The 1st IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK announces Jury & Audience Awards at Closing Night Ceremony!

6-Day Festival dazzles NY audiences 

with daily sold out screenings at the IFC Center!

US Theatrical Premiere Engagement of Festival Hit PIG Announced! Opens Feb 1st at IFC Center!

Encore Screenings of Audience Award Winner I WANT TO DANCE and daring satire SLY announced for Jan. 30th!

The 1st annual Iranian Film Festival New York (IrFFNY) which ran from Jan 10th–15th, ended Tuesday night after a massively successful 6 day run at the IFC Center, with 13 sold out shows, dazzling both NY audiences and critics. The festival, co-founded and co-programmed by Iranian film distributor & Festival Director Armin Miladi and film critic Godfrey Cheshire, highlighted both classic art-house Iranian cinema and cutting-edge films by young Iranian filmmakers.

IFC Center’s Senior Vice President & General Manager, John Vanco started the Closing remarks on Tuesday night along with Miladi and Cheshire who introduced the festival jury which included David Schwartz (former Chief Curator of the Museum of the Moving Image), veteran film programmer Marian Masone (film curator at Art Basel) and filmmaker Ramin Serry (Columbia University film professor). The ecstatic jury remarked their love and excitement for all the films in the festival program, and then each of them announced their selections for the 3 awards. 

The winners are as follows:

The BEST FILM award winner was given to the festival’s Closing Night film,SHEEPLE directed by Hooman Seyedi

A violent action film about criminal gangs that has been compared to Brazil's City Of God as well as the films of Tarantino, SHEEPLE also won the Audience Award this year at Iran's Fajr Film Festival where it was called “the most exciting genre film” by The Hollywood Reporter. The film stars Navid Mohammadzadeh (Best Actor winner, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival) who is considered one the best new actors of Iranian Cinema. In his glowing review of the film in VARIETY, critic Owen Gleiberman called SHEEPLE a “traumatically explosive closing-night selection” and “an Iranian crime-family drama of explosive originality” and added that  Mohammadzadeh is “powerful” and “a fantastic actor”.

The SPECIAL JURYaward was given to 

HENDI & HORMOZ by Abbas Amini

A tale of imperiled young love in coastal Iran that premiered at last year’s Berlinale and recently won Best Film & Best Director prizes at Toronto’s CineIran Film Festival, HENDI & HORMOZ has moved audiences and critics alike, and was singled out as “an early entry in the most beautiful films you’ll see in 2019”.

BEST ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTaward was given to 

Asghar Yousefinejad’s THE HOME 

A Best Picture prize-winner in Iran that examines the tensions and deceptions in a family as they prepare to bury their just-deceased patriarch, THE HOME has been called a "raw emotional film” and “shot in a simple, unassuming style at times reminiscent of John Cassavetes"

The AUDIENCE AWARD winner was given to 

the controversial comedy-drama I WANT TO DANCE

by veteran Iranian filmmaker & the festival’s Guest of Honor, Bahman Farmanara

Recently released from a four-year ban in Iran, I WANT TO DANCE follows Bahram Farzaneh (played by Reza Kianian), a lonely writer with severe writer’s block who begins to hear rhythmic Persian dance music in his head after an accident, which leads him to be consumed by the irrepressible desire to dance. People think he has gone crazy and this bizarre new behavior creates many problems for him – both with the authorities and his family.  

Additional Announcements about Encore Screenings &

upcoming theatrical release of Mani Haghighi’s PIG at the IFC Center!

Additional announcements made at the Closing Ceremony include the upcoming US theatrical premiere engagement of Mani Haghighi's critically acclaimed twisted dark comedy PIG (Khook), opening Feb 1st at the IFC Center, following two sold-out festival screenings. The film’s North American rights have been acquired by Miladi’s distribution company Daricheh Cinema, and will also have an LA opening immediately following its NY release.

Film critic Richard Brody raved about PIG in his recent review in THE NEW YORKER where he called the film “a standout feature at the Iranian Film Festival New York” and that it “deserves to be seen widely."

