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Follow on Google News | 4th Annual Noor Film Festival Announces Award Winners: “Circumstance” Sweeps Three CategoriesLast night, The 4th Annual Noor Iranian Film Festival (www.noorfilmfestival.com) presented eight awards for its 2011 line-up of 25 competition films.
The big winners of the night included the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award-winning film, “Circumstance,” The short film “Diplomacy” David Negahban won Best Actor for his role in the short film “Liberation,” The feature-length documentary “American Coup,” by director Joe Ayella won Best Documentary. The short film “Little Tale of Us,” by director Ameneh Eslami won Best Animation. Esteemed 2011 Jury Members include: Oscar-nominated sound editor Iranian-American Kami Asgar (“Apocalypto”) Other distinguished guests from the Iranian-American community included: festival co-founder and actor Anthony Azizi (“Transformers: Ghahremani says, “We were thrilled to hold our 4th Annual Noor Film Festival in Los Angeles to bridge Iranian with non-Iranian cultures. Due to the political uprising in Iran in 2010, and out of respect for the people in Iran, we had postponed the 4th festival to 2011, so we were more appreciative than ever to be able to honor our filmmakers last night.” Iranian film has risen to the international spotlight in recent years due to emerging politics and independent Iranian films that have earned accolades—often resulting in the filmmakers going into exile to escape the governmental regime. Other films on the 2011 slate included: “Chasing Che,” “Letters to the President,” “Kick in Iran” and “1994.” A full list of the competition films can be found online at www.noorfilmfestival.com. Past jury members include prominent industry VIPs: Brooke Adams, Esai Morales, Habib Zargarpour, Rudi Bakhtiar, Ali Pourtash, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Reza Badiyi, Rainn Wilson, Omid Djalili, Ever Carradine, Natasha Henstridge, Maz Jobrani, Harry J. Lennox, Shaun Toub and Kyle Secor. Renowned television director and Iranian-born Reza Badiyi (“Get Smart,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Starsky and Hutch,” “Falcon Crest,” “Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Baywatch,” About Bob Yari – 2011 Noor Film Festival Achievement Award Recipient Iranian-American Bob Yari is an independent film producer and founder of Yari Film Group (YFG). Yari’s credits include the Oscar-winning feature film, “Crash,” which won for Best Picture at the 78th Academy Awards. (He also served as executive producer on the Starz series based on the film.) He has produced over 30 films including “The Illusionist”— Awards The NIFF Jury judges for the eight categories, including Audience Favorite, Best Director, Best Story, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Documentary, Best Animation and Best Short Film. About NIFF In 2005, Iranian-born Siamak Ghahremani founded the Noor Iranian Film Festival, and the inaugural international event occurred in 2007. Two years of planning and orchestration were required due to this being the first competition Iranian Film Festival outside of Iran, as well as the first Iranian-American Red Carpet event. Ghahremani’ The 2011 event was presented by Siamak Ghahremani and 670 AM KIRN. Screenings were held at the state-of-the- For more information, please visit www.noorfilmfestival.com. # # # The Burgett Group is an award-winning Los Angeles-based public relations, branding and marketing firm. End
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