A one-day tour to one of the oldest villages of Iran is being organized by Kalout Travel (Kalouttravel.com) on Oct. 20.The ancient village of Abyaneh in Natanz County, Isfahan Province, is the first destination of the tour.Rendezvous is set for Friday at 5 am at Fatemi Street in central Tehran near Laleh Hotel. Breakfast will […]

On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Iran and South Korea, an exhibition of Iranian metal artworks will be held at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran, October 23-26.The four-day event will showcase over 60 artworks in various fields including traditional Iranian jewelry, metal engraving and sculpture as well as […]

A total of 29 fiction, 24 animated and 12 experimental films are competing in different categories of the 34th Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF), currently underway in Tehran.According to a press release by the public relations office of the festival, Sadeq Mousavi, director of the event said: “33 years of holding short film festivals […]

TEHRAN – Two Iranian authors and an illustrator are scheduled to attend the 62nd Belgrade International Book Fair, the Iran Cultural Fairs Institute (ICFI) announced on Wednesday. Authors Mohammadreza Bayrami and Mohammad Keshavarz and illustrator Amir Shabani Purfumani will promote their latest offerings at the fair, which will be held in the Serbian capital from […]

TEHRAN – The 25th edition of the Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, which will be held in Toronto, Canada from November 3 to 11, will screen two Iranian films. Mehrdad Oskui’s acclaimed documentary “Starless Dreams” will be screened on November 5 and Hossein Kondori’s drama “Nobody Dies Here” will go on screen on November 7. […]

TEHRAN – Eleven movies will go on screen in the official competition of the 7th Iranian Film Festival Australia, which will open in Melbourne on October 26. “Subdued” by Hamid Nematollah, “The Girl’s House” by Shahram Shah-Hosseini, “Leila” by Dariush Mehrjui, “Breath” by Narges Abyar and “Israfil” by Ida Panahandeh are among the films to […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi and Armenia’s Minister of Culture Armen Amirian met in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss the expansion of art and cultural relations. Salehi pointed to the high potential of Iranian artists in different arena including cinema, music and theater, and stressed that art and […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Parastu Kardgar’s animated movie “Icky” has been selected as the best animation at the 16th edition of the Festival Internazionale del Cinema d’Arte. The film is about a kid, who lives in a world of people with a Rubik’s cube head and is different from the others. Iranian short film “The […]

TEHRAN – “Limit” by Javad Darai was selected as best foreign short film at the International Hollywood Hills Awards, the organizers announced on Sunday. The short film highlights the problems that the disabled face in the society. Based in the Hollywood Hills, the festival rewards outstanding filmmakers who not only write their stories but also […]

TEHRAN – Japanese artist Noriyuki Haraguchi, whose Oil Pool sculpture is installed at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA), will be visiting Tehran this week to restore his sculpture, TMCA has announced. Haraguchi executed his first Oil Pool sculpture in 1971. A later version was exhibited to great acclaim at “Documenta 6” in the […]