Making its premiere in competition at last year’s Berlinale, PIG stars Hasan Majuni as Hassan, a blacklisted director who hasn’t been able to make a film in years, forcing him into directing commercials. Hassan is doubly frustrated that his muse, the actress Shiva (played by Leila Hatami) has started to work with other directors. But most galling of all, a serial killer is going about beheading Iran’s finest filmmakers, and their severed heads are being discovered with the word “pig” imprinted on their foreheads… yet Hassan remains unscathed. Feeling like he’s being ignored, Hassan’s bad luck turns to worse when he becomes the prime suspect in this murder case. The hilarity and hijinks that follow are quite unlike anything else in Iranian cinema.

Also, based on popular demand, the IFC Center and IrFFNY announced the decision to add two encore screenings on Wednesday, Jan 30th for Farmanara’s Audience Award winning film I WANT TO DANCE (7pm) and Kamal Tabrizi’s SLY (9:30pm).  

SLY (Märmouz), which recently premiered at the Busan Film Festival, is a daring satire of the Iranian political system, and stars one of Iran’s most acclaimed actors Hamid Behdad (Best Actor, CineIran Film Festival).

Tickets for encore screenings of I WANT TO DANCE and SLY, and for the release of PIG will be available at the IFC Center box office (323 Sixth Avenue) or online at ifccenter.com. 

Festival director / Co-Founder / Co-Programmer Armin Miladi said: 

“I’d like to thank New Yorkers for this huge success in our first year at the Iranian Film Festival NY. We couldn’t have asked for a better outcome with all of our 13 screenings selling out, and the positive energy and wonderful feedback we received from the audience. The pressure is now on to deliver and expand for the second year which we’re truly excited about. We’re also so pleased that the festival attracted such great attention from major media outlets and film critics. I’m hoping all this success will lead to the IrFFNY becoming a launching platform for new Iranian Cinema in the USA.” 

Co-Founder / Co-Programmer Godfrey Cheshire said: 

“The sold-out shows and tremendous audience response to our festival show that New York cinephiles are excited to be able to experience the latest developments in Iranian cinema. We look forward to giving them an even bigger edition in 2020.”

About IrFFNY:

IrFFNY is an annual selection of acclaimed and award-winning films from one of the world’s most vital and distinguished national cinemas to New York audiences. The festival aims to unite two strands of Iranian moviemaking – the classic art-house Iranian cinema that is known to cinephiles around the world, and new cutting-edge works that show the adventurousness and daring nature of younger Iranian directors. The classic strand features celebrated names such as Bahman Farmanara (who was at the festival presenting 3 of his films), Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi. The first annual IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL NY took place at the IFC Center from Jan 10th - 15th, 2019. 

IrFFNY is co-founded and co-programmed by film critic Godfrey Cheshire, who has written extensively about Iranian cinema, and Festival Director and film distributor Armin Miladi who distributes Iranian films and runs the annual Iranian Film Festival of Australia, now in its 8th year. The festival is presented under the banner of Miladi’s company Daricheh Cinema.

IrFFNY is an independently organized and nonpolitical event 

presented under the banner of Daricheh Cinema 

and has no financial ties to any government organization inside or outside Iran.

Sheeple (2018) Iranian Film Festival New York 2019

Navid Mohammadzadeh gives a stellar performance as the loud off kilter Shahin in Sheeple, a violent, occasionally funny crime film set on the edge of Tehran. It’s a performance which will get under your skin, often annoy you and ultimately kind of break your heart.

Shahin is the brother of a crime lord in Iranian capital city. They exist in the fringe and slums of the city, not in the high rise. Despite being crime lords they are still struggling to get by selling drugs and running scams. At some point a major scandal erupts when Shahin’s hair dresser sister is filmed showing a man her pony tail to a man in a car. Violence and heartache result.

Anyone expecting the typical genteel Iranian drama is going to be shocked. While not as graphic as similar films from around the world, Sheeple is still just as down and dirty. Despite the humor, these are bad people. People are beaten, abused and stabbed. There is a nasty shoot out with the police. Director Houman Seyyedi is not sugar coating the world of these men and women and we as an audience are abused as a result.

One of the thematic threads of the film is the abuse of children. If it’s not outsight abuse the implication of futures as little more than slaves is more than just implied. Kids are around when bad things happen. Shahin’s brother knows the value and valulessness of kids because he has set up an orphanage to act as a training ground for his army of criminals. At the same time he doesn’t really care what happens to them. (And there is a some shots toward the end that will break your heart.)

