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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Ride the Lightning: MVFF37 is Distinctly Heavy (Metal) on Awards Season Contenders

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Yama Rahimi - October 1, 2014

Turning an ageless 37, the Mill Valley Film Festival, which open tomorrow (runs until October. 14th), continues to beat to a tune of its own. With...

Generation Z: 36th Mill Valley FF Features 12 Years A Slave, Effie Gray, Walter Mitty & Costa-Gavras Tribute

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Yama Rahimi - September 17, 2013

The 36th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival (October 3rd-13th) has your usual mix of award season contenders, talent tribute and spotlights, a...

Interview: Atiq Rahimi (The Patience Stone)

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Yama Rahimi - August 16, 2013

French based Afghan novelist turned director Atiq Rahimi adapted his second novel for the screen which puts him in a small circle of authors...

Interview: Ziad Doueiri (The Attack)

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Yama Rahimi - August 5, 2013

Lebanese writer/director Ziad Doueiri (West Beirut - '98, Lila Says- '04) finally returns behind the camera for his third feature, an adaptation of the...

Interview: Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines)

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Yama Rahimi - March 25, 2013

Two young fathers find themselves pinned down by the antagonistic forces that define their choices and ultimately shape and foreshadow the future. In The...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

Nicholas Bell - November 8, 2026

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Film Festivals November 8, 2026 0

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.

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