TEHRAN – Six movies from Iranian filmmakers will be competing in the 42nd Annual Atlanta Film Festival in the United States. “Disappearance” directed by Ali Asgari will be screened in the Narrative Features section, while five other films will compete in the shorts section. The films are “Lunch Time” by Alireza Qasemi, “To Be” by […]

TEHRAN – Italian film score composer Nicola Piovani will attend the 36th edition of the Fajr International Film Festival opening in Tehran next week, the organizers announced on Tuesday. Piovani is scheduled to perform a selection of his film scores in a performance at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on April 25 for the festival guests. He […]

TEHRAN – Italian actor Franco Nero who is best known for his role in “Django”, Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 spaghetti western, will attend the 36th edition of the Fajr International Film Festival. Nero, 77, has appeared in over 200 films during his career that spans 56 years. He also played a cameo role in “Django Unchained”, […]

TEHRAN – Tehran’s Idea Gallery is hanging a collection of artworks created by a number of Iranian and foreign artists on the theme of the Kermanshah earthquake. Sarepole Zahab in the western Iranian region of Kermanshah experienced a devastating earthquake in November 2017, which claimed hundreds of lives and injured thousands. The exhibition, which opened […]

 He may have a reputation as one of cinema’s original monosyllabic tough guys, playing Django in Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 iconic Spaghetti Western of the same name, but today actor Franco Nero couldn’t be more warm and charming. And he is going to bring that warmth and charm to Iran’s Fajr Film Festival this month. Yes, […]

TEHRAN – Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter Rithy Panh, who is also the producer of Angelina Jolie’s drama “First They Killed My Father” about the experiences of a young girl whose family was torn apart by the Khmer Rouge, will receive the Peace Prize of the 36th edition of the Fajr International Film Festival. […]

Selecting a right lawyer in litigation cases is very significant, the issue of which should be taken into serious consideration. According to the website address: IranianLawyer.info, selecting a good and appropriate lawyer may be a trivial matter for many of those who read this text. But experience has proven that sometimes human being will need an […]

TEHRAN – Five cultural figures were selected to compete for the title of the Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year, the Art Bureau announced in a press release published on Saturday. The nominees are writer Hamid Hesam, painter Hassan Ruholamin, filmmaker Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian, graphic designer Mohammadreza Doostmohammadi and documentarian Mehdi Naqavian. A jury composed of […]

TEHRAN – Top Iranian dubber Bahram Zand, who was most famous for his works on the TV series “Navarro” and “The Water Margin”, died of cancer at a Tehran hospital on Saturday. He was 69. “He was suffering from cancer for several years and unfortunately, he didn’t respond well to treatment,” his colleague, Fariba Ramezanpur, told […]

The ‘Silk Road’ train carrying foreign tourists arrived in the tourist city of Isfahan in central Iran on Friday evening. According to the Director General of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Office of Isfahan Shahram Amiri said on Saturday that 68 foreign tourists from Canada, England, Australia, Denmark, Italy, Singapore, Peru and Malaysia who were […]