Zarathushti & Iranian culture Film Festival (ZIFF)

previously called Zarathushti International Film Festival

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3rd Festival

  Vancouver, Canada 13-14 November 2004

"Divine Light"

&

 "A short story of Milleniums"

(Effect of Believes on Arts)  

by 

Khosrov Sinaee

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"Mystic Iran, the unseen world"  

by 

Aryana Farshad  

she would be present at Q/A session

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Film Synopsis, Comments & Biography

 

 

 

 

 

"Tower of Silence"  

by 

Behzad Khodaveici

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"Hiromba" 

by

  M.J. Baghernia

"My mother's home, lagoon"

by

Mehrdad Oskooee

"Anahita Temple"

by

  Bobak Hojati

 

 

 

 

 

"Hoom" 

by 

Khosrov Haidary

 

"Forgotton Empire"

"Zoroastrian House"

by 

Channel 4

 

"Sareh"

by 

Pejman Fakhrian

 

"Soroush"

by 

F. Demehri

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"Peeri Sabz"

by 

Manouchehr Askari

"Damavand"

by 

Sohrab Yazdani

"Sadeh in Kerman"

by 

Manouchehr Askari

 

"Gahanbar"

by 

Hossain Karim Pouri

"Nozodi"

by 

Shahrzad Rastani

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and more....

 

Films Show Time Table

 

Short Description of Films

 

 

Sessions

Saturday 13th Nov

Sunday 14th Nov

 

2:00 pm

4:30 pm

4:30 pm

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

 

 

Venue:

Presentation House, 333 Chesterfield Ave, North Vancouver

Box office phone no. : (604) 990 3474

 

 

Adopt an Ancient Persian Culture Film

Dedicated to you or your loved ones

We will make all the arrangement and produce it.

Each documentary film would be about 10 minutes long covering one of the following subjects:

Zoroastrian Ceremonies, Rituals, Monuments, Society, etc.

with only US$ 1000

 

 

Sponsors:

 

Arts & Culture Commission of North Vancouver

Mahvash Aidoun-Esfandiar Pourbahrami

مهوش ايدون-اسفنديار پوربهرامي 

Mr. Allahyar Dabestani اله يار دبستاني 
 
 

 

 

Objective:

·     Demonstrate our good Rituals, Traditions and Ceremonies and also our Heritage and History

·     Encourage our community members to produce films/videos regarding our community and its issues

·   Appreciate the achievements of those who have made efforts regarding items mentioned above (any school of thoughts or religion).

·   Establish a base for a Universal Zarathushti Film/Video

 

History:                                                        

 

  ZIFF-1:                            Houston Texas, Dec 2000

  ZIFF-2                          Vancouver, 25-28, Oct 2002

  ZIFF-2:                 Select , LA, California, Feb 2003

  ZIFF-2:                           Select, Chicago, Oct 2003

  ZIFF-2:                    Select , Tehran, Iran, Jan 2004

  ZIFF-2:       Select, San Jose, California, May 2004 

 

  ZIFF-3:                                   Vancouver, Nov 2004

 

 

Trophy Video (you need QuickTime)

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