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03-04-2010, 07:00 PM
<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" dir="ltr" align="left">Winners Announced: 2nd Annual Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival </th></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" dir="ltr">
Farhang Foundation and Society of Cinema and Arts are proud to present the winners of the 2nd Annual Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival.
First Prize $10,000
Yar e Dabestani - My Grade School Friend
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Directors: Where is My Vote - NY, Kourosh Shemirani, Simon Ampel
Producers: Where is My Vote - NY, Kourosh Shemirani, Simon Ampel
Writer: Kourosh Shemirani
Cinematographer: Simon Ampel
Editor: Simon Ampel
Musician: Fared Shafinury & Tehranosaurus
Second Prize $5,000
Persian Dance
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Director, Producer & Editor: M. Moein
Musician: Keivan Saket
Cinematographer: Hosein Ruzaneh
Third Prize $3,000
Story (Morning Bird)
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Director: Alborz Kamalizad
Musician: Farhad
Fourth Prize $2,000
(Due to an overwhelming number of outstanding submissions, Farhang Foundation has decided to recognize the forth place winner, as well.)
Scarecrow Matarsak
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Director, Writer & Producer: Nazanin Shirazi
Cinematographer: Miguel Alvareza
Editor: Miguel Alvarez
Musician: Fared Shafinury & Tehranosaurus
Album: Behind the Seas
Congratulations to all of the winners! Farhang Foundation will be presenting the awards to the winners on Sunday March 14th during the Iranian New Year Celebrations (Nowruz) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). This event is free and open to public. Tickets are required. Click here (http://www.farhang.org/events/celebrating-nowruz-iranian-new) for more information.
The Festival committee wishes to thank all of the participating artists (filmmakers, musicians & producers) for their creativity, dedication, relentless efforts and passion to express their heritage through their art. This year, Farhang Film Festival received 64 submissions with diverse themes from Iran, Europe and North America. The Jury rated each music video based on creativity, originality, production quality, and visualizing any aspect of the Iranian arts, culture, nature, and life-style. NOTE: All submitted films were judged by the Jury committee based on the film's artistic merits only. Views expressed by the filmmakers do not represent those of the Farhang Foundation or its Board Members and Management.
Moreover, the committee wishes to acknowledge the top nine submissions.
Top Nine Videos: (Alphabetical Order)
Beyond Golden Dream
By BeyondGoldenDream
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Deceit - Fareeb
By Experimental MAN
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Gheseh (Morgheh Sahar) - Story (Morning Bird)
by People You Think You Know
Knotted Dreams
By Imaginary Knots Production
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Matarsak (Scarecrow)
By ShiraziN
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Persian Dance
By M.Moein
Rooz Maregi
By Ali Kamali
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KIOSK - Roozmaregi (http://vimeo.com/9561540) from Ali Kamali (http://vimeo.com/user3024607) on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/).
Simorgh (Phoenix)
By Shahin Sorat
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Yar-e Dabestani-e Man (My Grade School Friend)
By Where is My Vote - NY
About Farhang Foundation
http://payvand.com/news/09/oct/Farhang-Foundation-logo.jpgFarhang Foundation is a non-religious, non-political and not-for-profit foundation established in 2008 to celebrate the art and culture of Iranian-Americans in its widest extent. The foundation supports academic activities in Southern California by funding university programs, publications and conferences. The foundation also supports cultural programs such as celebration of Nowruz and Mehregan, theater, dance performances, films screenings and poetry reading in Southern Californioa. Farhang Foundation, in cooperation with various cultural and academic institutions plans major programs and exhibitions about Iran and its culture. For more info visit: www.farhang.org (http://www.farhang.org/).
... Payvand News - 03/03/10 ... --
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Farhang Foundation and Society of Cinema and Arts are proud to present the winners of the 2nd Annual Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival.
