Two Iranian documentaries ‘A Waltz for Tehran’ and ‘Night Shift’, directed by Amir Mohammad Kharazmi will be screened at Docunight event in several cities in the US and Canada. Every first Wednesday of every month, Docunight will screen a documentary about, around, or in Iran, or made Iranians. Docunight screenings will take place across several […]

TEHRAN – The secretary of the 36th Fajr International Film Festival, Reza Mirkarimi, said that none of the foreign guests were paid for their attendance at the event. “We did not give any guest money,” Mirkarimi told the Persian service of MNA on Sunday and added, “The extent of service provided for Oliver Stone and […]

TEHRAN – “Roots and Stones”, a huge abstract marble sculpture donated by British artist Tony Cragg, was unveiled in the courtyard of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday. The ceremony was attended by the Turner Prize-winner Cragg and a number of cultural officials and Iranian artists. The museum showcased a large collection of […]

Iranian drama ‘Redhead’ directed by Karim Lakzadeh has won the Best Director award at the 4th Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival in Russia. In its second international screening, ‘Redhead’ managed to win the Best Director award at the 4th Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival in Moscow, Russia. Currently on screen in Iran, ‘Redhead’ is the […]

TEHRAN – “Roots and Stones”, a huge abstract marble sculpture donated by British artist Tony Cragg, was unveiled in the courtyard of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday. The ceremony was attended by the Turner Prize-winner Cragg and a number of cultural officials and Iranian artists. The museum showcased a large collection of […]

TEHRAN– ‘Searing Summer’ directed by Ebrahim Irajzad will compete in the Asian section of the 26th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh. ‘Searing Summer’ narrates the story of Nasrin, who is faced with a dilemma of either staying in an unhappy marriage, or divorcing her husband but losing custody of her daughter in the process. […]

TEHRAN – Italian director Pino Di Buduo will perform his project “Invisible Cities” at the 36th Fajr International Theater Festival in February 2018, the organizers announced on Wednesday. The play will go on stage in the Offstage Section of the festival. Inspired by Italo Calvino’s novel by the same name, “Invisible Cities” is a multimedia […]

TEHRAN – Bulgarian director Milko Lazarov’s drama “Ága” about two Inuits that live with the dream of reuniting their family has been picked as best movie at the 36th Fajr International Film Festival. The film that is a co-production by Bulgarian, German, and French is about Nanuk and Sedna, two Inuits who live in a […]

TEHRAN – A total of 99,158 Iranian nationals visited the Republic of Azerbaijan during the first three months of 2018. During this period, 627,835 international travelers visited the country, which shows a 12.6 percent year-on-year increase, Azer News reported. Around 320,000 Iranians visited the neighboring country in January-October 2017 in comparison with 204,000 in 2016. […]

TEHRAN – The Quintessence International Publishing Group, a major international company that provides professional and student dental and medical books, journals and multimedia, will attend the 31st Tehran International Book Fair, which will open this Wednesday. This is second time the publisher has been invited to the book fair, the organizers announced on Saturday. Established […]