Majid Majidi’s ‘Beyond the Clouds’ is set to be the curtain raiser at the 36th Fajr International Film Festival on April 19. Starring Ishaan Khatter and Malavika Mohanan, ‘Beyond the Clouds’ is scheduled to premiere on April 20 in 34 territories across the world. The film will be released in over 70 screens across the Persian […]

TEHRAN – The number of visits to a Louvre exhibit at the National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran has gone beyond expectations as over 100,000 people have visited the place since the opening date on March 5. Organizers of the event had estimated that it would attract the same number of visitors during its […]

The 2018 Cannes Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish-language drama ‘Everybody Knows’ on May 8. Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi gained international recognition after his 2012 drama ‘A Separation’ brought him a Golden Globe Award as well as two Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. He went on to awe the world’s […]

Iranian short animation ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi will vie for top prizes at the 2nd International University Festival Cine-literature of Agadir (FUICLA) in Morocco. ‘Bystander’ is about an old man who is living behind a window from where he sees a dark world and remembers his past when he was an active revolutionary. The 8-minute […]

‘21 Days Later’, a feature film directed by Mohammad Reza Kheradmanda, has won Best Film award at the 25th Kinder Kino Fest (KiKiFe) in Germany. ’21 Days Later’ is a melodrama which revolves around the life of a teenager named Morteza who is faced with many challenges on his way to realize his dreams. Directed […]

Nature Day also known as Sizdah-bedar is the 13th day of Iranian first month Farvardin which marks the end of Nowruz holidays. Iranian families go out to spend time picnicking outdoors in the nature. The Following photos show this year’s Sizdah-bedar in Tehran.

TEHRAN – German cinematographer and producer Thomas Mauch will attend the 36th Fajr International Film Festival to hold workshops, the organizers announced on Friday. With a career that spans over fifty years in both film and television, Mauch has collaborated with numerous top filmmakers such as Werner Herzog, Edgar Reitz, and Alexander Kluge. The workshops […]

Today’s communication technology provides an environment where users can share their thoughts and works of art either instantaneously or retrospectively. This environment, called social media, alongside being entirely virtual and user-based, adds a different dimension to interaction by bringing the masses together. Both scientific research and personal observations indicate that day by day users spend […]

TEHRAN – The Switzerland-based Iranian filmmaker Majid Movasseghi has been selected as a member of a jury for the Visions du Reel International Film Festival in Switzerland, the organizers have announced. He will judge the films in the Interreligious section of the festival, which will be held in the Swiss city on Nyon from April […]

 At the official invitation of Italian conductor of “Emilia-Romagna” orchestra, a number of musicians fromIranian National Orchestra will travel to Italy to take part in special performance of this magnificent orchestra. Given the above issue, conductor of orchestra “Emilia-Romagna” invited three prominent violin virtuosi and conductor of Iranian National Orchestra to attend Orchestra’s performance in […]