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 […]

TEHRAN– ‘Mr. Director’ directed by Ali Erfan Farhadi won a prize worth 200 euros and a statuette at the Spanish film festival ‘Atlantis Film Awards.’ The Spanish festival has been organized to screen social films, and Farhadi’s film was featured in a special section dedicated to narcotics. The Atlantis Film Award Festival initially received 300 films […]

TEHRAN – ‘Israfil’, director Ida Panahandeh’s follow-up to ‘Nahid’, will take part in the 41st Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden. ‘Israfil’, director Ida Panahandeh, has been accepted into the competition section of the 41st Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden. The festival is annually held on 26 January to February 5 in the city of Gothenburg, and […]

TEHRAN – Shahid Parvez Khan, the Indian sitar player known for his raga improvisations, charmed the audience by the dance of his nimble fingers on his instrument during a Thursday night performance at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.  Parvez Khan is famous for his inspiring performance of raga, a style of Indian music based on an ancient […]

TEHRAN — Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for women’s and family affairs, paid a visit to Saint Mary Church as well as Arch Bishop Ardak Manoukian museum in Tehran on Thursday. Saint Mary Church is an Armenian Apostolic church in Tehran, Iran completed in 1945. From 1945 to 1960, the church was the main office and […]