Sheeple is many things from a thought provoking to a kick in the heart to a great film. One of the truly great films at the First Iranian Film Festival New York and as such It is absolutely a must see.

Sheeple closes the First Iranian Film Festival New York on Tuesday. For tickets and more information go here

Iranian Film Festival: SLY, I WANT TO DANCE THE HOME and 76 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WITH ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Starting Thursday, and running to the 15th, at the IFC Center in is the First Iranian Film Festival New York. Because there are so many good films I present some short reviews to help you decide what to see. (Though to be honest they are all good so just buy tickets here)

SLY
A wickedly funny political satire that is nominally a lampoon of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that is actually a telling rag on all forms of political opportunism, SLY is a film that will have you laughing even when the jokes sometimes catch in your throat. A none too bright guy who wants to get into Parliament finds every door closed to him because the politicos see him for who he is. However when he accidentally ends up a national hero he finds his dreams coming true. While more concerned with comedy than commentary the film still has a great deal to say about the way politics is conducted on a national level everywhere, particularly how it is more shaped by things other than the good of all. Mostly though the film is just funny as everything doesn’t go as expected. This is one of my favorites of the Iranian Film Festival. (SLY plays January 12)

I WANT TO DANCE
A writer with writer’s block suddenly finds himself hearing music in his head and is unable to resist the urge to dance. This complicates his life as he begins to write again. Solid comedy drama had me smiling from ear to ear at times as our hero tries to navigate his way through society without rocking the boat too much. More complicated than I am making out, I WANT TO DANCE is wonderful little gem of a film that is one of the recommended. (I WANT T DANCE plays January 12)

THE HOME
Raw emotional film about what happens immediately following the death of a patriarch. As the preparations are made for the funeral, the family begins to mourn and a clash of factions heats up. At times as real and raw as what happens when a loved one dies this is a film that drops us into the mix from the first frame and has us move around to the last. If you’ve ever had a love one die where the family and friends were all around this film will echo in your head and heart. A low key stunner. See it. (THE HOME plays January 12)

76 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WITH ABBAS  KIAROSTAMI
This is exactly what the title says it is, it’s time with the great director that was recorded by photographer and friend Seifollah Samadian. A portrait of the man through moments in time the film will delight some and bore others.Kiarostami is seen in a variety of situations, driving, being with friends and colleagues. Its moments in the life he lived. As a result the film doesn’t focus on his films but on his person. Whether you are hooked or not is going to be based entirely on your own preferences. I liked some of it, I was bored by some it. Recommended for fans of the director. (76 MINUTES... plays January 13th)

Iranian Film Festival HENDI & HORMOZ, THE TALE OF THE SEA and PIG

Starting Thursday, and running to the 15th, at the IFC Center in is the First Iranian Film Festival New York. Because there are so many good films I present some short reviews to help you decide what to see. (Though to be honest they are all good so just buy tickets here)

HENDI & HORMOZ
Aching and achingly beautiful film concerns a 16 year old living in a coastal village who talks his way into a marriage with the girl of his dreams. He has sworn up and down that he will be able to support her by getting a job in the mines, but the job isn’t there and he is forced to take questionable employment in order to support his bride. A film of great beauty and power HENDI & HORMOZ is film that you disappear into. Living painting the film sucks us in and drags us along into the lives of a couple of kids who clearly have the deck stacked against them. An early entry in the most beautiful films you’ll see in 2019 the film is best seen on the big screen where its visual story telling will kick you to the curb.
Highly recommended. (This film screens January 11)

THE TALE OF THE SEA
A writer thrown in depression by his witnessing an terrible event, is returned home after a stay in the hospital where visions and reality mix into a troubling brew. A great looking film is a bit too lyric in it’s presentation for my taste. As compelling as the idea of a patient finding the real world more frightening than the hospital is, the execution is much too literary and formal. Everything always looks perfect and the discussions seem more constructions than real life. It’s not bad but it pales in comparison to some of the other films playing at the festival.(This is the Opening Night Film and screens January 10

