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Happening Now: Yerba Buena Exhibition in SF

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  “The exhibitions Nicky Nodjoumi: The Personal is Political and Nahid Hagigat: Etched in Time tell the story of a family of artists shaped by revolution.” – YBCA This awe-inspiring and timely work will be up until February 23, 2025. The exhibition includes scheduled screenings of A Revolution On Canvas. Visit YBCA to learn more.

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Top Prize at the Iranian Film Festival Zurich!

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  IFFZ honors contemporary films that build bridges between different cultures, particularly films by Iranian filmmakers, films in Farsi, and films about Iran.  A Revolution On Canvas checks all of these boxes and more, as it was called Best Feature Documentary by a panel of 5 professionals.

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A Revolution On Canvas: Theatrical Release in the US

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In December 2023, A Revolution On Canvas had its theatrical release in Los Angeles and New York. “The strongest parts of ‘A Revolution on Canvas’ don’t really deal with the hunt for the art at all — they’re the frank admissions from Sara’s parents about the joys and difficulties of building a life around art and activism.” – The New York Times

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A REVOLUTION ON CANVAS

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In this hybrid political thriller and verité portrait documentary, Sara Nodjoumi, working with co-director and husband, Till Schauder, makes her directorial debut with this personal film, diving into the mystery surrounding the disappearance of more than 100 “treasonous” paintings by her father, seminal Iranian modern artist Nickzad Nodjoumi.

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Untitled Nicky Nodjoumi Project In Production With HBO – June 1, 2022

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We are excited to announce that we are partnering with HBO on our most recent film, UNTITLED NICKY NODJOUMI PROJECT (working title). This film merges a cinema verite portrait of one of Iran’s most celebrated emigre artists, Nicky Nodjoumi, with a political thriller that investigates what happened to 150 of his “treasonous” paintings, which almost caused his execution in 1980, and continue to stir controversy to this day. The film is currently in post production and is expected to be complete by the fall of 2022. Stay tuned for future screening opportunities, festivals dates, etc.

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