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Lady Of The Roses

August 29, 2012 / Documentary, Ecology & the Environment, Iran, Mojtaba Mirtamasb, Movie Trailers, Persian

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Banoo-Ye Gol-E Released: 2008 Country: Iran Director: Mojtaba Mirtamasb Language: Persian Theme: Ecology & The Environment Genre: Documentary Summary ‘Lady of the Roses’ is the name given to the late Shahindokht Sanati, a lady who went to the Lalehzaar region of Kerman before the Islamic revolution. She replaced poppies with roses [...]

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Rumi – Poet Of The Heart

June 19, 2012 / Art & Music, Documentary, Haydn Reiss, Iran, Movie Trailers, Persian

The surprising bestselling poet in America is a thirteenth-century Sufi poet and mystic named Jelaluddin Rumi. For seven hundred years, Rumi’s writings have enchanted, inspired, and enlightened Muslims, Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists.

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Lesson From Bam

June 19, 2012 / Alireza Ghanie, Documentary, History, Iran, Movie Trailers, Persian

Made 40 days after the 2003 earthquake in Bam, Iran killed over 68,000 people and destroyed the city’s ancient mud-brick citadel, Lesson from Bam honors the Great Citadel – a heritage that is gone, but a memory that should be kept.

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Amin

June 19, 2012 / Art & Music, Documentary, Iran, Movie Trailers, Persian, Shahin Parhami

Amin is the story of an ancient musical tradition and one man’s struggle to preserve it. It is told using a unique approach to documentary storytelling that challenges the boundaries of fiction and reality.

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Maryam’s Sins

September 26, 2011 / Documentary, Iran, Movie Trailers, Parisa Shahandeh, Persian, Religion

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Gonah-E Maryam Released: 2004 Country: Iran Director: Parisa Shahandeh Language: Persian Theme: Religion Genre: Documentary Summary In southwest Iran, a man commits a ‘chastity murder’ — he beheads his 7-year-old daughter when he believes that she had been raped by her uncle. Through interviews with the family members (including two young children [...]

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That’s Life

September 26, 2011 / Documentary, English, Iran, Law, Politics & Government, Movie Trailers, Pirooz Kalantari

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Zendegi Hamin Ast Released: 2002 Country: Iran Director: Pirooz Kalantari Language: English Theme: Law, Politics & Government Genre: Documentary Summary Armed with references to Existentialism and Woody Allen, the conversations of these Tehran University students could easily blend in at any Greenwich Village coffee shop. But unlike their democratic American counterparts, these [...]

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The Train Of Zero O’clock

September 26, 2011 / Babak Shirin Sefat, Documentary, Family & Relationships, Iran, Movie Trailers, Persian

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Qatar-E Sa’at-E Sefr Released: 2005 Country: Iran Director: Babak Shirin Sefat Language: Persian Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Documentary Summary A woman tries to find her roots (and her real parents) on a trip to Iran.

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NETPAC: Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema

September 25, 2011 / Aruna Vasudev, Communication & Media, Documentary, English, Hosts, Jeannette Hereniko

In the twenty years since it was founded, NETPAC has become established as the leading platform for the discovery and promotion of Asian cinema. Learn more about this incredible organization.

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Hawai’i International Film Festival Mini-Documentary

September 24, 2011 / Art & Music, Documentary, English, Free, Jay Hubert, United States

Released: 2009 Country: United States Director: Jay Hubert Language: English Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary 2010 marks the thirtieth year that the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) has been presenting the finest Asian and Pacific Island films to the people of Hawaii and beyond. HIFF’s purpose remains promoting cultural understanding between the East and West through the screening of the films made by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Up to 80,000 people attend the festival each year, making the [...]

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Korean National University of the Arts Mini Documentary

September 24, 2011 / Art & Music, Documentary, Free, Korean, Neil Dowling & Nils-Clauss, South Korea

Original Title: KNUA Released: 2009 Country: South Korea Director: Neil Dowling & Nils Clauss Language: Korean Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary The Korean National University of the Arts in Seoul is divided into 6 arts-focused schools, one of which is Film, TV and Multimedia whose students produce many short films and animations. This mini documentary shot exclusively for AsiaPacificFilms.com takes the viewer inside the university.

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Korean Academy of Film Arts Mini-Documentary

September 24, 2011 / Art & Music, Documentary, Free, Korean, Neil Dowling & Nils-Clauss, South Korea

Released: 2009 Country: South Korea Director: Neil Dowling & Nils Clauss Language: Korean Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) was established as an arm of the Korean Motion Pictures Promotion Corporation (KMPPC) in 1984, with an aim to revive the stagnant film industry and to overcome the limitations of existing film education by offering hands-on training programs. Since then, KAFA has grown influentially while producing the core talents who have led the Korean [...]

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Jeonju International Film Festival

September 24, 2011 / Communication & Media, Documentary, Free, Korean, Neil Dowling & Nils-Clauss, South Korea

Released: 2009 Country: South Korea Director: Neil Dowling & Nils Clauss Language: Korean Theme: Communication & Media Genre: Documentary Summary Short documentary about the Jeonju International Film Festival prepared by filmmaker Neil Dowling and Nils Clauss.

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Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival Mini Documentary

September 24, 2011 / Art & Music, Documentary, Free, Korean, Neil Dowling & Nils-Clauss, South Korea

Original Title: CinDi Released: 2009 Country: South Korea Director: Neil Dowling & Nils Clauss Language: Korean Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary This Seoul-based digital film festival showcases emerging Asian talents as well as select international artists. This mini-documentary shot in 2009 for AsiaPacificFilms.com gives viewers a look inside this exciting event in one of Asia cultural hubs.

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Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song

September 24, 2011 / Documentary, English, Human Rights, Movie Trailers, Nick Deocampo, Philippines

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1987 Country: Philippines Director: Nick Deocampo Language: English Theme: Human Rights Genre: Documentary Summary The third part of Nick Deocampo’s award-winning trilogy of short Super-8 films about life in the eighties under dictator Ferdinand Marcos is, as Deocampo says, “an exercise in low-budget film making. I only had ten rolls of Super-8 film, [...]

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Oliver

September 24, 2011 / Documentary, Gender & Sexuality, Movie Trailers, Nick Deocampo, Philippines, Tagalog

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1983 Country: Philippines Director: Nick Deocampo Language: Tagalog Theme: Gender & Sexuality Genre: Documentary Summary Oliver is a female impersonator who supports his family by performing in Manila’s gay bars, in this first part of Nick Deocampo’s trilogy of Super-8 documentaries about life under the Marcos dictatorship. Festivals: Pusan International Film Festival 2009.

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