National Review of ‘The President’

An Iranian film instructs the modern world. By Armond White

This week’s New York opening of Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President (Corinth Films) premieres one of best Iranian movies yet seen. Its story of a despot (Mikheil Gomiashvili) caught in the midst of a revolution, who escapes his country’s futuristically designed capital city to traverse the underdeveloped countryside with his cosseted grandson (Dachi Orvelashvili) in tow, surprises all anti-fascist expectations. Makhmalbaf looks at brotherhood by satirizing the highhanded excesses of nationhood.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436188/mohsen-makhmalbaf-the-president-review

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Corinth Acquires Ghanaian film ‘Nakom’

Corinth Films is proud to announce that we have just acquired a great Ghanaian drama NAKOM, featured at this year’s New Directors/New Films series presented at MoMA. Stay tuned for official release details!

Little England DVD Available on Amazon

‘Little England’ Available for DVD Pre-Order

Little England, the Oscar shortlist submission from Greece for Best Foreign Language Film directed and produced by husband and wife team Pantelis Voulgaris and Ioanna Karystiana (upon whose earlier book the script is based) is about a tumultuous love story that takes place in the Greek archipelago of Andros during the 1930s amidst an industry of seafaring notorious for fracturing familial and marital bonds.

Little England is available for DVD Pre-order on Amazon.

Little England at the San Joaquin Intl Film Fest

‘Little England’ Opening Night Film at the San Joaquin Int’l Film Festival

San Joaquin International Film Festival founder and director Sophoan Sorn announces Little England as this year’s Opening Night film. Watch the interview.

Little England will be opening the San Joaquin International Film Festival on August 1, 2015. For more information, visit www.sjiff.com.