Two Iranian films of ‘Searing Summer’ by Ebrahim Irajzad’ and ‘Untaken Paths’ by Tahmineh Milani have been nominated for the Best Film Award at Beijing International Film Festival. The 8th edition of Beijing International Film Festival, which is one of the best film festivals in Asia, started yesterday April 15 and will continue until April […]

 Seven Italian films produced in 2017 have been selected to be featured in ‘A Retrospective of Italian Cinema’ at the 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival. Out of these seven films, one is in the Competition, two films are in the Magic Lantern section, one is in the Special Screenings section and the rest […]

TEHRAN – Cinema Organization of Iran director Mohammad-Mehdi Heidarian said on Sunday that Iran plans to decrease the government role in cinema gradually. He made the remarks at a press conference in Tehran. “However, we have reviewed the past and plan to reinforce our supervision,” he added. Over 100 movie theaters have been launched across […]

TEHRAN — The 36th Fajr International Film Festival is scheduled to review Georgian cinema in a special program, which will screen films from the country. A collection of six films will be screened in the program “Retrospective of Georgian Cinema”. Among the films is well-known Georgian director George Ovashvili’s “Khibula” that depicts the final days […]

Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyed Abbas Salehi has said that Iran’s cinema ranks first in the region with annually producing nearly 100 films. Minister of culture made the remarks at a ceremony as part of the Fajr International Film Festival in southern Iranian city of Bushehr, adding “in the country’s 20-Year Perspective, […]

TEHRAN – Two panels with a total of six jurors from Italy, France, South Africa, Thailand and Iran will be judging the documentaries in the international completion at the 11th Cinema Verite, the major Iranian international festival documentary cinema that opens tomorrow, the organizers announced on Friday. Matthieu Darras from France, Pimpaka Towira from Thailand […]

TEHRAN – The German documentarian and journalist Andreas Ewels has been invited to attend the 11th edition of Cinema Verite, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, the organizers announced on Saturday. Ewels is mostly known for his documentaries on nature, wildlife and environmental issues. He has made over 200 documentaries in about 100 countries. […]

TEHRAN – The organizers of Iran’s Cinema Verite have invited two more executives of international events to attend the 11th edition of the documentary film festival. The program director of the Parisian festival of the Cinema du Reel, Carine Bernasconi, and the director of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF) in Tokyo, Asako Fujioka, […]

TEHRAN – The French critic Matthieu Darras has been selected for the jury of the international section of the 11th edition of Cinema Verite, the organizers have announced. Italian documentarian Gianfranco Rosi is also the other jury member for the international section. Darras is the artistic director of TorinoFilmLab, an international laboratory that supports emerging […]

TEHRAN – The 1st edition of the Guwahati International Film Festival (GIFF) plans to review Iranian cinema in a special section titled “Contemporary Iranian Cinema”, the Telegraph India reported on Friday. Movies such as “Parting”, a joint production of Iran and Afghanistan by Navid Mahmudi, and “Valderama” by Abbas Amini have been selected for the […]