TEHRAN – “Mississippi Dies Seated” based on Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play “The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi” was named best play of the year at the 16th Celebration of Iran Critic and Theatrical Writers Society on Thursday. Director/writer Homayun Ghanizadeh received his award from the celebrated filmmaker Rakhshan Bani-Etemad during the celebration, which was held […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Levon Haftvan will perform Irish writer Brian Friel’s “The Yalta Game” at the Fairview Library Theater in Toronto, Canada on Friday. The play will be produced by Haftvan’s Lemaz Productions and Artists Management in Canada. “The Yalta Game” is based on Anton Chekhov’s 1899 story “The Lady with the Lapdog”. It […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Elham Toroqi’s animated film “Nobody” has won the special jury award at the 11th Animanima, an international animation festival in Cacak, Serbia. The film is about a white cat that lives in a city full of black people and animals. The cat is so desperate because nobody cares about it, until […]

TEHRAN – Oscar-winning drama “The Salesman” received more honors for director Asghar Farhadi in his homeland by collecting top awards at the 19th Iran Cinema Celebration on Tuesday night. The film was honored in seven categories, including best film, best director, and best screenplay while “The Salesman” actor Babak Karimi and Farhadi’s assistant, Maryam Naraqi, […]

TEHRAN – Two Iranian films won awards at the 9th Afghan International Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, the organizers announced on Sunday. “Parting”, a joint production of Iran and Afghanistan by Navid Mahmudi was picked as the best film, while “Overruled” by codirected Farnaz and Mohammadreza Jurabchian from Iran won the award for best international […]

Iranians celebrate National Day of Cinema across the country, marking the 117th anniversary of introduction of the art form in the country. On September 12 each year, Iranian artists, movie fans and officials celebrate the occasion across the country. This year, the first anniversary ceremony was held in the northeastern city of Mashhad on Sunday, as the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian animation ‘A Thousand Tales’ which narrates a selection of Shahnameh stories is nominated for the best animation award in Calcutta Film Festival in India. ‘A Thousand Tales’ is an animation series which offers an open interpretation of some of Shahnameh’s tales. It will compete to receive the award for best animation in […]

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Mohammad-Sadeq Jafari’s “Weavers of Imagination” was picked as best documentary film at the Lifft India Awards in India, the organizers announced last week. “Weavers of Imagination” produced at Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center tells the story of several blind carpet weavers who spend happy times when they get together. Indian […]

TEHRAN – “Parting”, a joint production of Iran and Afghanistan by Navid Mahmudi, won the Golden Gazelle Award for Best Feature Film at the 6th Persian International Film Festival in the Australian city of Sydney, the organizers announced on Sunday. The film is about teenage lovers Nabi and Fereshteh who are separated by her family’s […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Babak Habibifar’s movie “The Hair” will go on screen at the 10th Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival, which will be held in Gympie, Australia from October 5 to 8. The film is about a young woman, who is trying to earn some money in a short time. Habibifar’s other […]