TEHRAN – The Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran will celebrate Noruz, the Iranian New Year, with its spring festival opening on March 22, the second day of Noruz. Entitled “Tehran, City of Art”, the festival will organize exhibitions of paintings, photos, graphic designs, illustrations and handmade ceramic works at all the galleries of the center. […]

TEHRAN — Two Iranian animated films will be competing in the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which will run in the French city from June 11 to 16. “Run, Rustam, Run” by Hossein Molayemi will be competing in the perspective short films category, and “Mr. Deer” by Mojtaba Musavi is an entry in the short […]

TEHRAN — Some 110 hectares of gardens have been destroyed in the capital Tehran over the past three years, Tehran’s Deputy Mayor Hojjat Mirzaei said on Friday. For fourteen years builders were legally authorized to construct towering buildings in gardens on condition that the buildings only covered 30 percent of the gardens, however, in reality […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s cultural heritage body pursues possible inscription of cross-country railways, which includes arrays of bridges, stations and other historical monuments, on the UNESCO World Heritage list by 2019. Last year, the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization in close collaboration with the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways submitted to UNESCO a preliminary dossier […]

TEHRAN – The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art plans to restore two bronze statues by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti. Acid rain has caused damage to “Walking Man 1” and “Standing Woman 1”, which are located in the courtyard of the museum, TMCA director Ali-Mohammad Zare’ told the Persian service of IRNA on Tuesday The statues […]

TEHRAN– Idea of the ‘Iranian House’ with the message ‘the applicability of handicrafts to everyday life’ will be presented in the 8th International Exhibition of Midex. In this exhibition, the basics of interior design are introduced using artistic handiwork with a focus on the applicable aspect of handicrafts in everyday life in order to propagate the discourse of […]

TEHRAN – Iranian short animation ‘Alphabet’ directed by Kianoush Abedi will be screened in the First City Film Festival in Kansas, US.   The 6-minute animated piece ‘Alphabet’, directed by Kianoush Abedi, narrates the story of people who have forgotten life and are separated from knowledge and truth. The animation depicts a nation that has […]

 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 – The Iranian puppetry troupe Yase Tamam is now in France to perform their acclaimed play “Count to One” in three cities of the country. The group that is led by director and writer Zahra Sabri will give three performances at the Théâtre d’argile in Frouard, the first of which will take place today. […]

Iranian short film ‘Retouch’ directed by Kaveh Mazaheri has won the Best International Short award at the 16th Audi Dublin International Film Festival (ADIFF) in Ireland. Mazaheri’s short film ‘Retouch’ managed to scoop the Best International Short award in competition with other top films vying at the 16th edition of Audi Dublin International Film Festival. Co-produced […]