Iranian game enthusiasts have been invited by Iran Game Development Institute to join a two-day game jam, a game production contest, scheduled for October 19-20 in Tehran.A game jam is a gathering of game developers for the purpose of planning, designing, and creating one or more games within a short time, usually ranging between 24 […]

A collection of pictures and documents from the Qajar era (1785-1925) will be unveiled at an exhibition in Tehran next spring by the National Library and Archives Organization of Iran (NLAI).The event was planned after the library deputy of NLAI Gholam Reza Amirkhani travelled to Belgium and met Mark Molitor, a grandson of Lambert Molitor […]

Winsor and Newton, a company producing artist’s paint in London, is to hold a self-portrait contest for art students in two national and international phases. Participants, aged 16 and above, can take part free of charge by submitting only one artwork, a self-portrait, Honaronline.com reported. The national winner in each country will receive $500 worth of […]

The feature film ‘Chanel’ directed by Hossein Kondori is one of the newly-released movies that deals with a social issue. ‘Chanel’ is a drama that narrates the strange story of a nurse and the difficulties she faces in a small city where she lives. Baran Kosari, Reza Behboudi, Bahar Katouzi,…

A collection of photos by German master of photography Arno Fischer (1927-2011) will go on display at Silk Road Art Gallery in Tehran.Organized in collaboration with the German Embassy in Tehran, the exhibit is curated by German photographer Andreas Rost, once Fischer’s assistant and now an acclaimed photographer known for his black and white photographs […]

An unveiling ceremony for three bilingual books (English and Persian) of selected poems by contemporary Iranian poets Qeysar Aminpur, Tahereh Saffarzadeh and Salman Harati is scheduled for October 31 at Hozeh-Honari (Art Bureau), affiliated to Islamic Development Organization, in Tehran.“As per an agreement between London-based Academy of Iranian Studies and Hozeh-Honari, we decided to publish […]

Directed and produced by Hossein Shahabi, ‘Conditional Release’ is showing in cinemas in Tehran and some other cities.The film seeks to portray the social problems and difficulties many prisoners have to deal with when they are released after long-term detentions, problems like finding a job.Amir Jafari, Shaghayegh Farahani, Leila Otadi, Diba Zahedi, Amir Reza Delavari, […]

The Khorramshahr wing of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization in Khuzestan Province holds today a meeting on the water drainage system at Chogha Zanbil, a UNESO World Heritage Center.The scientific ‘Analysis on Architecture and Drainage System at Chogha Zanbil’  is organized on the occasion of International Archaeology Day, October 21, according to memarnews.com, […]

The DreamWorks popular animated movie ‘Madagascar’ is being adapted for the stage.The family comedy, based on a book by Kevin Del Aguila, will be opening at Wimbledon New Theater in London on July 16, 2018, before going on a full UK tour, Digital Spy reported.It is a musical adventure that will see Alex the Lion, […]

The 34th Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) will host directors from 43 countries to screen 110 movies from October 17-22 at Mellat Cinema Complex in Tehran. According to the public relation office of the festival, the TISFF is scheduled to screen 110 short films in three categories, namely experimental, documentary and fiction films. Participating […]