Selected cinemas in Tehran are showing ‘Leaf of Life’, a feature film directed and produced by Ebrahim Mokhtari.Saeed Pour-Samimi, Mahdi Ahmadi, Maryam Moqadam, Sajad Tabesh and Sahar Salahshour are in the cast of the film based on a story in a saffron farm, Cinematicket.org reported.“When making a documentary about farming saffron in 1990, I faced […]

The 30th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) in Japan opened October 25.  The jury for the festival’s main competition section, led by Oscar winner and American actor and filmmaker Tommy Lee Jones, 71, met the media on the red carpet on Thursday at Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills Complex, Cinematicket.org reported. Iran’s renowned screenwriter and director Reza […]

Malek National Library Museum in Tehran has organized a special event to mark its 80th anniversary.An exhibition of selected documents belonging to Iranian philanthropist Hossein Malek has been held at Malek Museum. Haj Hossein Aqa Malek (1871-1972) was the founder of Malek National Library Museum, ILNA reported.In 1908, Hossein Malek founded a big library, housing […]

One of the newly-released films in the country is ‘Foot Work’ directed by Mazdak Mir-Abedini.The social movie narrates the life of Mohammad, an actor, filmmaker, and theater instructor who has returned to Tehran after a migration that went wrong. Mohammad and his pregnant wife face difficulties in rebuilding their lives and finding a peaceful house […]

TEHRAN – The Art Bureau plans to organize a cultural competition on the theme of the Persian Gulf in response to U.S. President Donald Trump who distorted the name of the ancient gulf in his recent speech. The competition will be held in various categories, including cartoon, caricature, poetry, short story and short screenplay.

TEHRAN – The celebrated Iranian calligrapher Ali Shirazi will put a collection of his works on Ashura on display in an exhibition at the Imam Ali (AS) Religious Arts Museum in Tehran. Ashura is the tenth day of the lunar month of Muharram, upon which Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions were martyred. The exhibit […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Yaser Talebi’s film “The Descendants” received the Best Foreign Film Award at the Royal Starr Film Festival (RSFF), which was held in Royal Oak, Michigan from October 12 to 15. The film is about Jacob, an Iranian Jewish man who leaves Iran for Sweden to find his son, Farrokh, who was […]

TEHRAN – The number of international travelers visiting Iran’s Yazd province is estimated to grow by 20 percent in the current Iranian calendar year (March 2017-March 2018) as the capital city of Yazd was made a UNESCO World Heritage in June. Over 50,000 foreign tourists arrived in the province, central Iran, during the first half […]

A woman in the central Iranian city of Kashan weaves a handmade carpet. Kashan carpets are well-known for their longevity, lavish textures, strong colors, and elaborate designs. The traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan was registered on UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010. Iran exported 5,700 tons of handmade […]

TEHRAN – An exhibition of cartoons on women’s rights in Iran will be held in Paris during January 2018. The cartoons have been created by Pantea Vaeznia for the exhibit, which is part of the 1st Persian Speakers in Europe Art Festival, the organizers announced in a press release on Monday. “This exhibition gives a […]