with its own distinct personality.
The first U.S. production approved for commercial exhibition in Iran since 1979, “The Night” has been acquired by IFC Midnight, which aims to release it in North American cinemas in January 2021. Comparisons with Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” are inevitable for just about any film about people stuck in a haunted old hotel building. Ahari and co-writer Milad Jarmooz take this in stride, nodding here and there to Kubrick’s classic while stamping this visit to a hostile hostelry with its own distinct personality.
- 10/27/2020
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
Kourosh Ahari’s The Night is a deeply unsettling film that is both a haunting ghost story and affecting morality play.
When Babak (Shahab Hosseini) and Neda (Niousha Jafarian) get lost after leaving a friend’s dinner party, they decide to stop at a hotel for the night. They check into the Hotel Normandie and try to settle their infant daughter for a night’s rest. The hotel is a peculiar one—it has the makings of a once classy destination, but has fallen into a state of disrepair, which gives it an overall eerie feeling.
Babak and Neda begin to get settled and eventually go to sleep, but it is to be a short repose. Soon, they hear banging on their door, noises from above, and the occasional, insistent cry of a child calling for his mother. Their investigation yields few results, and their attempt to contact the front...
When Babak (Shahab Hosseini) and Neda (Niousha Jafarian) get lost after leaving a friend’s dinner party, they decide to stop at a hotel for the night. They check into the Hotel Normandie and try to settle their infant daughter for a night’s rest. The hotel is a peculiar one—it has the makings of a once classy destination, but has fallen into a state of disrepair, which gives it an overall eerie feeling.
Babak and Neda begin to get settled and eventually go to sleep, but it is to be a short repose. Soon, they hear banging on their door, noises from above, and the occasional, insistent cry of a child calling for his mother. Their investigation yields few results, and their attempt to contact the front...
- 10/13/2020
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
IFC Midnight to release in North America in January 2021.
Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has boarded international sales on The Night ahead of the psychological horror film’s international premiere at Sitges.
North American rights holder IFC Midnight plans a January 2021 launch for the film starring Cannes best actor winner Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman), said to be the first US-produced film to receive a license for theatrical release in Iran since 1979.
Kourosh Ahari directed the story about an Iranian couple and their one-year-old daughter on the way home from a social event who spend the night in a hotel where they...
Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has boarded international sales on The Night ahead of the psychological horror film’s international premiere at Sitges.
North American rights holder IFC Midnight plans a January 2021 launch for the film starring Cannes best actor winner Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman), said to be the first US-produced film to receive a license for theatrical release in Iran since 1979.
Kourosh Ahari directed the story about an Iranian couple and their one-year-old daughter on the way home from a social event who spend the night in a hotel where they...
- 10/7/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Premiere Entertainment handles international sales.
IFC Midnight has picked up North American rights to Iranian psychological horror The Night starring Shahab Hosseini, winner of the Cannes best actor prize for The Salesman.
The distributor said The Night is the first US-produced film to receive a license for theatrical release in Iran since 1979, and also marks Hosseini’s debut performance in a US-based production.
Further details about the Iranian release were unavailable at time of writing.
Mammoth Pictures produced in association with 7Skies Entertainment, Indie Entertainment, Orama Filmworks, Leveller Media and Supernova8 Films.
IFC Midnight plans a January 2021 for the story...
IFC Midnight has picked up North American rights to Iranian psychological horror The Night starring Shahab Hosseini, winner of the Cannes best actor prize for The Salesman.
The distributor said The Night is the first US-produced film to receive a license for theatrical release in Iran since 1979, and also marks Hosseini’s debut performance in a US-based production.
Further details about the Iranian release were unavailable at time of writing.
Mammoth Pictures produced in association with 7Skies Entertainment, Indie Entertainment, Orama Filmworks, Leveller Media and Supernova8 Films.
IFC Midnight plans a January 2021 for the story...
