Yama Rahimi

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IONCINEMA.com's award guru Yama Rahimi is a San Francisco-based Afghan-American artist and filmmaker. Apart from being a contributing special feature writer for the site, he directed the short films Object of Affection ('03), Chori Foroosh ('06) and the feature length documentary film Afghanistan ('10). His top three of 2019 include: Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, Todd Phillips' Joker and Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse.

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Interview: Benoît Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen)

French writer and director Benoît Jacquot gives an intimate look at the last days of monarchy during the beginning of the French Revolution. A...

55th San Franciso Int. Film Fest: Farewell, My Queen and Farewell to Festival Stalwarts

The 55th edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival opens today, April 19th with the French period drama "Farewell, My Queen" by Benoît...

Interview: Miranda July (The Future)

"But as time goes on where other people's perspective come in you just let go where it becomes a real movie at that point. I don't watch my films anymore where they become like ex-boyfriends where I loved them but also moved on."

Cannes 2011: How will the De Niro Jury Vote?: A Brief History of the Palme d’Or

Many accused Isabelle Huppert of playing favourites when Haneke finally won for his long overdue Palme. De Niro has worked with Brad Pitt and Sean Penn --- will the brotherhood remain intact with a vote going towards Malick?

Cannes 2011: Year of the Women

Regardless what larger themes or shifting styles that are discovered or get attached to this year's Cannes batch, one of the major conversation starters is the prominence of global female filmmakers at the festival. There are 22 feature films by female directors (and I'm not even including the short films) which should be a record for any festival in recent memory.

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