TEHRAN – Iran’s Cultural Office has organized festivals of Iranian films in the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Karachi. A festival opened in the Iranian Cultural Center in Karachi on Thursday with a screening of Majid Majidi’s “The Weeping Willow”. A number of films have been selected to go on screen during the event running […]

A Persian miniature is a richly detailed miniature painting which depicts religious or mythological themes from the region of the Middle East now known as Iran. The art of miniature painting in Persia flourished from the 13th through the 16th centuries, and continues to this day, with several contemporary artists producing notable Persian miniatures. These […]

TEHRAN – The Owj Arts and Media Organization, a Tehran-based institution producing revolutionary works in art and cinema, announced on Wednesday that its latest productions, “The Lost Strait” and “Damascus Time”, will be screened at the European Film Market (EFM) of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival on Friday. “The Lost Strait” by Bahram Tavakkoli […]

Iranian movie ‘The Lost Strait’, directed by Bahram Tvakkoli will be featured at Berlin Film Festival. ‘The Lost Strait’ depicts Iranian combatants in an epic battle during the last days of the 1980-1988 Iraq-imposed war on Iran. It shows how Iran’s Ammar battalion fought against the Iraqi soldiers in an unequal battle to hold the […]

TEHRAN – Three Iranian films are coming on screen at Iranian theaters to maintain the pickup experienced by their box offices during the Fajr Film Festival. The theaters eagerly arranged additional screenings by public demand during the ten-day festival, which wrapped up on Sunday. Now, they are revising their schedules to sustain the improvement. Starring […]

TEHRAN – PhotoArt Prague announced on Saturday that several Iranian photographers have won awards at the competition. Hamid Reza Helali won the IAAP (International Association of Art Photographers) Ribbon for his photo “Tow” in the Open Monochrome section. Helali also received the CFFU (Czech Federation of Art Photography) Bronze Medal for his photo “Single” in […]

TEHRAN – “Our Sunhi”, a 2013 South Korean drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo will be screened at the cinematheque of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on Wednesday. The film will go on screen in the original language with Persian subtitles. “Our Sunhi” is about a film student who needs a letter […]

TEHRAN – Aran, a theater troupe led by Iranian director Behruz Gharibpur, is planning to perform the “Macbeth” opera puppet show in Tehran. Ferdowsi Hall will host theatergoers for the opera puppet show for 12 performances, the first of which will be staged tonight, Aran announced in a press release on Saturday. The voices of […]

TEHRAN – World-renowned Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and Turkish baglama master Erdal Erzincan are scheduled to perform duets at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall for one week beginning on February 23. Kalhor and Erzincan, who released the joint album “The Wind” in 2006, have held several concerts together in different countries. They also gave a performance […]

TEHRAN — The 28th Annual Festival of Films from Iran running at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago is presenting a number of movies by Iranian directors working within and outside of Iran. Mohsen Qarai’s debut feature “Blockage”, “Negar” by Rambod Javan, and Abbas Kiarostami’s experimental work “24 Frames” are among the films selected […]