- 9/16/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kourosh Ahari’s The Night made history as the first U.S.-produced film to receive a license receive a theatrical release in Iran. Now, IFC Midnight has acquired the North American rights to the psychological thriller which will be released January 2021.
The Night marks Ahari’s feature directorial debut and stars Shahab Hosseini and Niousha Jafarian as an Iranian couple who find themselves locked inside an old hotel with their one-year-old daughter. While attempting to make the best of this creepy hotel, an outside force pushes them to share the secrets they’ve hidden from each other. How, and if, they check out depends on how carefully they question everything and anyone that comes across their path. The film also features George Maguire.
“We feel elated that we have found...
The Night marks Ahari’s feature directorial debut and stars Shahab Hosseini and Niousha Jafarian as an Iranian couple who find themselves locked inside an old hotel with their one-year-old daughter. While attempting to make the best of this creepy hotel, an outside force pushes them to share the secrets they’ve hidden from each other. How, and if, they check out depends on how carefully they question everything and anyone that comes across their path. The film also features George Maguire.
“We feel elated that we have found...
- 9/16/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Kourosh Ahari-directed psychological thriller The Night has landed a license for theatrical release in Iran. This is a historic benchmark for the country’s filmmaking community as it is the first U.S.-produced film to receive a license for theatrical release in Iran since the revolution.
Iran’s strict guidelines about what can be released theatrically in the country and its impact on artistic expression has received backlash from Iranian filmmakers including Mohammad Rasoulof (There Is No Evil), Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) as well as Rakhshan Bani Etemad. The country’s guidelines also require films to obtain a permit on a script before going into production. The Night, which is a U.S. and Iran co-production, managed to receive this permit before the Trump Administration’s new Iran sanctions at the end of 2018.
Shot stateside, The Night marks Ahari’s feature directorial debut and stars Shahab Hosseini...
Iran’s strict guidelines about what can be released theatrically in the country and its impact on artistic expression has received backlash from Iranian filmmakers including Mohammad Rasoulof (There Is No Evil), Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) as well as Rakhshan Bani Etemad. The country’s guidelines also require films to obtain a permit on a script before going into production. The Night, which is a U.S. and Iran co-production, managed to receive this permit before the Trump Administration’s new Iran sanctions at the end of 2018.
Shot stateside, The Night marks Ahari’s feature directorial debut and stars Shahab Hosseini...
- 7/14/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor Shahab Hosseini, director Kourosh Ahari and producer Alex Bretow have formed the company Pol Media. With "pol" translating to "bridge" in Farsi, the distribution and production company aims to "bridge the gap" between Iranian and international art, culture and cinema with that of the U.S.
Pol Media will distribute Iranian and other international films both within the U.S. and abroad while also producing live events, including appearances from Iranian and international actors and filmmakers, as well as other artistic, cultural and cinematic programs.
The newly formed company already has produced a live masterclass ...
Pol Media will distribute Iranian and other international films both within the U.S. and abroad while also producing live events, including appearances from Iranian and international actors and filmmakers, as well as other artistic, cultural and cinematic programs.
The newly formed company already has produced a live masterclass ...
- 4/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor Shahab Hosseini, director Kourosh Ahari and producer Alex Bretow have formed the company Pol Media. With "pol" translating to "bridge" in Farsi, the distribution and production company aims to "bridge the gap" between Iranian and international art, culture and cinema with that of the U.S.
Pol Media will distribute Iranian and other international films both within the U.S. and abroad while also producing live events, including appearances from Iranian and international actors and filmmakers, as well as other artistic, cultural and cinematic programs.
The newly formed company already has produced a live masterclass ...
Pol Media will distribute Iranian and other international films both within the U.S. and abroad while also producing live events, including appearances from Iranian and international actors and filmmakers, as well as other artistic, cultural and cinematic programs.
The newly formed company already has produced a live masterclass ...
