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Author Amir Ganjavie

Amir Ganjavie

Amir Ganjavie has recently co-edited a special volume on alternative Iranian cinema for Film International and edited Humanism of the Other, an essay collection on the Dardenne brothers (in Persian). He is currently completing a co-edited book on contemporary American independent cinema.

Bruno Dumont interview

The New Extremism in the Street of Comedy: An Interview with Bruno Dumont

Amir Ganjavie
March 2017
Movements: Filmmaker Interviews
By 2016 Bruno Dumont had directed nine feature films ranging from realist to experimental works. His major preoccupations in these movies were racism, religious fundamentalism, and questions of the sacred and t...
Apichatpong Weerasethakul interview

A Homeland Swansong: Apichatpong Weerasethakul on Cemetery of Splendor

Amir Ganjavie
December 2015
Feature Articles
Three years since the release of his short feature Mekong Hotel (2012), Apichatpong Weerasethakul has returned to the international scene with Cemetery of Splendor (Rak Ti Khon Kaen), a mysterious and humorous ...
Corneliu Porumboiu interview

The Quest for Everyday Utopianism: An Interview with Corneliu Porumboiu

Amir Ganjavie
June 2015
Feature Articles
Six years after receiving the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize for Police, Adjective (Politist, adjectiv), Corneliu Porumbiou returned to Cannes this year with The Treasure (Comoara). Telling the story of a blue-co...
hou hsiao-hsien interview

When Minimalism Meets the Martial Art Tradition: An Interview with Hou Hsiao-hsien

Amir Ganjavie
June 2015
Feature Articles
After an eight-year absence, Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien has boldly returned to feature filmmaking with The Assassin (Nie Yinniang), a Tang dynasty-set story set amidst the political conflict between th...

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