Author Archives: elinexplores

Herewith an update written by Azadeh Khatibi from our directors Azadeh Moussavi & Kourosh Ataee in Iran about our crowdfunding campaign, Finding Farideh, road to the Oscars:  $16,587!!!! We have raised 82% of our $20,000 goal to bring our incredible … Continue reading →

Last Saturday I was being interviewed by Homa Sarshar about our second crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo.com. It was around 09.15 am, herewith all the details and yes interview is in English: BREAKFAST with HOMA SARSHAR صبحانه با هما سرشار Saturday … Continue reading →

Herewith a recent review of Finding Farideh written by Joel Kalkopf from Australia. Finding Farideh was showing in Australia during the Persian Film Festival in Sydney. Thank you Joel for this wonderful review!

Monday 16th of December is an important date for everyone whose film has been sent off to the Oscars, Academy Awards in Los Angeles. On Monday the announcement of the shortlist of the categories will be published in the morning … Continue reading →

Lovely review of Finding Farideh by Deborah Young in The Hollywood Reporter! A gentle, straightforward story filled with emotion. Click here for the article… and enjoy! Thank you Deborah Young! And for making my ego a happy one today… “The … Continue reading →

My second day I left for the Pacific Ocean… after all the excitement of yesterday, this was exactly what I needed to do. Walking down the ocean as my host Kamran was living only a few miles away from Ocean … Continue reading →

The last time I was in Los Angeles was in 1999, exactly 20 years ago,  as that was the last stop of my ‘Tour around the world in 80 days’ with my boyfriend at that time. We stayed in the … Continue reading →