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…

Iranian feature film ‘Blockage,’ a 2016 production by filmmaker Mohsen Qaraee, 34, is vying at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), October 12-21 in South Korea. It will compete with 9 other films at the New Currents section of the festival, according to Iran Student Correspondents Association (ISCA). The section provides a platform for promising […]

Iranian feature film ‘The Girl’s House’ directed by Shahram Shah-Hosseini is on the screen in several cinemas in Tehran.Written by the celebrated Parviz Shahbazi, the movie is about a girl who commits suicide a day before her wedding. Her friends are shopping excitedly for the grand event when somebody calls and tells them that the […]

A marble bust of Napoleon, created by French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and thought to be lost, has been found in a New Jersey borough hall where it sat for 85 years.Art experts lost track of Rodin’s bust of Napoleon in the 1930s. Little did they know the multimillion dollar sculpture was on display in […]

Iranian Illustrators Society is holding three parallel exhibitions in Tehran on the occasion of the Illustration National Week in late October.The society is planning to commemorate the occasion from October 29-November 6. During the period, “we will hold three exhibitions. ‘We Are Illustrators’ will be the main show,” said the scientific secretary of the event, […]

Forlorn looks and much dignity portrayed in 85 stunning photographs exhibited after 75 years for the first time, absorbed viewers during the opening ceremony of a unique photo exhibition on the WWII Polish refugees in Iran at the White Gallery of Tehran’s Sa’dabad Complex on Friday.A collection of 82 portraits, in groups or individual, captured […]

On the occasion of International Mountain Day, December 11, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing a video contest it calls ‘Mountains Matter.’The UN General Assembly designated December 11 the International Mountain Day to be observed every year to raise awareness about the importance of mountains in nature and to build […]

‘Gamichi’ a film written and directed by filmmaker Majid Esmaili Parsa, 37, was awarded at LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers in Frankfurt. On the last day of the festival, October 7, Gamichi, which participated in the competition section, received the ‘Award for Outstanding Cinematic Achievement’, ILNA reported. Also known as ‘Helmsman’, the film […]

Iranian feature film ‘Simulation’ written and directed by Abed Abest is currently on screen at four cinemas in Tehran, Cinematicket.org reported. It tells the story of three young men who decide to visit an older man they know vaguely, but things do not proceed as smoothly as they had…

‘Blade Runner 2049’ took the top spot at box office this weekend, but it still failed to meet expectations.The sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic brought in an estimated $31.5 million during its opening in North America. That’s way less than the $50 million it was expected pull for its debut, CNN reported.The sluggish box […]