Renowned German filmmaker and photographer Wim Wenders, 72, discusses the unique honesty of Polaroid’s at his new exhibition underway at The Photographers’ Gallery in London. Titled ‘Instant Stories,’ the exhibit presents over 250 of Wenders’ Polaroids encompassing portraits of cast and crew, friends and family, behind the scenes, still lives, street photography and landscapes, according […]

 UCLA Film & Television Archive is holding a special event for celebrating Iranian cinema, screening many top Iranian movies including ‘Bashu, the Little Stranger’ directed by Bahram Beyzaie. The event is being held from April 28 and will continue till May 19. ‘Bashu, the Little Stranger’ will be screened on the last day of the […]

TEHRAN – Musicians from the northeastern Iranian region of Khorasan will be performing during a three-night event in Tehran. The festival entitled “Khorasan Music Nights” will begin at Rudaki Hall on May 17, the director of the festival, Alireza Jalalian, told the Persian service of MNA on Saturday. The Saba ensemble will give a performance […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s oldest film document ever found was unveiled during a special ceremony at the Film Museum of Iran on Wednesday evening. The document is a decree issued by Qajar king Mozaffar ad-Din Shah (1853-1907) on February 11, 1900, in which he assigned the renowned royal photographer Mirza Ahmad Khan Sani os-Saltaneh the task […]

 Attending a fishing festival in the western city of Marivan in Kurdistan province, foreign tourists praised high level of security in Iran as well as people’s hospitality. An international fishing festival in Marivan in Kurdistan province in the west of Iran attracted foreign tourists from 10 countries including Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Iraq, […]

TEHRAN – The Tehran concerts of Japanese musician Kitaro were cancelled after the American members of his group failed to get a visa for Iran, the organizer announced on Thursday just two days before the first performance that was scheduled for Saturday. “In the current situation, given the six American members of the group, it’s […]

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei paid a visit to the 31st Tehran International Book Fair on Friday. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi and a number of his colleagues accompanied the Leader during the visit, which lasted for an hour and a half. He had brief chats […]

 Maryam Papi – Eminent Iranian director, Majid Majidi, revisited India to redeem the failure of his 50 milion USD ‘ film Muhammad: The Messenger of God , known as the most expensive film of Iranian cinema. Majidi and his international film crew did not get the nod from the Indian government to shoot in Rajasthan […]

TEHRAN – A group of Iranian artists will observe the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day today by unveiling a huge painting at the Red Crescent Museum in Tehran. The artwork that measures 10×1.5 meters has been created during a workshop organized over the past week by 15 artists, including Zahra Dadvar, Behnam Bakhshi, […]

TEHRAN – World-renowned French pianist Richard Clayderman along with an orchestra will perform two concerts in Tehran during June. The concerts will be put on at the Grand Hall of the Interior Ministry on June 22 and 23, Royal Honar, the Iranian institute that is the coordinator of the performances, announced in a press release […]