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AFI High School Film Screening

Eighty-eight of our Drama Digital Film students were invited to the Skirball Cultural Center by the American Film Institute (AFI) to be some of the very first people to ever see the film "No One Knows About Persian Cats" a film about young people working to create music within the Iranian political system and the struggles and barriers they faced in their struggle to find an outlet for their of artistic expression. Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh or No One Knows About Persian Cats was directed by Bahman Ghobadi and was filmed in Farsi with English subtitles. After the private screening, students were invited to discuss the film with the director, 

Students will be writing a film critique and/or producing a video of their critique concepts. Judging will be juried by The Los Angeles Film Critics Association and American Film Institute.