TEHRAN – Iranian writers are happy with the Swedish Academy’s decision to present the Nobel prize in literature to Japanese-born Briton Kazuo Ishiguro who has been introduced to Persian readers with nine of his novels. The writers spoke to some Persian news agencies, commenting on the decision and Ishiguro on Thursday just hours after the […]

The English author Kazuo Ishiguro has been named winner of the 2017 Nobel prize in literature, praised by the Swedish Academy for his “novels of great emotional force”, which it said had “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”. With names including Margaret Atwood, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Haruki Murakami leading […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Fereidun Najafi’s “The Skater” received a nomination in the Best Youth Feature Film category at the 11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), the organizers announced on Wednesday. “The Skater” tells the story of a boy from Kuhrang who faces problems on his way to take a little ibex to a tribal […]

TEHRAN – Iranian games were totally deleted from the shortlist of nominations for the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on Wednesday one day after the organizers announced the nominees. The IMGA has so far made no comment about its decision to eliminate all the 16 Iranian productions […]

TEHRAN – Four Iranian films will be screened at the 25th Filmfest Hamburg running from October 5 to 14, the organizers have announced. Abbas Kiarostami’s last experimental work “24 Frames”, Parviz Shahbazi’s “Malaria”, Mohammad Rasoulof’s “A Man of Integrity” and Vahid Jalilvand’s “No Date, No Signature” will go on screen in the Kaleidoscope section. Screening […]

TEHRAN – “Gamichi”, Iranian director Majid Esmaeili’s a film on Lake Urmia and its environmental crisis, is competing in the official section of the 40th Lucas International Festival for Young Film Lovers, which is underway in Frankfurt, Germany. The film is about a young boy, Hassan, who lives near Lake Urmia with his family. The […]

TEHRAN – The master of Persian miniature Mahmud Farshchian plans to create a painting on the Zayandehrud, a river that once flowed in the beautiful city of Isfahan and renowned for its historical Safavid era bridges. Based in New York, Farshchian frequently visits his hometown of Isfahan and says he is in love with the […]

TEHRAN – The three Iranian cities of Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan will be playing host to a weeklong Brazilian film festival opening next week. Roberto Berliner, a Brazilian director and producer, is scheduled to attend the Brazilian Film Week, the organizers announced on Monday. Brazilian Ambassador Rodrigo de Azeredo Santos and diplomats from other embassies […]

TEHRAN– Iranian short documentary ‘The Iron Dream’ by Yasser Talebi has been accepted into the screening program of the 1st edition of Travel FilmFest international film festival in Cyprus. Talebi’s documentary will compete with other titles from UK, Italy, Australia, France and Czech Republic in the Travel Feature Documentary section of the festival. ‘The Iron […]

TEHRAN – The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia in Tehran is scheduled to commemorate Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule, in a meeting this evening. Indian Ambassador Saurabh Kumar and Iranian scholars, including Dariush Shayegan and Mostafa Mohaqqeq-Damad, will deliver speeches on Gandhi’s genuine belief in […]