Yama Rahimi

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IONCINEMA.com's award guru Yama Rahimi is a San Francisco-based Afghan-American artist and filmmaker. Apart from being a contributing special feature writer for the site, he directed the short films Object of Affection ('03), Chori Foroosh ('06) and the feature length documentary film Afghanistan ('10). His top three of 2019 include: Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, Todd Phillips' Joker and Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse.

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Daily Recommendation 10.08.08: French Cinema Now

For today's IONCINEMA.com Daily Recommendation we suggest: You know that it is a vintage year for French cinema when the Palme d'or winner is playing in just...

Daily Recomendation: Current German Cinema in LA

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This intriguing documentary about good intentions gone wrong is about Muthana Mohamed, a young Iraqi film student, who has been given a golden opportunity to escape the war and be part of actor/director Liev Schreiber's film (Everything Is Illuminated) in Prague. Operation Filmmaker raises questions about the film maker's responsibility to "real"

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IFFLA 08′: Interview Sudhir Mishra (Khoya Khoya Chand)

A stunning homage to the 50's and 60's of Hindi cinema before it was called Bollywood which will seem to the Western audience like a remake of "A Star is Born". Writer/director Sudhir Mishra captures the essence of the time.

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