June 22, 200612:00 PM » Iranian Films at the Los Angeles Film FestivalThe 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival (June 22- July 2) is proud to present this year’s line up, which features a diverse selection of Iranian and Iranian-American films. GRADUALLY... Be Ahestegi... Director Maziar Miri Iran/74 min. This provocative film tells the powerful and hopeful story of a man’s quest to locate his missing wife and to survive the harsh stigmas his community attributes to her disappearance. Sat. June 24, 4:45pm, UCLA James Bridges Theater Tue. June 27, 7:15pm, Italian Cultural Institute MAN PUSH CART Director Ramin Bahrani USA/87 min. Every morning before sunrise, Ahmad stocks his silver vending cart with bagels and coffee and heads out into the grey morning. He's another anonymous working New Yorker until a chance meeting with a Pakistani businessman seems to offer a chance for change. Wed. June 28, 7:00pm, Landmark Regent Theatre Fri. June 30, 9:30pm, Mann Festival Theatre NARROW ALLEYS Kochehaye Barik Director Ali Zamani Esmati Iran/80 min. Writer-director Ali Zamani Esmati coaxes touching performances from his extremely young cast in this case of a young Iranian girl searching for a stolen cassette player. Sat. June 24, 2:45pm, Mann Festival Theatre Thu. June 29, 9:45pm, Mann Festival Theatre THE MISSION Ferestadeh Director Parviz Sayyad England/West Germany/USA/Algeria/107 min. A political thriller shot entirely in and around New York City, The Mission tracks an Islamic revolutionary who undergoes a crisis of conscience when he is sent to assassinate a former colonel in the Shah’s secret police. Fri. June 23, 6:30pm, UCLA James Bridges Theater TICKETS AND PASSES ARE NOW ON SALE! To purchase passes or tickets and for more information about the films, call 1-866-FilmFest or visit www.lafilmfest.com From: Andretta Hamilton * eMail this event to a friend
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