TEHRAN – Paris-based Spanish filmmaker Victor Forniés will attend the 11th Cinema Verite festival in Tehran to promote his documentary “A Father” (“Un Padre”), the organizers announced on Monday. The documentary is an intimate portrait of his father, seeking to understand the silence that has defined their relationship. It also depicts the emotional complexity of […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian director Kaveh Mazheri’s acclaimed movie “Retouch” received the special jury prize for the best film at the 35th Festival Tous Courts, an international short film festival inAix-en-Provence, France on Saturday. The film is about a young woman whose husband is trapped under a barbell during a workout, but she declines to save […]

TEHRAN – ‘Run Rostam Run’ by Hossein Molayemi received an award from Edukino Festival of educational films. The animated short film ‘Run Rostam Run’ won the award of distinction from Edukino film festival in Poland. Edukino Festival of Educational Films was held from 22-24 November in National Museum of Warsaw, Poland. ‘Run Rostam Run’ is […]

TEHRAN – Icelandic pianist Olafur Arnalds is scheduled to give a performance at Tehran’s Andisheh Hall on Friday. Arnalds is a BAFTA-winning multi-instrumentalist whose music ranges from electronic to pop. The Rooberoo Mansion Art and Cultural Institute in Tehran is the organizer of the performance entitled “Autumn Light”.

TEHRAN – Iranian director Ahmad Zayeri’s “Saad’s Olive Tree” has won two honors at the 14th edition of the Kinofilm Festival-Manchester International Short Film and Animation Festival in the UK. The film brought Zayeri second prize for best director and it also received an honorable mention in the international short film competition. “Saad’s Olive Tree” […]

TEHRAN — Azbar-Ali KHajavi, also known as Riz-Ali Khajavi, who bravely saved the lives of passengers from a train crash in 1961 died at 86 on Saturday. Born in 1930, in Miyaneh, northwestern Iran, Riz-Ali is best known as Dehqan-e Fadakar (literally meaning devoted peasant). For decades his story was taught in primary schools nationwide. […]

Asiatic Cheetah which is considered to be a sleek and beautiful cat throughout history is the fastest land-animal that can accelerate from 0 to 96.6 km/h in under three seconds. Asiatic Cheetah is the most distinctive animal subspecies in Iran. Some of the most devastating habitat losses affected cheetahs’ population throughout Asia. We will never […]

TEHRAN – A permanent gallery has opened for a collection by master miniaturist Ali Esfarjani at the Negarestan Garden Museum of the University of Tehran. His widow, Fatemeh Karimnejad, cut the ribbon to launch the exhibition as his daughter, Shahrzad, UT Deputy Director for Cultural Affairs Majid Sarsangi and film expert Akbar Aalami attended the […]

TEHRAN – The German documentarian and journalist Andreas Ewels has been invited to attend the 11th edition of Cinema Verite, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, the organizers announced on Saturday. Ewels is mostly known for his documentaries on nature, wildlife and environmental issues. He has made over 200 documentaries in about 100 countries. […]

TEHRAN – The celebrated art expert Alireza Sami-Azar, who is also the director of the Tehran Auction, unveiled his book on a number of significant Iranian modern artists in Tehran on Friday. The book “Birth of Iranian Modernism” has recently been released by Nazar Publications. Visual Arts Office director Majid Mollanoruzi and Nazar Publications director […]