TEHRAN – More than 40 million people were trapped as slaves last year in forced labor and forced marriages, according to the first joint effort by key anti-slavery groups to estimate the number of victims worldwide of the international crime. The International Labor Organization (ILO), human rights group Walk Free Foundation, and International Organization for […]

TEHRAN – France’s Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne has recently paid a visit to the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA). Ambassador François Sénémaud and several other French diplomats accompanied Lemoyne on the visit, the TMCA announced in a press release on Monday. They also were able […]

TEHRAN – “Imagine Peace”, a poster by Iranian artist Alireza Danafar has been awarded the Shiva Peace Medal in the poster section of the 5th Art for Peace Festival. The medal was presented to Danafar by veteran graphic designer Qobad Shiva during a ceremony at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran on Sunday. “Imagine […]

TEHRAN – Iranian short ‘Alan’ directed by Mostafa Gandomkar won Best Kurdish Short Film Award at the 5th Duhok International Film Festival in Iraq. ‘Alan’ is a 20-minute long Iranian short film in Kurdish language about the displacement of Kurdish, Syrian and Iraqi families by war. The film is the story of a day in […]

TEHRAN – “The Servant”, the acclaimed short animation by Iranian director Farnush Abedi, has scored another triumph by winning the award for best animated film at the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival in San Diego, California, the organizers announced. The film is about a servant who becomes a master and a bug becomes his servant. After […]

TEHRAN – A committee of nine cineastes is evaluating a shortlist of 10 films to select Iran’s submission to the 90th Academy Awards for the best foreign-language film category. Directors Sirus Alvand, Mohammad Bozorgnia, Kamal Tabrizi and Rasul Sadr-Ameli, actor Reza Kianian and musician Majid Entezami are among the members of the committee selected by […]

TEHRAN–’21 Days Later’, a feature film directed by Mohammad Reza Kheradmandan and produced by Soureh Cinema will compete in the 11th edition of Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia. ’21 Days Later’ is a melodrama which revolves around the life of a teenager named Morteza who is faced with many challenges on his way to […]

TEHRAN – The secretary of the 6th International Green Film Festival, Farhad Tohidi, jazzed up the closing ceremony of the event on Friday evening by his satirical remarks mocking those private and public commercial organizations over their unwillingness to take part in environmental movements. He also chided governmental personalities over their disregard of the festival, […]

TEHRAN – Twelve troupes from Iran will be in Yerevan, Armenia during October to attend the 15th High Fest International Performing Arts Festival. Director Reza Rafinasab’s group will perform “Chaos” and Puria Qolipur’s troupe is scheduled to stage “House of War” at the festival, which will be held from October 1 to 10, Albert Beigjani, […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Narges Abyar’s acclaimed anti-war drama “Breath” will go on screen at the 24th Women Make Waves Film Festival in Taipei, Taiwan during October. The film is about four children whose mother had died a few years earlier and their father decides to join the Iranian volunteers on the warfront following Iraq’s […]