Cultural Events - The Corcoran Gallery
of Art Presents:
Iranian Film Premiere by BAHMAN GHOBADI
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday September 25 and Friday September
27, 2002, the Corcoran
Gallery of Art will premiere the latest feature film of Kurdish-Iranian
film director BAHMAN GHOBADI, Marooned in Iraq,
before it receives U.S. distribution.
In two exciting evenings, organized in association with Renée
Wright of Lens to Lens, Inc., and co-presented with the ILEX
Foundation and Search
for Common Ground, the Corcoran Gallery of Art will show the Washington
premiere of Marooned in Iraq, which is expected by critics
to be as compelling as his first film - A Time For Drunken Horses.
Marooned in Iraq will once again pay tribute to the director’s
ancestral heritage of Kurdistan. The images of rugged snow-capped terrain
in the heart of winter are captivating and they transport the viewer
into uncharted lands.
One of the exceptional chapters in recent film history has been the
emergence of the New Iranian Cinema, a movement first noted in the 1970s
in the work of such directors as Abbas Kiaorstami, Jafar Panahi, Majid
Majidi, and Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The reason for this cinema’s phenomenal
success is its human scale, straightforward yet eloquent storytelling
of everyday happenings, relatively modest but evocative plots, and its
powerful emphasis on ideas.
Bahman Ghobadi recently made his acclaimed feature film debut on the
international scene with A Time for Drunken Horses, winning
Camera D’Or and Best First Film at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmmaker Werner Herzog praised the film, saying: “I have not been
so moved by a film [A Time for Drunken Horses] in a long time.”
WHEN: Wednesday September 25, 7:00 PM & Friday September
27, 7:00 PM at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
WHERE: Frances & Armand Hammer Auditorium, Corcoran Gallery
of Art, 500 17th Street, NW.
TICKETS: Members $8; Non-Members $10
RSVP: To RSVP, please call Susan Kenney in the Public Affairs
office at (202) 639-1703.
For more information about this event, or other public programs at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, please contact the Public Programs office at
(202) 639-1770. This event is open to the press.
These events have been made possible through generous contributions
of the ILEX FOUNDATION as well as JOHN KISER, III and
the WILLIAM & MARY GREVE FOUNDATION.
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