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SUMMARY:Cinema-ye Azad: Behnam Jafari
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 about upcoming screenings and events.\n\nREGISTER FOR THIS 
 SCREENING\n\nPlease note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the 
 event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come\, first served 
 basis.\n\nPatrons who have registered will need to obtain their free 
 tickets at the box office\, where seating will be assigned. Any seats 
 remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby 
 patrons.\n\nIn person: curators Arta Barzanji\, Hadi Alipanah (via 
 video).\n\n\nCinema-ye Azad\, or Free Cinema\, was an underground movement 
 of filmmakers in Iran that began in 1969\, with the explicit aim of 
 creating a fully independent cinema opposed to the mainstream 
 “Filmfarsi” in both form and content\, methods and ideals. Where the 
 better-known\, contemporaneous Iranian New Wave predominantly consisted of 
 foreign-educated\, Tehran-based middle-class filmmakers\, Cinema-ye Azad 
 consisted of self-taught filmmakers\, sharing resources and knowledge with 
 one another to bring the possibility of cultural production to 
 disadvantaged provinces. At its height\, Cinema-ye Azad boasted hundreds of 
 active members\, a critical magazine and festivals around the country\, but 
 the dream was short-lived as the movement ceased activities after the 
 revolution. Its works\, however\, are being rediscovered thanks to the 
 dedication of curators and archivists in London and Iran. As part of this 
 year's UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema\, the Archive is pleased to 
 present two screenings highlighting the films of two key Cinema-ye Azad 
 figures\, Nasib Nasibi and Behnam Jafari.\n\nProgram curated by Arta 
 Barzanji and Shaghayegh Raoufi with research and archival support from Hadi 
 Alipanah. Film notes written by Arta Barzanji.\n\nScreening 1 of 
 5\n\nAbandoned Heights\n\nYear: 1972\nCountry: Iran\nLanguage: Persian with 
 English subtitles\nRuntime: 18 min.\nDigital. B&W.\n\nEvery day\, a young 
 man plays his trumpet from the top of a half-finished building while facing 
 the city. Ambiguous happenings around him suggest the outlines of what may 
 lurk below the peaceful surface of society.\n\nDCP. Director/Screenwriter: 
 Behnam Jafari. With: Nematollah Gorji\, Ahmad Amini\, Hassan 
 Seifi.\n\nScreening 2 of 5\n\nScream (Vol. 2)\n\nYear: 1972\nCountry: 
 Iran\nLanguage: Persian with English subtitles\nRuntime: 13 min.\nDigital. 
 Color.\n\nThis satirical collage of Iranian cinema stages a confrontation 
 between the ethos of the commercial “Filmfarsi” and the artistic 
 ambitions of the New Wave cinema. In a direct reference to Cinema-ye Azad\, 
 the film ends with the arrest and exile of young amateur filmmakers from 
 professional cinema.\n\nDCP. Director/Screenwriter: Behnam Jafari. With: 
 Khosrow Haritash\, Said Oveissi\, Zari Khoshkam.\n\nScreening 3 of 5\n\nLet 
 Us Live\n\nYear: 1972\nCountry: Iran\nLanguage: Persian with English 
 subtitles\nRuntime: 13 min.\nDigital. Color.\n\nThis film follows the 
 restless lives of two young pickpockets through the labyrinth of seedy 
 streets and shadowy alleyways\, in a world where every day ends in triumph 
 or ruin.\n\nDCP. Director/Screenwriter: Behnam Jafari. With: Davood 
 Teymouri\, Naser Tarighat\, Ghazal Irandoust.\n\nScreening 4 of 5\n\nTell 
 the Watchmen Not to Let Sleep Deceive\n\nYear: 1970\nCountry: 
 Iran\nLanguage: Persian with English subtitles\nRuntime: 20 min.\nDigital. 
 Color.\n\nA social portrait of two young lovers that reflects the larger 
 prejudices of society.\n\nDCP. Director/Screenwriter: Behnam Jafari. With: 
 Farhad pour Azam\, Shirin Jannesari\, Behrouz Razavi.\n\nScreening 5 of 
 5\n\nMirNasir and the Ill-Fated Genie\n\nYear: 1974\nCountry: 
 Iran\nLanguage: Persian with English subtitles\nRuntime: 67 min.\nDigital. 
 B&W.\n\nIn his cinematic debut\, Saeed Poursamimi plays a former inmate who 
 frees a genie from a bottle. After thousands of years of captivity in the 
 bottle\, the genie finds himself in a world that has been completely 
 transformed by its people’s beliefs. The two embark on a bitter journey 
 to find the remnants of the forgotten magical realm. Director Behnam Jafari 
 uses stark visuals and provocative metaphors to explore the impossibility 
 of relying on traditional myths in the face of a new world.\n\nDCP. 
 Director/Screenwriter: Behnam Jafari. With: Saeed Poursamimi\, Hamid 
 Taati\, Mohammad Poursattar.\n\nJoin Meeting: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucla-celebration-of-iranian-cinema-behnam-jafari-tickets-1987863900438?aff=oddtdtcreator
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
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