by Lila | Jun 5, 2017 | News
We made it! Thanks to our distributor Gravitas Ventures, America 1979 is now on Amazon Prime! If we get a lot of views, they will also put it on iTunes! If you have Amazon Prime, please watch the film and rate it and leave a comment if you can! If you’ve seen the film already, and want to support the film, consider playing it in the background with the volume muted. That will help increase our viewership and our visibility! If you are a fan of the film, please share this with a friend or two that might like...
by Lila | Oct 31, 2016 | News, Screenings
Anthology Film Archive is located at the corner of 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street in NYC. Tickets for the event are available at the door only and are first come first serve. After the screening, we’ll be gathering down the road at Phoebe’s for a drink. Hope to see you there! Tickets: $7 for NYWIFT members $9 for Students, Seniors, Women Make Movies, DCTV, IFP, Center for Communications, Imagenation, AAWIC members $11 Nonmembers For full event information, and to learn about Sense The Wind- the other film screening with America 1979, please visit...
by Lila | Jan 29, 2016 | News
While I was in Los Angeles for our Hollyshorts screening, I had the pleasure of meeting up with Mash-Up Americans’ editor Suevon Lee and talking about America 1979. Mash-Up Americans is a great website dedicated to all things American – from the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic perspective. Here’s a little quote from the article. “At first, it was just a story about a girl who stole money from her brother and I made them a white family. It felt more natural for me to make a film about a white family than an Iranian family. I thought, no one wants to see an Iranian family, no one will even understand what that means.” You can read the whole thing...
by Lila | Dec 16, 2015 | News, Screenings
See below for important updates! We’re very excited to return to Los Angeles to show America 1979! HollyShorts is one of the premier short film festivals in the country. UPDATE: We just learned that there is an audience award for best film, so please come out and support us! Help us spread the word by telling friends and colleagues about the screening. We will be in town for this event, so please say hello before or after the screening! UPDATE: There is also an after party down the block the The Roosevelt Hotel in the Spare Room. Admission is free with your ticket stub! Hollyshorts Monthly Screening Series Thursday January 21st @...
by Lila | Oct 19, 2015 | News, Screenings
If you are spending Thanksgiving in the city, come unwind with us with us at New Filmmakers first Iranian Film Series. New Filmmakers is a series that’s been around well over 10 years, and has expanded to Los Angeles. (click the image above to read more) New Filmmakers screenings take place at Anthology Film Archives, on the corner of 2nd Street and 2nd Avenue in Manhattan. Tickets cost $6, and you can only buy tickets at the box office. The old fashioned...
