Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM) will host the 7th International Congress of the Spanish Society of Iranian Studies (SEI) October 16-17.Scholars from Iran, Spain, Turkey, Georgia and Russia are to attend the meeting at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Mehr News Agency reported.SEI is organizing the congress in collaboration with the Iranian Embassy in Madrid. […]

‘Founder of Mahak’ a documentary directed by Mohsen Abdolvahab is on screen at three cinemas in Tehran.The film is about Saeedeh Qods, the founder of Mahak Foundation, a charity that supports cancer kids, Cinematicket.org reported.When Qods’ two-year-old daughter, Kiana, was diagnosed with cancer, she recalled the  pain and suffering of poor kids with similar dangerous […]

The documentary ‘From Cotton to Fire’ about Ali Asghar Hajibaba, an Iranian genius entrepreneur, is currently on screen at Iranian Artists Forum located at Artists Park, Iranshahr St.Directed by Bahram Azimpour, the film narrates the life story of Hajibaba and how he started working at an early age by sewing blankets and mattresses, Cinematicket.org reported.Despite […]

The final book of poems by Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and poet Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) will be out in October 2018.Cohen’s final poems, completed days before the legendary songwriter died, will be published in an anthology next year, The Economic Times reported.Entitled ‘The Flame,’ the volume will include Cohen’s unpublished poems as well as his […]

A puppet  film for kids ‘The Long-Tailed Trickster’, directed by Alireza Mahmoudzadeh is being shown in several cinemas in Iran.It is about the puppets of an old man that run away from home and cause a series of troubles, Cinematicket.org reported.Sahar Valad-Beigi, Ahmadreza As’adi, Maryam Shahvali, Mohammad Maili, Majid Mokhtarpur, Taranom Kermanian and Parsia Shakouri […]

Two cinemas will show the Iranian film ‘The Home’, written, directed and produced by Asqar Yousefinejad from October 15, Cinematicket.org reported.The film, made in Azeri language, is a drama narrating the story of a woman named Sayeh who has not contacted her family since marriage six years ago. When her father dies, she returns home […]

Three films from Iran, ‘No Date, No Signature’, ‘A Man of Integrity’ and ‘The Skier’ have earned nominations at the 11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), slated for November 23 in Australia.Actor Navid Mohammadzadeh has been nominated by the jury panel in the category of the best performance by an actor for his role in […]

Recently discovered ancient Chinese documents on Manichaeism have been introduced, interpreted, analyzed and translated into Persian by two Iranian scholars. Mohammad Shekari, a researcher in oriental religions from the University of Religions and Denominations in the city of Qom, and Sonia Mirzaee, an expert in visual communication from Azad University, have released an article on […]

The Iranian Academy of Arts, affiliated to the presidential office, has set up an expo on specialized books in art and literature.The fair is organized under the auspices of Matn Institute, the publishing house of the academy, tasked with production, translation, publication and distribution of art books, according to honar.ac.ir, the website of the academy.‘Academy […]

The documentary film ‘Puzzleys’ will go on the screen at Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran starting from October 14. ‘Puzzleys’ directed by Mahdi Ganji, is the name of a four-member group of IT students who hit on a novel idea and decide to start their own business. To realize their ambition they…