Iranian Film Appreciation Society of Austin

12/11/2018

A short film on the subject of the widespread use of the death penalty in Iran featuring influential Iranian artists and writers

Zamaneh Media presents: "It Was 5 In The Morning" A film by Mostafa Heravi. -------------------------------------- یک فیلم کوتاه با شرکت هنرمندان ایرانی که ا...

08/13/2018

Scheduled for broadcast tonight and tomorrow night.

A fascinating and revealing view of life inside Iran, with NYTimes correspondent Thomas Erdbrink. Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/1BycsJW On Monday, Augu...

08/07/2018

10/20/2017

Austin Film Society screens Iranian modern art horror film classic "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night"

October 20 and 21 at 10 PM

AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100
Austin, TX, 78752

https://www.facebook.com/events/1746013735417058/

Ana Lily Amirpour’s stylish debut feature has moved into the modern horror canon. Her always-probing camera leads us through the streets of a fictional slum called Bad City where we see the lives of its inhabitants through the eyes of a skateboarding female vampire.

Join us at 9 PM on Fri Oct. 20 for a live vinyl set by DJ Adult Themes featuring vintage horror soundtracks.

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Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
USA, 2014, 1h 41min, DCP, In Farsi with English subtitles

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Tickets: https://www.austinfilm.org/screening/girl-walks-home-alone-night/

Ana Lily Amirpour’s stylish debut feature has moved into the modern horror canon. Her always-probing camera leads us through the streets of a fictional slum called Bad City where we see the lives of its inhabitants through the eyes of a skateboarding female vampire. Join us early on Friday, Oct. 20…

04/28/2017

Familiarity abounds in the initial set up for ABOUT ELLY. A group of friends going off for the weekend to a rural get away, an…

02/27/2017

In case you missed it: Asghar Farhadi's The Salesman wins the best Foreign Language Film.

The Salesman has won Best Foreign Language film at this year's Oscars, winning a second award for Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi who was affected by Donald Trump's Muslim ban.

02/27/2017

01/11/2017

Forugh Farrokhzad Fifty Years Later: A Seminar
Saturday, 4 February 2017, 2-8 pm, Mezes Hall 1.306, UT Campus

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of leading Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967) and in conjunction with a Spring 2017 UT Austin course called Forugh Farrokhzad and Her Poetry, a seminar called Forugh Farrokhzad Fifty Years Later will take place on 4 February 2017, co-sponsored by UT’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Society of Iranian American Women in Austin. Here is the tentative schedule for the seminar, which will take place in Mezes Hall 1.306 and is open to the public:

2:00 pm–“Slide Images of Forugh Farrokhzad and Her Story”
by Michael Craig Hillmann.
2:45 pm–“On Teaching Farrokhzad’s Poems” by Blake Atwood.
3:30 pm–“The Role and Effects of Forugh’s Poetry in the History
of Persian Literature” (in Persian) by Maryam Sadeghi.
4:15 pm–“Truth Was Those Two Hands: Forugh Farrokhzad's Legacy in the Arts and Literature of the Iranian Diaspora”
by Jasmin Darznik.
5:15 pm–“Pivotal Issues in Forugh Farrokhzad: A Literary Biography” (in Persian) by Farzaneh Milani.
6:30 pm–Farrokhzad's Poems: Readings (in Persian) by Maryam Sadeghi, seh’târ musical accompaniment by Alireza Haydari.

For more information, contact Michael Craig Hillmann
at [email protected] or text him at 512-653-5152.