Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute and the Honolulu Museum of Art are delighted to announce the Persian Screen Film Festival, which will be held at the Museum’s Doris Duke Theatre from September 6 – 12. The Festival will begin with an opening night reception, followed by the screening of “A Cube of Sugar” (“Ye Habe Ghand”) by award-winning director Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi and Iran’s submission for the 2013 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film. Also included in the line-up are “Snow on the Pines” (“Barf Rooy-e Kaj-Ha”) by Payman Mooadi in his directorial debut; “The Orange Suit” (“Narenji Poush”), winner of the Best Director award at Fajr International Film Festival; and “The Last Step” (“Peleh Akher”) which received the FIPRESCI prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2013. Please click on the link below for the full schedule.

The Persian Screen Film Festival at the Honolulu Museum of Art is presented by Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute as part of the 2014 Persian Culture Program Series, which included two celebrations of Noruz in March.