TEHRAN – “Subdued” by Hamid Nematollah from Iran will be competing with five other movies from different countries in the First Jounieh International Film Festival opening in the Lebanese coastal city today. Starring Leila Hatami, the film is about Mina who is recently divorced from her drug addict husband. With her mother deceased and estranged […]

TEHRAN – Akbar Abdi, the 57-year-old actor who played roles in over 100 movies and series, mostly are comedies, will receive a Golden Simorgh for his lifetime achievements at the 36th Fajr Film Festival, the organizers announced on Sunday. The 36th Fajr Film Festival will be held in Tehran from February 1 to 11. Veteran […]

Iranian city Tabriz has been chosen to host rally races for women in Muslim countries in 2018, CEO of Motorcycle & Automobile Federation of Iran said Sunday. According to Mohammad Seidanlou, negotiations with the president of Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA, English: International Automobile Federation) have been fruitful, and Iran has been chosen as the host country […]

TEHRAN – One third of schools in Iran are dilapidated and require renovation, director of schools renovation, development and equipment organization said on Saturday. As per an article of the sixth five-year development plan (2016-2021), $3 billion can be withdrawn from the National Development Fund for renovating and equipping schools, ISNA quoted Mehrollah Rakhshanimehr as […]

TEHRAN– Iranian short animation ‘Alphabet’ directed by Kianoush Abedi will be screened in the 2nd Malatesta Short Film Festival in Italy. 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 forgotten the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian-Armenian filmmaker Anahid Abad, whose latest drama “Yeva” has been selected to represent Armenia at the Oscars, has said that she has her roots in the cultures of both countries. She made the remarks in an interview with the Persian service of ISNA on Monday after the co-production by Iran and Armenia was […]

TEHRAN– Mahdi Khorramian submitted his successful ‘Souzanban’ (Switchman) animation to vie at the Second Video Films Festival in Switzerland. Mahdi Khorramian’s Souzanban (Switchman) animation is scheduled to vie at the Second Video Films Festival in Switzerland. The 8 minute animation recounts the story of a switchman waiting for a woman at a train station. Finally he finds […]

TEHRAN – Mehrdad Farid has said that there will be no change in “Beautiful Jinn”, a co-production between Iran and Turkey. He made the remarks in response to some reports published on Persian news outlets, which announced that the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Abbas Salehi, has ordered Farid and the film’s director, […]

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Babak Minai is making a documentary about Black January, a violent crackdown in Baku in January 1990 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. “The idea to make a film entered my mind last year when I heard about the tragedy on a trip to the Azerbaijani capital of Baku,” Minai […]

TEHRAN – The center for Fine Arts in Brussels will commemorate late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. The Center for Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium (Bozar) will hold a ceremony in commemoration of the late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami in January 16 and 25. During the ceremony two films by Abbas Kiarostami, ’24 Frames’ and ‘Take […]