The 24th International Children & Youth Theater Festival, slated for early December in Hamedan, capital of Hamedan Province, has so far received 120 foreign entries. Secretary of the festival, theater actress and director Maryam Kazemi, said the works have been submitted from New Zealand, Denmark, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan Republic, Turkey and Italy […]

TEHRAN – Iranian drama ‘Yellow’ directed by Mostafa Taghizadeh will open the 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival in India. Taghizadeh’s debut feature ‘Yellow’ narrates the story of four young Iranians Nahal, Hamed, Faramarz, and Nicki who are the members of a scientific genius team trying to immigrate from Iran to Europe. Three days before their journey […]

TEHRAN – American screenwriter and director Kelly Reichardt’s 2012 Western-drama “Meek’s Cutoff” will go on screen at the Cinematheque of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow. The film is about six people and their guide Meek, who are lost in a desert in the U.S. during the 1840s. The screening will […]

TEHRAN – Farhad Aslani and Mahur Alvand, the stars of Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi’s acclaimed drama “Daughter”, were honored at the PIFFA Supreme Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday. Aslani received the PIFFA Supreme Best Actor Award, while Alvand won the PIFFA Supreme Best Newcomer Award, the organizers announced. “Daughter” was nominated in seven […]

TEHRAN – The Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express, offering the world’s longest train journey, has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, a report said. The train, carrying international tourists from Russia, Britain, the US, Australia, Germany, and the Philippines, will start its 12-day tour of Iran from the capital on November 11. After Tehran, it will […]

The first International Festival of Persian Speaking Communities in Europe will be held in Paris in January. Aimed at introducing and promoting Persian culture and the arts across continents, the festival covers a wide range of Persian artistic and cultural programs including music, literature, photography, visual arts and stand-up comedy. Noteworthy among the programs is the […]

TEHRAN – Six Iranian films are on screen in various sections of the 18th Ojai Film Festival, which is underway in the California city by the same name near Los Angeles in the United States. “Light Sight” by Seyyed Moslem Tabatabai is competing in the animation section, while “Weavers of Imagination” by Mohammad-Sadeq Jafari is […]

TEHRAN – World-renowned Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and Turkish baglama master Erdal Erzincan are scheduled to perform duets in the Netherlands and France. De Doelen Auditorium in Rotterdam will host the musicians and their Eastern music aficionados on Friday. They are also scheduled to perform a duet at Le Cheval Blanc Hall in Schiltigheim, […]

TEHRAN – Two Iranian films were honored at the Cardiff International Film Festival, which was held in the Welsh capital from October 27 to 29. “Weavers of Imagination” by Mohammad-Sadeq Jafari won the best foreign-language documentary award, while “Light Sight” by Seyyed Moslem Tabatabai received the best animation award. “Weavers of Imagination” tells the story […]

TEHRAN – World-renowned Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and Turkish baglama master Erdal Erzincan are scheduled to perform duets in the Netherlands and France. De Doelen Auditorium in Rotterdam will host the musicians and their Eastern music aficionados on Friday. They are also scheduled to perform a duet at Le Cheval Blanc Hall in Schiltigheim, […]