First Prize $10,000
Yar e Dabestani - My Grade School Friend
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Directors: Where is My Vote - NY, Kourosh Shemirani, Simon Ampel
Producers: Where is My Vote - NY, Kourosh Shemirani, Simon Ampel
Writer: Kourosh Shemirani
Cinematographer: Simon Ampel
Editor: Simon Ampel
Musician: Fared Shafinury & Tehranosaurus
Second Prize $5,000
Persian Dance
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.sociarts.com/sites/default/files/player.swf?file=http://www.sociarts.com/sites/default/files/filefield_video_posts/PERSIAN_DANCE.flv" flashvars="dock=true&provider=video&description=0&bufferlength=5&playerready=0&date=0&link=0&singleItem=%5Bobject%20PlaylistItem%5D&type=video&displaytitle=true&streamer=0&mediaid=0&duration=-1&author=0ℑ=0&tags=0&file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sociarts.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffilefield_video_posts%2FPERSIAN_DANCE.flv&title=0&pluginIds=viral&plugins=viral-2" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="472" height="389">
Director, Producer & Editor: M. Moein
Musician: Keivan Saket
Cinematographer: Hosein Ruzaneh
Third Prize $3,000
Story (Morning Bird)
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Director: Alborz Kamalizad
Musician: Farhad
Fourth Prize $2,000
(Due to an overwhelming number of outstanding submissions, Farhang Foundation has decided to recognize the forth place winner, as well.)
Scarecrow Matarsak
<object width="400" height="300"> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9631627&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></object>
Director, Writer & Producer: Nazanin Shirazi
Cinematographer: Miguel Alvareza
Editor: Miguel Alvarez
Musician: Fared Shafinury & Tehranosaurus
Album: Behind the Seas
Congratulations to all of the winners! Farhang Foundation will be presenting the awards to the winners on Sunday March 14th during the Iranian New Year Celebrations (Nowruz) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). This event is free and open to public. Tickets are required. Click here (http://www.farhang.org/events/celebrating-nowruz-iranian-new) for more information.
The Festival committee wishes to thank all of the participating artists (filmmakers, musicians & producers) for their creativity, dedication, relentless efforts and passion to express their heritage through their art. This year, Farhang Film Festival received 64 submissions with diverse themes from Iran, Europe and North America. The Jury rated each music video based on creativity, originality, production quality, and visualizing any aspect of the Iranian arts, culture, nature, and life-style. NOTE: All submitted films were judged by the Jury committee based on the film's artistic merits only. Views expressed by the filmmakers do not represent those of the Farhang Foundation or its Board Members and Management.
Moreover, the committee wishes to acknowledge the top nine submissions.
Top Nine Videos: (Alphabetical Order)
Beyond Golden Dream
By BeyondGoldenDream
<object width="425" height="344"> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5LDrfKHihik&rel=0&color1=0x404040&color2=0x404040&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></object>
Deceit - Fareeb
By Experimental MAN
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Gheseh (Morgheh Sahar) - Story (Morning Bird)
by People You Think You Know
Knotted Dreams
By Imaginary Knots Production
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Matarsak (Scarecrow)
By ShiraziN
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Persian Dance
By M.Moein
Rooz Maregi
By Ali Kamali
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KIOSK - Roozmaregi (http://vimeo.com/9561540) from Ali Kamali (http://vimeo.com/user3024607) on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/).
Simorgh (Phoenix)
By Shahin Sorat
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.sociarts.com/sites/default/files/player.swf?file=http://www.sociarts.com/sites/default/files/filefield_video_posts/SIMORGH_02_0.flv" flashvars="bufferlength=5&date=0&description=0&author=0&duration=-1&mediaid=0&link=0&type=video&tags=0&dock=true&image=0&file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sociarts.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffilefield_video_posts%2FSIMORGH_02_0.flv&displaytitle=true&title=0&singleItem=%5Bobject%20PlaylistItem%5D&streamer=0&provider=video&playerready=0&pluginIds=viral&plugins=viral-2" x-allowscriptaccess="never" allowscriptaccess="never" wmode="opaque" width="472" height="389">
Yar-e Dabestani-e Man (My Grade School Friend)
By Where is My Vote - NY
About Farhang Foundation
http://payvand.com/news/09/oct/Farhang-Foundation-logo.jpgFarhang Foundation is a non-religious, non-political and not-for-profit foundation established in 2008 to celebrate the art and culture of Iranian-Americans in its widest extent. The foundation supports academic activities in Southern California by funding university programs, publications and conferences. The foundation also supports cultural programs such as celebration of Nowruz and Mehregan, theater, dance performances, films screenings and poetry reading in Southern Californioa. Farhang Foundation, in cooperation with various cultural and academic institutions plans major programs and exhibitions about Iran and its culture. For more info visit: www.farhang.org (http://www.farhang.org/).
... Payvand News - 03/03/10 ... --
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