Egyptian film maker Rammy Elsaadany joins us in the studio to review the film and soundtrack for ‘In Between’, an insightful take on the lives of modern Palestinian women by first time director Maysaloun Hamoud. Set in Tel Aviv, three different women navigate the trials of modern day urban living together. We’ll also listen to … Continue reading
The Turner Prize (est. 1984) is awarded annually to an artist born, living or working in Britain, for an outstanding exhibition presentation of their work anywhere in the world the previous year. However the jury is specifically composed of national and international curators, writers and even musicians. What does this self-consciously British show look like … Continue reading
Before Yinka Shonbare MBE’s major commission at Art14, March this year (pictured), a survey of his work was released in the form of a huge, hardback book. The publishers, Prestel published their first book on Yonibare in 2004 and there have been literally, masses of books dedicated to his work since the 90s. This … Continue reading
Our weekly show is now: Thursdays 19.3-20hrs, repeating Monday morning 08.30 You can listen on your transistor radio if in London on 104.4FM. Around 7 million people live in London. But radio bods, don’t tell us people don’t listen on air anymore, or tune in, because we broadcast to the most amazing set of people, … Continue reading
Some Comments on Empty and Full Artist Laleh Khorramian makes clear visual references to the landscape and to oil as a natural resource. Many Iranian artists, like Khorramian, are interested in the long relationship of the region and indeed the country with oil, both as a catalyst for political upheaval and foreign intervention as it … Continue reading
Last month we put on an exhibition, a series of discussions and events over 3 weekends in London called New Players, New Roles. International satellite station, one of the main stations to broadcast back to Iran in Persian, ManotoTV decided to come down and ask us what it was all about… Continue reading
In July the BFI (British Film Institute) London presents a short season dedicated to the work of Iranian director and actress Mania Akbari. In today’s show we speak with her via a medium, her translator, discussing everything from early memories of a nascent love of film, her first moments working with a camera and which … Continue reading
Tomorrow UK cinemas see the release of Abbas Kiarostami’s Japanese film Like Someone in Love. The film raises the continuing issue of how a film set in Japan and entirely in Japanese retains any Iranian identity. Is it the director’s quintessential style that has come to define Iranian cinema is in itself, defying expectations? And … Continue reading
Filmmaker Mohammad Shirvani has a following on international festival circuits, but Fat Shaker is his first Iranian feature in the Sundance film festival is programmed in the reputedly under-appreciated New Frontier experimental section. This highly individualized work, remains unlikely to see exposure beyond film festival and educational settings in Europe and beyond, it is not … Continue reading
Earlier this year there was a certain excitement on the musicmag-web about an EP named Beautiful World. Keyboard-crooner Amirali’s first release had struck gold, not least because he was one of those rare cases of a tenderfoot signed directly to a large and renowned label with no previous hits. It was all down to respected … Continue reading
Six Pillars 