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Petitions Demand Lifting of Harsh Sentence Against Acclaimed Iranian Film Director Jafar Panahi NEW YORK, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On behalf of Amnesty International, Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis delivered a stack of 21,000 petition signatures into the hands of an officer of the Iran Mission to the United Nations on Wednesday, demanding the lifting of a harsh sentence against acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi.

Deliver Petitions to Iranian Mission Urging Reversal of Sentence on Film Director Jafar Panahi Amnesty International Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity/June 8 Event NEW YORK, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amnesty International will lead a delegation of Hollywood luminaries to the Iran Mission to the United Nations on Wednesday, June 8 to symbolically rename a NYC street plaza "Azadi Square" ("Freedom Square") and deliver tens of thousands of petition signatures demanding the reversal of the harsh sentence against acclaimed film director Jafar Panahi.

CBS President Nina Tassler to Deliver Keynote Speech at Awards Luncheon September 16, 2010 at the Montage Beverly Hills LOS ANGELES, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirty-four writers were named finalists in seven categories for the 36th Annual HUMANITAS Prize, it was announced today by HUMANITAS Executive Director Cathleen Young and President John Wells.

Lionsgate announced Tuesday it is teaming again with Canadian-born filmmaker Paul Haggis on his thriller The Next Three Days. The movie is an adaptation of the French movie Pour Elle. Lionsgate said it has acquired remake rights from Wild Bunch and Fidelite Films.