📽️ A list of must-watch Iranian films in 2021:
1. African Violet by Mona Zandi Haghighi.
This tender & moving film begins with Shokoo, a middle-aged woman, relocating her elderly ex-husband from a nursing facility into her own home so she & her current husband can care for him.
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1.1. Aided by rich and subtle performances from her three main actors, director Mona Zandi Haghighi builds her movie around three flawed, complex, but ultimately compassionate characters discovering how love can transform over time.
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In her new film, AFRICAN VIOLET (2019), Iranian director Mona Zandi Haghighi presents a moving portrait of forgiveness and the infinite adaptability of love. Order the film by Thurs, Sept. 24 and directly support our public programs! ucla.in/32eiJPR
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Le prix du public du film de fiction revient à AFRICAN VIOLET de Mona Zandi Haghighi (Iran) et WAITING FOR SUNSET de Carlo Enciso Catu (Philippines) ex-aequo #FICA2019
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The Archive & are continuing our celebration of new Iranian cinema with AFRICAN VIOLET (2019), dir. Mona Zandi Haghighi's moving portrait of empathy and a marriage that is tested. Available Sept. 11-24. Proceeds support our public programs! ucla.in/32eiJPR
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Offering an observant, gently humoured look at life for those of middle age and beyond, AFRICAN VIOLET is the second feature of Mona Zandi Haghighi, director of 2006’s award-winning FRIDAY EVENING. March 15–16 ow.ly/XYCY50yIc0x #yvrfilm #iraniancinema
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and she interviewed the director of AFRICAN VIOLET - Mona Zandi Haghighi - about the difficulty of being granted a license to make the kind of films she wanted to in Iran and finding the inspiration while speaking over her friend's grave...
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Join #Filmmaker Mona Zandi Haghighi for a discussion of her work focused on contemporary social issues in Persian culture, including 25th Annual Festival of Films from Iran entry "African Violet". Join us Sat., Feb. 6, 2:30 pm EST: s.si.edu/3pyIAuO
📸: Venera Films
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"with richly realised characterisation" this "colourful jewell of a film is well worth you time and money" said in her ★★★★ review of Iranian film AFRICAN VIOLET directed by Mona Zandi Haghighi
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Dixième et dernière interview pour cette 25e édition du . La réalisatrice iranienne Mona Zandi Haghighi nous parle de sa carrière et de son long-métrage "African Violet", actuellement en compétition à Vesoul. #Fica2019
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Mona Zandi Haghighi’s "African Violet" examines the issues arising when an ex-wife & her new husband take in her elderly ex-husband to save him from a nursing home.
Register for a free virtual Q&A with director Mona Zandi Haghighi on Feb. 6 @ 1:30 p.m. bit.ly/3cdY57L
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#Film fans: join us tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 6 at 2:30 pm EST to talk with writer, director, producer, and editor of #ShortFilms, #Documentaries, and features Mona Zandi Haghighi: s.si.edu/3pyIAuO
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Join #Filmmaker Mona Zandi Haghighi for a discussion of her work focused on contemporary social issues in Persian culture, including 25th Annual Festival of Films from Iran entry "African Violet". Join us Sat., Feb. 6, 2:30 pm EST: s.si.edu/3pyIAuO
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Un #film_iranien dans la sélection 2019 du #FICA de Vesoul en France/«Africain violet» (Banafsheh Afrighaei), deuxième long-métrage de la réalisatrice iranienne #Mona_Zandi_Haghighi sera projeté lors de la 25ème édition du Festival International des Cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul
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I interviewed Mona Zandi Haghighi about the challenges involved in getting her sophomore feature - AFRICAN VIOLET - made in Iran.
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and she interviewed the director of AFRICAN VIOLET - Mona Zandi Haghighi - about the difficulty of being granted a license to make the kind of films she wanted to in Iran and finding the inspiration while speaking over her friend's grave...
jumpcutonline.co.uk/2020/09/18/int
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🎬 Découvrez AFRICAN VIOLET de Mona Zandi Haghighi au 15ème Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève (FIFOG) le 25 Septembre à 19h à Fonction!
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Based on real-life events that occured in her family, Iranian director Mona Zandi Haghighi’s AFRICAN VIOLET is a sometimes comical, sometimes serious portrait of one in disarray.
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#AfricanViolet is another gorgeously composed, emotionally observant #Iranian feature. More, director #MonaZandiHaghighi sneaks a sly, battle-of-the-sexes comedy into a poker-faced drama about a middle aged women moving her elderly ex into her current husband's home. A treat.
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"14 years of distance between my first and second movie changes everything. I had grown as a person and made new experiences in my life and I was more patient and thought deeper..."
interviewed #AfricanViolet director Mona Zandi Haghighi
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