Celluloid Dreams

26/12/2022

End of year recap #7

Jafar Panahi has received the Special Award at the New York Film Critics Circle
"for his dogged bravery as an artist, and for the humanity and beauty of a body of work created under the most oppressive circumstances".

26/12/2022

End of year Recap #7

HIT THE ROAD received the André Bazin prize for Best First Film 2022 awarded by Cahiers Du Cinéma
✨The award followed the warm words from the jury composed of Arnaud Desplechin, Lyna Khoudri, Benjamin Millepied, Céline Bozon, Charlotte Garson, Marcos Uzal and Zoé Lhuillier:
"It's a first film like a dazzle, a light. A first film which already sounds like a confirmation and which has nothing to envy to its elders as it is masterfully crafted and original. It is a film that does not forget to maintain, in us, the belief in cinema. Thank you for this ode to literature, to love, to sensuality, thank you for this invitation to travel, for this plural portrait of a society that deserves to be noticed for its beauty more than ever. Where mockery and jokes are a shell in which hides a torrent of love. Where music frees souls. Where a road trip is a quest deep within oneself: What existed before us? Is it harder to say "goodbye" than to say "I love you"? You offer us with so much subtlety a family photo like the mirror of a country. Sad and happy. Violent and funny. Shaded but bright. So thank you to Panah Panahi for this film which vibrates and shines in our hearts. Congratulations to him for this illustrious entry into the cinema. »

Congratulations to the filmmakers.

26/12/2022

End of year recap #6

'The Maiden' Written and directed by Graham Foy (Canada) has recently received several prizes at the Manheim-Heidelberg Film Festival:

The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award "To a film whose profound cinematic expression reveals the fragility of friendship"

The FIPRESCI Award
"For its gentle yet powerful performance and the immersive power of its grainy 16-millimetre shots, which sketch a world where realism and urban mysticism intermingle"

The Student Award
"For a film full of sad, quiet beauty that deals with friendship, encounters with death and coming to terms with grief in a sensitive, pure way. A film full of strong symbolism that subtly directs the viewer's gaze. We were particularly engaged by the transition from the initially documentary effect to the later mystical undertone. (...) The director has let the images speak, he has given the things time to speak for themselves !"

26/12/2022

End of year recap #5 No Bears has received the Special Jury Prize Award at Venice Film Festival, The Award for Cinematic Bravery at Chicago Film Festival, The Precious Gems Award at Miami Film Festival, the Silver Mirror Award at the Oslo Films From the South.

26/12/2022

End of year recap #4 At the Competition of Festival du Nouveau Cinema de Montreal The Maiden won the grand Prix award.

26/12/2022

End of year recap #3 La Cinémathèque française was organizing with ARP, la FEMIS, Cannes Film Festival an evening of support and information on the Iranian protests and featured the French Premiere of No Bears. The room showed solidarity to all protestors & the filmmakers in jail ! The evening also included the participation of Sepideh Farsi, Costa Garvas, Chowra Makaremi and Thierry Frémaux.

26/12/2022

End of Year recap #2 BFI London Film Festival showed solidarity with jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, the women leading the protest movement in Iran and all those demonstrating for freedom in the country.

26/12/2022

End of Year Recap #1 Hit The Road was awarded the Best director prize at Bucharest International Fiilm Festival !

10/10/2022

NO BEARS actor Mina Kavani shared a personal statement from imprisoned filmmaker Jafar Panahi during her introduction at the premiere this afternoon.

While Panahi, who is making his seventh appearance in the NYFF Main Slate, could not be in New York to present his feature, lead actor Mina Kavani joined us to provide a personal statement from the filmmaker.

11/09/2022

Jafar Panahi's NO BEARS was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. Reza Heydari & Mina Kavani were representing the director at the ceremony.
Congratulations to the Filmmakers !

10/09/2022

Celluloid Dreams is proud to announce that the BNL for cinema of the future, part of the Giornate degli Autori, went to The Maiden ! Congrats to the filmmakers !

The winner has been selected by a jury composed of five students of the CSC – National Film School

26/08/2022

Discover the trailer for Antonio Lukich's Luxembourg, Luxembourg on ScreenDaily : https://www.screendaily.com/news/first-trailer-for-ukrainian-venice-title-luxembourg-luxembourg-exclusive/5173842.article

Twin brothers set out on a journey to see their dying father, who left them as children, in Luxembourg once last time.

17/08/2022

Discover the trailer for Jafar Panahi's "No Bears" on Variety https://variety.com/2022/film/global/jafar-panahi-no-bears-venice-celluloid-dreams-1235343536/

The international trailer has been debuted for Jafar Panahi’s “No Bears,” which has its world premiere on Sept. 9 in competition at Venice Film Festival, before moving to Toronto …

17/08/2022

Celluloid Dreams is proud to announce that "Luxembourg, Luxembourg" by Antonio Lukich has been selected in World Contemporary Cinema @ TIFF 2022.