- 4/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 35th edition, which will take place from January 15 to 25. There will be 47 world premieres and 71 U.S. premieres, with 50 countries represented overall, in addition to starry tributes that serve as an awards season stop for top Oscar contenders. Among those feted in their respective categories will be Renée Zellweger (American Riviera Award), Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver (Outstanding Performers of the Year Award), Laura Dern (Cinema Vanguard Award), Brad Pitt (Maltin Modern Master Award), along with the winners of the Virtuosos Award: Awkwafina, Taron Egerton, Cynthia Erivo, Beanie Feldstein, Aldis Hodge, George MacKay, Florence Pugh, and Taylor Russell.
The Sbiff is also unique in its yearly celebration of below the line talent. The crafts artists who’ve won the Variety Artisans Award this year are Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (“Frozen II”), Michael Giacchino (“Jojo Rabbit”), Kazu Hiro...
The Sbiff is also unique in its yearly celebration of below the line talent. The crafts artists who’ve won the Variety Artisans Award this year are Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (“Frozen II”), Michael Giacchino (“Jojo Rabbit”), Kazu Hiro...
- 12/31/2019
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Sbiff) announced on Monday the lineup for the 35th edition, which will run January 15 to 25, 2020. The festival will feature 47 world premieres and 71 U.S. premieres from 50 countries, along with tributes with the year’s top talent, panel discussions and free community education and outreach programs.
Sbiff 2020 will start with the Opening Night Film on Wednesday, January 15, at the historic Arlington Theatre with the U.S. Premiere of “A Bump Along The Way” directed by Shelly Love and starring Bronagh Gallagher, Lola Petticrew, Mary Moulds, Dan Gordon and Brendan Farrell.
“A Bump Along The Way” is female-led, feel-good, comedy drama set in Derry, Northern Ireland, about a middle-aged woman whose unexpected pregnancy after a one-night stand acts as the catalyst for her to finally take control of her life and become the role model her teenage daughter needs and craves.
Also Read: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver...
Sbiff 2020 will start with the Opening Night Film on Wednesday, January 15, at the historic Arlington Theatre with the U.S. Premiere of “A Bump Along The Way” directed by Shelly Love and starring Bronagh Gallagher, Lola Petticrew, Mary Moulds, Dan Gordon and Brendan Farrell.
“A Bump Along The Way” is female-led, feel-good, comedy drama set in Derry, Northern Ireland, about a middle-aged woman whose unexpected pregnancy after a one-night stand acts as the catalyst for her to finally take control of her life and become the role model her teenage daughter needs and craves.
Also Read: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver...
- 12/30/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
By Kevin Scott, MoreHorror.com
I recently had a chance to talk with Kourosh Ahari. He’s a very promising young filmmaker that not only appreciates all the facets of good storytelling, but also embraces the technology that would allow him to tell those stories within and outside the realm of known possibilities. That approach has worked pretty well for guys like Spielberg and Cameron, so I relished the opportunity to talk to someone with that same passion at the dawn of their career.
He has already crossed genres with some pretty surreal and powerful stories involving human emotion intersecting with extraordinary circumstances, and now he’s using an innovative new three screen technology in his horror short film The Secret Of 40. Ahari talks with me in this interview about his beginnings, his very impressive body of work thus far, and what may be next for how we watch and enjoy films.
I recently had a chance to talk with Kourosh Ahari. He’s a very promising young filmmaker that not only appreciates all the facets of good storytelling, but also embraces the technology that would allow him to tell those stories within and outside the realm of known possibilities. That approach has worked pretty well for guys like Spielberg and Cameron, so I relished the opportunity to talk to someone with that same passion at the dawn of their career.
He has already crossed genres with some pretty surreal and powerful stories involving human emotion intersecting with extraordinary circumstances, and now he’s using an innovative new three screen technology in his horror short film The Secret Of 40. Ahari talks with me in this interview about his beginnings, his very impressive body of work thus far, and what may be next for how we watch and enjoy films.
- 8/8/2017
- by admin
- MoreHorror
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