PIG
To be completely honest I don’t know what I think of Pig. This is a bold, violent pitch black comedy about a banned film director caught up in the search for a serial killer beheading film directors is not like most other films I’ve seen, especially from Iran. The t-shirt clad lead is a rude crude individual and the people around him are a collection of truly one of a kind characters. The humor runs the gamut of styles but is often very uncomfortable as someone is always behaving badly. To say that the film smacked me in the face with an unexpected slap is an understatement. I stared at the screen for much of the film’s running time wondering how the film got made in Iran since this is not the sort of film I associate with the country. An offbeat, off kilter gem- the film is very highly recommended to anyone who really wants to go away from the typical-and I mean that about films from anywhere not just Iran. This is one of the great films of the Iranian Film Fest and highly recommended. (This film screens January 11)

For tickets and more information go here.

Festival season starts this week - a joint curtain raiser for The First Look Fest, The NY Jewish Film Festival and the first Iranian Film Festival New York (plus notes on the rest of the year)

The film year 2019 is beginning with three festivals in New York City (That I’m aware of) this week. Basically we are going from zero to sixty in the blink of an eye.

Normally the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look Festival is the first fest out of the box but this year its playing at the same time as two other festivals. As this posts I haven’t really had a chance to wade into the festival ( Though I saw two films PUTIN’S WITNESSES and YOUNG SOLITUDE this past September at the Camden Film Fest- I’m reposting the reviews) but the hardest working man in film criticism Joe Bendel has some pieces ready to go and I am hoping to catch a few more this week. Reports will come as we see things. (Tickets here )

I have only begun to wade into the New York Jewish Film Festival but as they have done every year that I’ve attended they are responsible for screening the first truly great films you’ll see all year. Trust me on this the films they are screening will stick in your head and end up on your year-end lists. I particularly loved CHASING PORTRAITS about the director trying to find her great grandfather’s art which was scattered in the early days of World War 2 in an effort to keep it safe…but it ended up further scattered. It transcends being just an art detective story to be something much more. (Tickets here)

The First Iranian Film Festival New York starts Thursday and it really rocks. Seriously this is poised to be one of the great film festivals of the year. I say that because you may think you have an idea what Iranian cinema is, but his festival will open your eyes. Films like the closing night SHEEPLE (a violent gang film),PIG (a black as night comedy about banned filmmakers, and murder) and SLY (a rip at a former President) are not the sort of things you would expect from a country where Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi appear to be the face of the industry worldwide. I’ve seen most of the films screening and while there was some I didn’t care for as a matter of personal taste, none were bad. I’ll be reviewing everything I’ve seen in the next few days, but to get you started might I suggest you try SHEEPLE, PIG,SLY, THE HOME and I WANT TO DANCE. (Tickets here)

And we have begun to plan and schedule things for the rest of the film year and it is almost too much:
-We already have the start of our coverage slotted and ready to go for both Sundance and Slamdance with more to come. (JB is going to be on the ground and I’m going to be doing remote reviews)
-We will have coverage of the FAIF’s Second Annual Animation First at the end of the month
-Plans are underway to go to the BAM Kids Fest in February.
-We have cleared the decks for the New York International Children’s Film Festival in February and March.
-The annual 12 hour Hong Kong-athon from the New York Asian Film Festival this February is in our sites
-We have already been credentialed for the Tribeca Film Festival so look for our typical heavy coverage in April and May.
-And of course Film Comment Selects,The oxford Film Festival, New Directors, New Films, NYAFF proper, Fantasia Japan Cuts, New York Film Festival and much more.

Ultimately I suggest you just keep reading because lots of coverage is coming.

The 1st IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK is set to launch Jan 10–15th 2019 at the IFC Center!

Festival to highlight both classic art-house Iranian cinema and cutting-edge films by young Iranian filmmakers 

New Yorkers and cinephiles are in for a treat this coming January! The 1st annual Iranian Film Festival New York (IrFFNY) is set to launch at one of NYC’s top art-houses, the IFC Center (323 Sixth Ave at West 3rd Street) from Jan 10th–15th 2019. 

IrFFNY will present an annual selection of acclaimed and award-winning films from one of the world’s most vital and distinguished national cinemas to New York audiences. The festival aims to unite two strands of Iranian moviemaking – the classic art-house Iranian cinema that is known to cinephiles around the world, and new cutting-edge works that show the adventurousness and daring nature of younger Iranian directors. The classic strand features celebrated names such as Bahman Farmanara, Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi. 

