Farhang Foundation is Proud to sponsor all the Iranian Films at this year's AFI FEST: the Los Angeles premiere of A Man of Integrity (Lerd), Gaze, and Ascribed Achievements. The screenings are FREE but registration is required.

A MAN OF INTEGRITY

A film by award winning director by Mohammad Rasouloff starring Reza Akhlaghirad and Soudabeh Beizaee.

SHOWTIMES & TICKETS

Chinese 5 - 11/12/2017, 3:15 PM

Chinese 4 - 11/14/2017, 12:45 PM

Tickets to both screenings are FREE but registration is required.

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DETAILS

Country: Iran

Year: 2017

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof

Screenwriter: Mohammad Rasoulof

Producer: Mohammad Rasoulof

Director of Photography: Ashkan Ashkani

Editors: Mohammedreza Muini, Meysam Muini

Music: Peyman Yazdanian

Cast: Reza Akhlaghirad, Soudabeh Beizaee, Nasim Adabi, Missagh Zareh, Zeinab Shabani, Zhila Shahi, Majib Potki

Running Time: 117 min

Language: Persian (Farsi)

A former university professor now living as a goldfish farmer in a Northern Iranian village, Reza quietly tends to his own affairs alongside his wife Hadis, a principal at a local girls’ school, and their young son. After his river-sourced water supply is cut off, Reza’s goldfish begin dying. His attempt to reopen his sluice is met with a violent attack by thuggish local Abbas, a strongman for a shadowy organization known as simply “the company.” Reza refuses to compensate Abbas for a fake injury, or bribe his way out of mounting legal problems, but he quickly discovers the steep price to be paid for holding on to principles in a system where money trumps morality. This is the powerful new film from director/writer Mohammad Rasoulof. – Cedar Sherbert

Arrested in Iran in 2010 with filmmaker Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof received a prison sentence and a 20-year ban on filmmaking, though is currently out on bail. His internationally acclaimed works include IRON ISLAND (2005), THE WHITE MEADOWS (2009), GOODBYE (2011) and MANUSCRIPTS DON'T BURN, which played AFI FEST 2013.

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GAZE (NEGAH)

Screens as part of AFI Fest "Shorts Program Two" - These seven short films offer fresh insights from across the globe.

SHOWTIMES & TICKETS

Chinese 2 - 11/10/2017, 9:45 PM

Chinese 2 - 11/13/2017, 6:45 PM

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DETAILS

Country: Iran, Italy

Year: 2017

Director: Farnoosh Samadi

Screenwriters: Farnoosh Samadi, Ali Asgari

Producer: Pouria Heidary Oureh

Director of Photography: Ashkan Ashkani

Editor: Yalda Jebelli

Production Designers: Samaneh Hakimi, Sajad Khodae

Music: Navid Fashami

Cast: Marzieh Vafamehr, Amirreza Ranjbaran, Pedram Ansari, Safoura Kazempour, Gholamreza Rahimi, Mehrdad Mohammadi, Kiana Asadi, Mehran Elhamifar, Babak Karimi

Running Time: 15 min

Language: Persian

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ASCRIBED ACHIEVEMENTS

Screens as part of AFI Fest "Shorts Program Four" - These nine animated short films present imaginative stories told with innovative techniques.

SHOWTIMES & TICKETS

Chinese 2 - 11/12/2017, 3:30 PM

Chinese 2 - 11/14/2017, 7:15 PM

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DETAILS

Country: Iran

Year: 2017

Director: Samaneh Shojaei

Screenwriter: Amin Kafashzadeh

Producer: Samaneh Shojaei

Executive Producer: Samaneh Shojaei

Director of Photography: Samaneh Shojaei

Editor: Samaneh Shojaei

Production Designer: Samaneh Shojaei

Cast: Amin Kafashzadeh

Running Time: 5 min

Language: Persian