TEHRAN – The acclaimed Iranian drama “Kupal” has been named best feature film at the International Film Festival with Alternative Media (FICMA) in Mexico City, Mexico, the publicist of the movie announced on Wednesday. Kazem Mollai is the director of the movie starring Levon Haftvan. “Kupal” tells the story of a hunter and a taxidermist […]

TEHRAN – Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF) hosted a press conference to announce the laureates of the 2017 Mustafa Prize on Tuesday. The actual prize ceremony of Mustafa is set to kick off on December 1. During the press conference at the Institute of Culture, Art and Architecture in Tehran, Mahdi Safarinia; President of […]

The contest will be held in the categories of cartoon, caricature and poster, the secretary of the contest, Masud Shojaei-Tabatabai, said in a press conference at the foundation on Wednesday. Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, declared the end of Daesh (ISIS) last week. The liberation of Mosul in Iraq and […]

TEHRAN – “The Sunset Limited”, a play by American writer Cormac McCarthy, will be staged at the Arghanun Hall in Tehran on December 3. Faranak Heidarian will direct the play, which will be performed by Ahmad Saatchian and Mehdi Bajestani. The play’s title is derived from the name of a passenger train that ran from […]

TEHRAN – The organizers of Iran’s Cinema Verite have invited two more executives of international events to attend the 11th edition of the documentary film festival. The program director of the Parisian festival of the Cinema du Reel, Carine Bernasconi, and the director of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF) in Tokyo, Asako Fujioka, […]

An artist takes part in a performance during the 3rd edition of the Homar International Land Art Festival in a rural area near the western Iranian city of Khorramabad on November 25, 2017. Artists from Italy, Germany, Sweden, Singapore and sevral other countries are participating in the event, which will run until December 2.

TEHRAN – Several number of Iranian films will go on screen at two international festivals during the coming days. A lineup of 10 films will be screened at the Iranian Film Festival, which is due to take place at the Kino Luna in the Polish capital of Warsaw from December 5 to 10, the organizers […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Hassan Yektapanah’s movie “Forbidden” will go on screen in 11 British cities on December 10. The film will be screened at the Odeon cinemas in London, Oxford, Edinburgh, Leeds, Cardiff, Southampton, Sheffield, Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester. The film is about a young girl who has to leave her homeland to […]

TEHRAN – The director of Iranian Independents, a company marketing Iranian independent feature and documentary films, has criticized the unauthorized screening of four Iranian movies at the AFG Film Club in Yerevan, Armenia. “Breath” directed by Narges Abyar, “Lanruri” by Reza Dormishian, “Born in 1987” by Majid Tavakoli, and “Life + 1 Day” by Saeid […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Parviz Shahbazi’s “Malaria” has won three awards in three categories including best director and best film at the 5th International Bosphorus Film Festival in Istanbul. The film also brought Shahbazi the award for best screenwriter, the Turkish daily newspaper Yeni Safak announced on Monday. “Malaria” tells the story of a young […]