The festival’s Opening Night selection will be the NY premiere of Bahman Farmanara’s TALE OF THE SEA (Hekayat-e Darya, 97 min) on Thursday, Jan 10th at 7pm. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with the film’s writer / producer / director & star Farmanara. The veteran producer & director has been active in Iranian cinema since the 1970s, and the festival is proud to have him as its Guest of Honor. 

Dedicated to the late great Abbas Kiarostami, TALE OF THE SEA is the story of an ailing and reclusive writer (played by Farmanara) who after witnessing a violent murder, breaks down and spends three years in a mental institution. Upon release, he returns with his wife to his home by the sea, a place where past and present blur in delicate and deeply moving ways. The film also stars Fatemeh Motamed-Arya (Gilaneh, Men at Work) who is considered one of the most significant actresses of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema, and award-winning actress Leila Hatami (Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar winning film A Separation). The Hollywood Reporter calls Tale Of The Sea “Farmanara’s resonant elegy to the conclusion of an artistic era and his salute to a generation of Iranian writers, artists, musicians and filmmakers who are leaving the scene”. 

The festival will also present the NY premiere of Farmanara’s controversial comedy-drama I WANT TO DANCE (Delam Mikhad, 95 min), which was just released from a four-year ban in Iran. The film follows Bahram Farzaneh (played by Reza Kianian), a lonely writer with severe writer’s block who begins to hear rhythmic Persian dance music in his head after an accident, which leads him to be consumed by the irrepressible desire to dance. People think he has gone crazy and this bizarre new behavior creates many problems for him – both with the authorities and his family.  The film will screen on Saturday, Jan 12th at 6:30pm. A Q&A will follow with Farmanara after the screening. 

In addition, Farmanara’s striking political allegory TALL SHADOWS OF THE WIND (1978) – one of the most acclaimed films of the Iranian New Wave – will be shown on Monday, Jan 14th at 7pm, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

On Friday, Jan 11th at 7pm, the festival will screen Mani Haghighi’s twisted dark comedy PIG (Khook, 108 min). Making its premiere in competition at this year’s Berlinale, this social satire stars Hasan Majuni as Hassan, a blacklisted director who hasn’t been able to make a film in years, forcing him into directing commercials. Hassan is doubly frustrated that his muse, the actress Shiva (played by Leila Hatami) has started to work with other directors. But most galling of all, a serial killer is going about beheading Iran’s finest filmmakers, and their severed heads are being discovered with the word “pig” imprinted on their foreheads… yet Hassan remains unscathed. Feeling like he’s being ignored, Hassan’s bad luck turns to worse when he becomes the prime suspect in this murder case.The hilarity and hijinks that follow are quite unlike anything else in Iranian cinema.

The festival’s Closing Night selection will be the North American premiere of Houman Seyedi’s SHEEPLE (102 min) on Tuesday, Jan 15th at 7pm. A violent action film about criminal gangs that has been compared to Brazil's CITY OF GOD as well as the films of Tarantino, SHEEPLE won the Audience Award this year at Iran's Fajr Film Festival where it was called “the most exciting genre film” by The Hollywood Reporter. The film stars Navid Mohammadzadeh (Best Actor winner, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival) who is considered one the best new actors of Iranian Cinema.

Some other highlights from the festival program include the New York premieres of: 

Abbas Amini’s HENDI & HORMOZ (88 min), a tale of imperiled young love in coastal Iran that premiered at this year’s Berlinale and recently won Best Film & Best Director prizes at Toronto’s CineIran Film Festival. The film will screen on Friday, Jan 11th at 9:30pm. 

SLY (Märmouz, 90 min), which recently premiered at the Busan Film Festival, is a daring satire of the Iranian political system by director Kamal Tabrizi (“The Lizard”). The film stars Hamid Behdad (Best Actor, CineIran Film Festival), one of Iran's most acclaimed young actors. SLY will screen on Saturday, Jan 12th at 9pm.

First-time director Asghar Yousefinejad’s THE HOME, a Best Picture prize-winner in Iran that examines the tensions and deceptions in a family as they prepare to bury their just-deceased patriarch. The film will screen Saturday, Jan 12th at 4:45pm.

