TEHRAN – Several publications were honored at the 17th edition of Iran’s annual Sacred Defense Book of the Year awards on Tuesday. Winners received their awards during a ceremony at the Sacred Defense Garden Museum in Tehran. “Research Journal for the Islamic Revolution and Sacred Defense” by Golamreza Kafi received the award in the Literary […]

TEHRAN – Twenty foreign experts will judge entries at the 7th edition of the Tehran Video Game Festival, the organizers announced on Wednesday. The Technical Art Director at The Coalition (Gears of War), David Coleman, and a game designer at Ubisoft studio, Max Pears, are among the experts. The jury also has Giuseppe Trapani, a […]

TEHRAN – Iranian short ‘Retouch’ directed by Kaveh Mazaheri has won four top prizes at the 9th session of Cinalfama Lisbon’s International Film Festival. ‘Retouch’ grabbed Best Short Fiction, Best Directing, Best Screenplay, and Best Acting for Sonya Sanjari at the 9th session of Cinalfama Lisbon’s International Film Festival. Co-produced by Mazaheri and the Iranian Young […]

TEHRAN – The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art will honor Iranian artist Ali-Akbar Sadeqi next week by organizing a retrospective of his inspiring artworks in painting, illustration, animation and sculpture. The retrospective exhibition, which will open on January 28, has been organized to celebrate his 80th birthday. Sadeqi and the curators Feresheh Musavi and Ali […]

TEHRAN – A documentary theater focusing on the moral inferiority of homeless women caused by drug addiction and prostitution in a slum neighborhood in southern Tehran was staged at the 36th Fajr International Theater Festival last week.  Director Amin Miri with his cast and research team spent over 18 months interviewing 53 women living in […]

TEHRAN – The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art will honor Iranian artist Ali-Akbar Sadeqi next week by organizing a retrospective of his inspiring artworks in painting, illustration, animation and sculpture. The retrospective exhibition, which will open on January 28, has been organized to celebrate his 80th birthday. Sadeqi and the curators Feresheh Musavi and Ali […]

TEHRAN – Iranian films garnered three awards at the 16th Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh, the organizers announced on Saturday. The Best Children Film Badal Rahman Award was presented to “White Bridge” by Ali Qavitan. The film tells the story of Bahareh, an Iranian girl who is disabled in an accident just a few […]

Koroush Gilani is an Iranian man who migrated to Japan in the 1990s. Over the years he has managed to fully integrate and adjust himself in to a completely different Asian culture, however, as is in such cases, assimilating to the culture of Japan has not been an easy task. Gilani is among the faction […]

TEHRAN — The 7th edition of the Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival will be screening several films from Iran, the organizers have announced. “Where is the Friend’s House”  by Abbas Kiarostami, “The End of Dreams” by Mohammad-Ali Talebi, “White Bridge ” by Ali Qavitan and “The White Balloon” by Jafar Panahi are some of the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian feature ‘Kupal’ directed by Kazem Mollaie will be screened in the main competition section of 20th San Francisco Independent Film Festival in US. ‘Kupal’ narrates the story of a hunter and taxidermist who goes through an unfortunate incident by trapping himself in his basement with little food and no water, having to survive […]