15/08/2022

Celluloid Dreams is proud to announce that "The Maiden" by Graham Foy has been selected in World Contemporary Cinema @ TIFF 2022. The film has been announced as part of the TIFF Canadian Films announcements.

12/08/2022

Celluloid Dreams is proud to announce that "No Bears" by Jafar Panahi has been selected in Special Presentations @ TIFF 2022. It has also been selected in the Main Slate @ the New York Film Festival 2022 ! Jafar has been described as ”one of the world’s great cinematic artists” by the New York Film Festival.

01/08/2022

Celluloid Dreams is proud to announce that Luxembourg, Luxembourg by Antonio Lukich is selected in Orrizonti at Venice Film Festival 2022.

28/07/2022

And three ! Celluloid Dreams is proud to announce that THE MAIDEN by Graham Foy is selected in competition at the Giornate degli Autori. This is our third film at Venice 2022 !

26/07/2022

Celluloid Dreams is proud to announce that No Bears by Jafar Panahi is selected in competition at Venice Film Festival.

25/07/2022

We are happy to announce that Imagine by Ali Behrad will be at Edinburgh Film Fest in August! Don't miss it if you haven't seen it!
https://fb.watch/euuBGwNCf8/

25/07/2022

We are happy to announce that IMAGINE by Ali Behrad will be at Edinburgh Film Fest in August! Don't miss it if you haven't seen it!

More info on Edinburg website: https://bit.ly/EIFF-DigiBrochure

04/11/2021

Congratulations to Gabriel Byrne on winning the Best Actor Award at the 2021 Newport Beach Film Fest for his role in DEATH OF A LADIES' MAN. It's definitely more than well deserved! 🎉

Yessss! Congrats to Gabriel Byrne for winning the Jury Prize for Best Actor in a Narrative Film from the 2021 Newport Beach Film Festival. So grateful that this performance is getting recognized.

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18/10/2021

HIT THE ROAD has been named the winner of the London Film Festival's Best Film Award! 🎉

See what the press had to say about the film here:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/london-film-festival-awards-winners-2021-1235031828/

On the last day of the festival, 'True Things' director Harry Wootliff was named winner of the IWC Schaffhausen filmmaker bursary award

07/10/2021

HIT THE ROAD, screening at New York Film Festival in competition this week, has been named a "Critics' Pick" by Indiewire.

Read the excellent full review below :

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/10/hit-the-road-review-panah-panahi-1234669180/

NYFF: Panah Panahi’s heartbreaking and unexpectedly hilarious debut channels his father Jafar while speeding in the opposite direction.

19/08/2021

Celluloid Dreams has sold Hit The Road in the US (Kinolorber), France (Pyramide Films), UK and Ireland (Picturehouse), China (DD Dreams), Australia and New Zealand (Rialto), Canada (Films We Like), Benelux (Cherry Pickers), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Austria (Panda), Portugal (Midas), Sweden (Folkets Bio), Norway (Arthaus), and Finland (Cinema Mondo).

https://www.screendaily.com/news/kino-lorber-takes-us-celluloid-dreams-sells-territories-on-directors-fortnight-entry-hit-the-road-exclusive/5162529.article

Film marks feature directing debut of Jafar Panahi's son Panah Panahi.

13/08/2021

HIT THE ROAD will have its North American premier in the main slate of the 59th New York Film Festival!

15/07/2021

"Panahi manages to keep an impressive amount of plates spinning all at once in “Hit the Road,” a breath of fresh air and a truly original work that marks him as a talent to watch and raises the bar for all the other films playing in Directors’ Fortnight but also across the whole Festival de Cannes this year."

https://theplaylist.net/hit-the-road-panah-panahis-directorial-debut-is-thrilling-cinema-cannes-review-20210714/

15/07/2021

"Premiering in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, this impressively made and touching debut could probably have screened in the main competition — it demonstrates a skill and control of the medium that’s rare for a first film. "

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/hit-the-road-jadde-khaki-review-cannes-2021-1234980825/

Panah Panahi, son of celebrated Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (‘The White Balloon’, ‘Taxi’), premiered his first feature in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar.

10/07/2021

"Panah Panahi raises the roof with his Directors’ Fortnight triumph"

https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/hit-the-road-cannes-review/5161471.article

Panah Panahi raises the roof with his Directors' Fortnight triumph

10/07/2021

Here's an exclusive first look at the teaser for Panah Panahi's debut feature, HIT THE ROAD.

Screening tonight at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs !

https://theplaylist.net/hit-the-road-trailer-panah-panahi-cannes-exclusive-20210710/

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's son, Panah Panahi is making his feature-length debut with “Hit The Road," a family drama premiering in Cannes.