NORUZ FILMS |
Founded in 1996, Noruz Films is a motion picture production company with offices in North Carolina and New York City with the main purpose of producing the films of internationally acclaimed director Ramin Bahrani. Noruz Films has co-ventured with domestic and overseas producers, financiers and partners such as Big Beach Films (Little Miss Sunshine), Muskat Films Properties (All the Real Girls), Gigantic Pictures(Dare), Memento Films (The Class), ITVS (Independent Television Service), CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) and PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). Noruz Films aims to make truthful and engaging cinema for the global audience and marketplace. Artistic Independence is the mandate. Financial viability is a must.
Born and raised in North Carolina, writer/director Ramin Bahrani's films MAN PUSH CART (2005), CHOP SHOP (2007), GOODBYE SOLO (2008), and PLASTIC BAG (2009) have premiered and screened at Venice, Cannes, Sundance, Berlin and Toronto Film Festivals. He has won numerous prizes including the ”Someone to Watch” Independent Spirit Award, the FIPRESCI international critics prize for Best Film (GOODBYE SOLO, Venice), and a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. Bahrani is a directing faculty at Columbia University's graduate film program and has had retrospectives in numerous venues including the MoMA in NYC, Harvard University, and La Rochelle in France. In 2010 leading American film critic Roger Ebert proclaimed Bahrani as ”the director of the decade.”