Stories By Yama Rahimi
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Film Festivals
2023 Mill Valley Film Festival: It’s Oscar Race Crunch Time for “American Fiction”, “NYAD”, “The Bikeriders” & “The Zone of Interest”
October 5, 2023The battlefield of Telluride already made a dent in the Oscar race, Toronto followed suit and...
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You Betcha!
You BETcha!: Kaouther Ben Hania, Ramata-Toulaye Sy, Alice Rohrwacher, Wang Bing & Glazer Top Contenders for the Palme d’Or
May 17, 2023Yesterday the Cannes Film Festival opened with Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry (marking the return of Johnny...
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Interviews
Interview: Hirokazu Kore-eda (Air Doll)
February 4, 2022Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to a thematic subject matter he knows well: loneliness and emptiness....
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You Betcha!
You BETcha!: Nomadland is the Odds on Favorite for the 2020 Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion
September 1, 2020With Cannes offering up a hypothetical edition and the Karlovy Varys and Locarnos conducting some form...
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Film Award & Prize News
Award AGE: Iris Awards (Quebec) – Sophie Deraspe’s Antigone Wins Best Picture
June 10, 2020Among the final national award ceremonies celebrating 2019 cinema, the Iris Awards (aka Quebec Oscars) follows...
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Film Festivals
MVFF39: Chazelle’s La La Land & Larrain’s Jackie Highlight Awards Friendly Film Fest
October 6, 2016They might not be known for high profile premieres and there might be similarities in festival programming to...
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Interviews
Interview: László Nemes & Géza Röhrig (Son of Saul)
February 28, 2016Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan might have claimed Cannes most coveted prize, but the Palme d’Or moment belongs...
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Interviews
Interview: Hossein Amini (The Two Faces of January)
October 24, 2014Continuing in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith’s set of globetrotters and vacationing daytrippers who dip their...
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Film Festivals
Ride the Lightning: MVFF37 is Distinctly Heavy (Metal) on Awards Season Contenders
October 1, 2014Turning an ageless 37, the Mill Valley Film Festival, which open tomorrow (runs until October. 14th), continues...
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Film Festivals
Generation Z: 36th Mill Valley FF Features 12 Years A Slave, Effie Gray, Walter Mitty & Costa-Gavras Tribute
September 17, 2013The 36th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival (October 3rd-13th) has your usual mix of...