On Sunday, Jan 13th at 7:15pm, the festival is honored to present 3 FACES (Se Rokh, 100 min), the latest from Iranian master Jafar Panahi, who has continued to work despite being under an official ban from filmmaking for the last seven years. The film, which is his fourth feature he’s made since the ban was handed down, won the Best Screenplay award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and will be released by Kino Lorber next spring in the United States.

IrFFNY is co-founded and co-programmed by film critic Godfrey Cheshire, who has written extensively about Iranian cinema, and Festival Director and film distributor Armin Miladi who distributes Iranian films and runs the annual Iranian Film Festival of Australia, now in its 8th year. The festival is presented under the banner of Miladi’s company Daricheh Cinema.

Festival director / Co-founder / Co-programmer Armin Miladi said: 

“Despite political and economic challenges, 2018 has been a great year for Iranian Cinema on the international stage. I’m excited that after years of planning & preparation, and by presenting a mix of world-renowned Iranian auteurs alongside thrilling new talents, we are finally able to bring one of the best selections ever of contemporary Iranian Cinema to a wide audience in New York. I also deeply believe that through cinema and film festivals like IrFFNY, we can help build a meaningful worldwide platform for better positive cultural understanding between people & nations rather than the daily negative images & stories that the mainstream media often portray about countries like Iran.”

Co-founder / Co-programmer Godfrey Cheshire said: 

“Iranian filmmakers have always worked under very challenging conditions. Both before and after the country’s 1979 Revolution, film artists faced the paradoxical situation that the government both supported and censored cinema, enforcing an ever-changing raft of content restrictions. Of the three most prominent directors represented in the first IrFFNY, Farmanara and Kiarostami have had films banned in Iran, while Panahi was banned from making films for 20 years, an order he has defied by continuing to make them. Filmmakers have fought against the limits placed on them with their creativity. I believe New York audiences attending IrFFNY will be fascinated to see the various strategies that writers and directors have devised to push the envelope on subjects including politics (“Sly”), religion (“The Home”), intimacy (“Hendi and Hormoz”), gang violence (“Sheeple”) and even dancing (“Pig” & I Want To Dance”). The films in this year’s festival illustrate both the passion and the ingenuity that continue to distinguish Iranian cinema.”

The festival will also honor Abbas Kiarostami with a special presentation of two documentaries offering portraits of the late filmmaker. On Sunday, Jan 13th at 9:30pm, the feature-length film “76 MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS WITH ABBAS KIAROSTAMI,” by renowned cinematographer and Kiarostami collaborator Seifollah Samadian, will be accompanied by the New York premiere of TAKE ME HOME, Kiarostami’s final short film. 

The 30-minute film A WALK WITH KIAROSTAMI by Jamsheed Akrami (a scholar of Iranian cinema, film professor and critic) who was a longtime friend of Kiarostami’s, will be featured in the program IRANIAN CINEMA THROUGH THE LENS OF JAMSHEED AKRAMI on Sunday, Jan 13th at 5pm. This will also include clips from three feature-length documentaries by Akrami about Iranian cinema (Friendly Persuasion, The Lost Cinema, Cinema of Discontent), followed by a discussion between Akrami and critic Godfrey Cheshire. 

Additional films & events for the festival will be announced in the coming days.

Tickets for the festival are available at the IFC Center box office (323 Sixth Avenue) or online at ifccenter.com. 

Tickets for the Opening Night screening of TALE OF THE SEA are $20/$15 IFC Center members. Tickets for other festival screenings are $17 adults/$13 seniors/$12 IFC Center members. 

A festival pass, good for admission to 10 festival screenings, is available for $125/$100 IFC Center members.

IrFFNY is an independently organized and nonpolitical event 

presented under the banner of Daricheh Cinema 

and has no financial ties to any government organization inside or outside Iran.

For the complete IrFFNY festival schedule, see below.

 

For the complete IrFFNY festival schedule, see below.

 

For film descriptions and further information, go to: 

irfilmfestny.com

 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/irffny/

Twitter & Instagram: @irffny

 

IrFFNY TRAILER: https://youtu.be/2ILxxtaqO8I

Iranian Film Festival New York SCHEDULE: