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SHARK HUNT – A Comedy short film about Kung Fu

The day in a life of a woman who is married to a dubbed character from a Kung Fu film. This short comedy was filmed and edited in just 24 hours for a film competition in London, it was runner up and subsequently put onto the channel 4 website and screened at the raindance festival, the cannes film festival.

No One Knows About Persian Cats (dir. Bahman Ghobadi) English Trailer – out March 26 2010

Independent UK distributor Network Releasing will release the award-winning film NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS on 26th March 2010 at venues including Curzon Soho, Ritzy Brixton, Belmont Picturehouse Aberdeen, Little Theatre Bath, Bristol Watershed, Showroom Sheffield, Irish Film Institute and the Lighthouse Dublin. The acclaimed fifth feature film from Bahman Ghobadi, the director of Half Moon and Turtles Can Fly opened the Certain Regard strand of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It combines musical performances with an edgy underground narrative and follows Iranian musicians Negar (Negar Shaghagi) and Ashkan (Ashkan Koshanejad) as they look for band members to play at a London concert plus the visa that allows them to leave totalitarian Tehran to do so. NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS features music from a wide range of genres including Iranian rap, jazz and electric blues. Executive produced by imprisoned Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi the film includes performances in English and Farsi. For over 30 years the Iranian government has banned certain types of music compelling many fans of Iranian alternative music and western bands to go underground. The band that features in the film called Take It Easy Hospital now live in London having fled their homeland. Ashkan, the male lead in the film, was imprisoned in Iran for 21 days for performing in a rock concert. For more information go to: www.networkreleasing.com

Iranian Black Market clip – No One Knows About Persian Cats DVD out July 26 2010

Independent UK distributor Network Releasing will release the award-winning film NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS on DVD on July 26 2010. The acclaimed fifth feature film from Bahman Ghobadi, the director of Half Moon and Turtles Can Fly opened the Certain Regard strand of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It combines musical performances with an edgy underground narrative and follows Iranian musicians Negar (Negar Shaghagi) and Ashkan (Ashkan Koshanejad) as they look for band members to play at a London concert plus the visa that allows them to leave totalitarian Tehran to do so. NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS features music from a wide range of genres including Iranian rap, jazz and electric blues. Executive produced by imprisoned Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi the film includes performances in English and Farsi. For over 30 years the Iranian government has banned certain types of music compelling many fans of Iranian alternative music and western bands to go underground. The band that features in the film called Take It Easy Hospital now live in London having fled their homeland. Ashkan, the male lead in the film, was imprisoned in Iran for 21 days for performing in a rock concert.

Yellow Dogs – New Century in No One Knows About Persian Cats DVD out July 26 2010

Independent UK distributor Network Releasing will release the award-winning film NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS on DVD on July 26 2010. The acclaimed fifth feature film from Bahman Ghobadi, the director of Half Moon and Turtles Can Fly opened the Certain Regard strand of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It combines musical performances with an edgy underground narrative and follows Iranian musicians Negar (Negar Shaghagi) and Ashkan (Ashkan Koshanejad) as they look for band members to play at a London concert plus the visa that allows them to leave totalitarian Tehran to do so. NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS features music from a wide range of genres including Iranian rap, jazz and electric blues. Executive produced by imprisoned Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi the film includes performances in English and Farsi. For over 30 years the Iranian government has banned certain types of music compelling many fans of Iranian alternative music and western bands to go underground. The band that features in the film called Take It Easy Hospital now live in London having fled their homeland. Ashkan, the male lead in the film, was imprisoned in Iran for 21 days for performing in a rock concert. For more information go to: www.networkreleasing.com

Hamed Behdad trouble in Iran – No One Knows About Persian Cats clip (DVD out July 26 2010)

Independent UK distributor Network Releasing will release the award-winning film NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS on DVD on July 26 2010. The acclaimed fifth feature film from Bahman Ghobadi, the director of Half Moon and Turtles Can Fly opened the Certain Regard strand of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It combines musical performances with an edgy underground narrative and follows Iranian musicians Negar (Negar Shaghagi) and Ashkan (Ashkan Koshanejad) as they look for band members to play at a London concert plus the visa that allows them to leave totalitarian Tehran to do so. NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS features music from a wide range of genres including Iranian rap, jazz and electric blues. Executive produced by imprisoned Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi the film includes performances in English and Farsi. For over 30 years the Iranian government has banned certain types of music compelling many fans of Iranian alternative music and western bands to go underground. The band that features in the film called Take It Easy Hospital now live in London having fled their homeland. Ashkan, the male lead in the film, was imprisoned in Iran for 21 days for performing in a rock concert.