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‘Driving Lessons’ goes to Colombia’s Cartagena Filmfest. 26 Feb 2019

‘Driving Lessons’ goes to Colombia’s Cartagena Filmfest.

 Iranian Short ‘Driving Lessons’ directed by Marzieh Riahi will take part at the 59th Cartagena Film Festival in Colombia. Directed by Marzieh Riahi, the Iranian short film ‘Driving Lessons’ will take part at the 59th Cartagena Film Festival in Colombia, which is the oldest film festival in Latin America mostly dedicated to the promotion of Colombian […]

Oscar Winner Spike Lee Denounce US President, Trump Hits Back 26 Feb 2019

Oscar Winner Spike Lee Denounce US President, Trump Hits Back

Lee won for best original script — his first award after almost 30 years as America’s prominent black director — for “Blackkklansman” and immediately began reading a speech praising his African ancestors and how 2019 is the 400th anniversary of the arrival of forced black labor in Virginia. But as his film, otherwise set in […]

‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ goes to 3 European festivals 24 Feb 2019

‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ goes to 3 European festivals

Iranian documentary ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ directed by Reza Farahmand will be screened in three international film festivals in Croatia, Belgium and Czech Republic. Iranian documentary ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ directed by Reza Farahmand will take part at the main competition section of 15th edition of ZagrebDox, the International Documentary Film Festival, which will be […]

‘Dressage’ to go on screen at Cine Junior Festival 24 Feb 2019

‘Dressage’ to go on screen at Cine Junior Festival

Iranian feature ‘Dressage’ directed by Pouya Badkoubeh will be screened in the competition section of 29th edition of Cine Junior Festival in France. Badkoubeh’s feature narrates the story of Golsa and her friends who decide to rob a corner shop out of boredom. But while evaluating the robbery, they are dismayed to realize that they […]

37th Fajr Theater Festival names winners, ‘(Fore)named’ wins grand prix 24 Feb 2019

37th Fajr Theater Festival names winners, ‘(Fore)named’ wins grand prix

 The 37th Fajr International Theater Festival named winners during an award ceremony on Sat. evening, awarding the festival’s grand prix to ‘(Fore)named’ directed by Ali Asghar Dashti from Iran. Curtains fell on the 37th edition of Iran’s major theater event, Fajr International Theater Festival, during an award ceremony on Saturday evening at Vahdat Hall in […]

Dubai to host intl. conference on Al-Ghazali in 2021 23 Feb 2019

Dubai to host intl. conference on Al-Ghazali in 2021

The International Research Organization will host a conference on Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali (1058-1111), an Islamic theologian in Dubai, Qatar in early 2021. The International Conference on Al-Ghazali (ICAG 2021) will be held in the Qatari city of Dubai on February 14-15, 2021. The conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research […]

‘Pet Man’, ‘The Fox’ to go on screen at Athens ANIMFEST 20 Feb 2019

‘Pet Man’, ‘The Fox’ to go on screen at Athens ANIMFEST

 Iranian two short animated pieces ‘Pet Man’ by Marzieh Abrar-Paydar and ‘The Fox’ by Sadegh Javadi will go on screen at the 14th annual Athens International Animation Festival (ANIMFEST). ‘The Fox’ is about a young and lively fox that is caught by a hunter when experiencing its first love. The hunter puts a bell around […]

Iranian Film Week opens in Macedonia 20 Feb 2019

Iranian Film Week opens in Macedonia

 Iranian Film Week kicked off in the Republic of North Macedonia on Tuesday, on the occasion of the 40th victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and was welcomed by cinema enthusiasts. The event will screen 6 Iranian feature movies in Skopje, the capital city of North Macedonia. Iranian Ambassador to Macedonia Hossein Karimi attended the event and addressed the audiences […]

‘Kejal’ to vie at 11th Bengaluru Filmfest. in India 19 Feb 2019

‘Kejal’ to vie at 11th Bengaluru Filmfest. in India

 Iranian feature film ‘Kejal’ directed by Nima Yar will be screened at two categories of the 11th Bengaluru International Film Festival in the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Nima Yar’s ‘Kejal’ is about a young university student named Kejal who begins smuggling goods on her back with all her might on Iran and Iraq border to look […]

US Big Sky filmfest. to screen ‘Finding Farideh’ 18 Feb 2019

US Big Sky filmfest. to screen ‘Finding Farideh’

 Iranian documentary movie ‘Finding Farideh’, directed by Kourosh Ataee, will go on screen at the 16th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. ‘Finding Farideh’ is about an Iranian girl named Farideh, who has been adopted by a Dutch couple 40 years ago, and now overcomes her fears and travels to her motherland Iran for the first […]