TEHRAN – Artworks by a number of Iranian artists participating in the international online group exhibitions named “Global Warming & Water Wars: Your Vision of the Future” have been selected to go on display online on Lys d’Or. Lys d’Or is an art web gallery born as spin-off of blog of art and culture, which […]

TEHRAN – The 36th Fajr Film Festival opened at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Thursday with honoring cineastes Mohammad-Ali Najafi, Manuchehr Esmaeili and Akbar Abdi, and a tribute to the late producer, Ali Moallem. Moallem’s widow, Azar Memarian, and his two sons, Iman and Omid, were called on stage to receive an award presented by Minister […]

Hadi Mohammadian, the promising young director of the animated movie, ‘The Elephant King’, has said that Pixar and many other similar companies would consider his movie to be incredible if they knew how a small group in Iran was able to do the project on a tight budget. He, who claims that his movie has over […]

Iranian short animated film ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi has won the Best Short Animation award in the 2018 Picture this…film festival. The 8-minute animation had previously received two awards for the best animated short films at the 3rd Cinemaway Film Festival in Ukraine and Sobytie Film Festival in Russia. The Canadian festival will be […]

Award-winning Iranian cinematographer Ali Farahani, who photographed Chris Overton’s short film ‘The Silent Child’, talked with MNA about this Oscar-nominated live-action. ‘The Silent Child’ is a British short film written by and starring Rachel Shenton and directed by Chris Overton. It tells the story of Libby, a deaf four-year-old girl, who lives a silent life until a social worker, played […]

TEHRAN – An exhibition of photos by Iranian photographers celebrating World Wetlands Day (WWD) will open in the northern Iranian city of Ramsar on February 2. A collection of 29 photos on the theme of wetlands will go on view at the Ramsar Grand Hotel on the sidelines of a conference on World Wetlands Day, […]

TEHRAN – A director has made a documentary about the Iranian tambur virtuoso, Seyyed Qadamyar Hosseini, who is considered Iran’s oldest musician ever to have performed onstage. Hosseini gave a performance during the 7th Regional Music Festival at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall in May 2011 when he was at 117. He also received a lifetime achievement […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian ensemble Raz-o-Niaz accompanied by vocalist Salar Aqili gave a performance on Monday at the First Bait Al Zubair Festival for Sufi Music in Muscat, Oman. The performance took place at the Shangri-La Hotel, the organizers have announced. The ensemble features Aqili’s wife, Harir Shariatzadeh on piano, his son Mahur on tombak, […]

Winners for the 36th Fajr International Theater Festival (FITF36) were announced and awarded during a closing ceremony on Mon. evening in Tehran. Winners were selected from the list of nominees announced earlier today in various national and international categories. The winners for the international competition section are: Best Play Award: Jointly won by ‘The History Boys’ by […]

TEHRAN – Three Iranian films won several awards at the International Peace & Film Festival held in Orlando, in the U.S. state of Florida from January 18 to 22, the organizers announced. “Release from Heaven”, an acclaimed animated movie by Ali Nuri Oskui, won the awards for best narrative and best cinematography, and also the […]