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 […]

TEHRAN – Four Iranian films won awards in the Special Award category of the Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, the organizers announced on Monday. “Mermaid” by Amir-Masud Aqababaian was named the best film at the event. The film is about Yunes, a survivor of a diving team from the Iran-Iraq war, who lives beside the Persian […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian cultural heritage official has called for the heaviest punishment for those who demolished Na’el historic house in Isfahan, central Iran, late on Thursday. Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization Deputy Director Mohammad-Hassan Talebian on Sunday demanded the maximum penalty for the perpetrators of the crime, adding the historic house should be […]

TEHRAN – Iranian short ‘Limit’ by Javad Daraei has scooped Best Short Fiction award at the 10th edition of Southampton Film Week 2017 in a port city on England’s south coast. ‘Limit’ is an 8-minute narrative of the life a man in a quiet neighborhood who asks for help from people whom he is seeing, […]

TEHRAN – A team of Iranian researches and archeologists will examine ancient mudbrick Pa Minar Mosque, which is located in Zaware, central Isfahan province. Archeological evidence suggests that the mosque might be erected on the vestiges of an ancient fire temple, ISNA quoted Mohammadreza Saduqi, a provincial tourism official, as saying on Friday. Its minaret, […]

TEHRAN – An exhibition of paintings by three Iranian female artists opened at the Vecihe Samedova Art Salon in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday. A collection of 45 paintings by Mahvash Soheili, Rahil Qavami and Hanieh Azmudeh has been put on view for 10 days, the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Baku announced in a press […]

TEHRAN – The Paris-based Iranian painter Raheleh Roshandel has mobilized groups of Iranian expatriates in Paris as well as a number of French citizens to provide support for the Kermanshah quake relief efforts. A friend of Roshandel’s, who wished to remain anonymous, agreed to pack and deliver supplies to the Red Crescent in Tehran. Roshandel […]