The website ‘Rangeetar’ (literally meaning more colorful), an online platform for the purchase and sale of Iranian photographs has been launched. Available at rangeetar.com, the website so far contains over 20,000 photographs on nature, city life, architecture, working environment and people among others, according to Webna (Webna.ir), a news agency covering Iranian websites. Rangeetar seeks […]

The first group exhibition of posters designed on stories of ‘Shahnameh’ (the book of Kings) is to be inaugurated on November 11. On display will be posters by designers Morteza Momayez, Qobad Shiva, Ebrahim Haqiqi, Kourosh Parsa-Nejad, Bijan Jenab, Bijan Safavi, Meysam Namdar, Hassan Fouzi-Tehrani and Hamidreza Vassaf, ISNA reported. Shahnameh, written by celebrated Persian […]

The primary list of 26 animations for the 90th Academy Awards has been published which includes an animation related to Iran.‘Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming’ directed by Ann Marie Fleming is a Canadian full-featured animation telling the story of a 20-year-old poet, Rosie Ming, living at home with her overprotective Chinese […]

‘The Dark Tower’, a 2017 American science fantasy film directed and co-written by Nikolaj Arcel is scheduled for Nov. 15, 9:30 pm, at Qolhak Cineplex.Based on a novel by Stephen King, the actors are Idris Elba and  Matthew McConaughey in lead roles.In the movie, Roland Deschain is a gunslinger on a quest to protect the […]

Qolhak Cineplex is among the few venues that show foreign films in Tehran. Every night it has two shows of the best classic and new foreign movies. According to the cinema website, Pardis-gholhak.com, on November 12, 9:30 pm, it will screen the 2016 American psychological horror-thriller film ‘…

 A solo painting exhibit held at Theme Art Gallery in Tehran reflects painter Javad Saba’s views on contemporary humankind and society.‘Contemporary Human’ is a vivid demonstration of the artist’s preoccupation with human relations and emotions in modern times.“Who are these contemporary humans and how have they ended up here?” Saba, 42, asks with his paintings, […]

In her recent article in Variety.com, film critic Alissa Simon has pointed to the powerful cinematic productions in the Middle East which can end up among the final five nominees in the foreign language film category at the 90th Academy Awards. As she wrote, with last year’s winner, Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’, hailing from Iran, […]

Yunus Emre Institute’s office in Tehran has planned a series of meetings on old memoires and travelogues written by Iranian statesmen and literati during their stay in Turkey. The organizing institute is a non-profit Turkish cultural organization with 43 branches across the globe, established to promote Turkish language and culture. Located at No. 12, Saeedi […]

TEHRAN — Vocalist Homayun Shajarian and Purnazeri brothers have teamed up to give concerts at the Grand Hall of the Interior Ministry in Tehran in December. Composer and instrumentalist Sohrab and tar virtuoso Tahmures along with Homayun will perform a selection of songs from their latest albums. The concerts will begin on December 2 and […]

TEHRAN– Iranian short animated piece ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi won the best short animated movie award at the 3rd Cinemaway Film Festival in Ukraine. The short film had previously received the award for the best animated short film at the Sobytie Film Festival in Russia held on October 1-4, in three sections of theaters, short films and […]