The Iranian produced feature ‘Molana’ based on a script by French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière and Nahal Tajadod about the famous Persian poet has started shooting in Paris. The film began shooting on February 14 in the French capital Paris. It is based on a script jointly written by Jean-Claude Carrière and Nahal Tajadod, and is […]

 Jamshid Mahmoudi’s ‘Rona, Azim’s Mother’ has won INALCO prize of the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations’ INALCO Jury in France. Azim, an afghan refugee, who works at the municipality at night, lives in Tehran along with his family. Being the head of entire family and as the eldest brother, he arranges for his […]

Over 3,000 films have been submitted from across the globe to the 12th International 100 Seconds Film Festival in Iran, scheduled for 27th February to 1st March 2019. The 12th International 100 Seconds Film Festival will be held under the theme ‘moral and lifestyle’ on 27th February to 1st March 2019 in Tehran. According to […]

Directed by Narges Abyar, the Iranian film ‘Breath’ has garnered one of the most important awards of the Children’s Film Festival Seattle (FFS) in the US. The jury members awarded the Global Zoom Prize to the ‘Breath’ for it promotes intercultural understanding in the best way possible. The story of the film begins in the […]

The 37th Fajr Film Festival, Iran’s major cinematic event, named winners during a closing ceremony on Mon. evening, with Narges Abyar’s ‘Night of the Full Moon’ winning as many as six main awards. Fajr Film Festival is the most important, most anticipated and longest-running cinematic event of Iran, which was founded in 1983 and is […]

Iranian short ‘I Love You’ directed by Babak Habibifard has made it into the competition section of 19th Lebu International Film Festival in Chile. ‘I Love You’ is a 12-minute short film about a lonely man who hears strange noises and goes to investigate where they are coming from. The short film has been accepted into […]

 The 37th Fajr Film Festival has premiered director Narges Abyar’s latest drama “The Night When the Moon Was Full” about a true love story of Abdul-Hamid Rigi, a member of the Jundallah terrorist group. The film tells the story of Abdul-Hamid Rigi, the younger brother of Abdul-Malik Rigi, the founder and leader of the Jundallah […]

 Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation in association with Culture House of the Islamic republic of Iran, Mumbai are organising Iranian film festival at Alliance Française of Madras from 11 to 13 February. Here is a quick look at the films that will be screened: I am Taraneh, I am fifteen years old Fifteen-year-old Taraneh, whose widowed […]

TEHRAN – On the third day of the Ten-Day-Dawn festivities, the Revolution School Exhibitions began their works in high-schools nationwide. IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK In a ceremony which was held in a school in Tehran, the exhibitions were officially inaugurated nationwide. During the inaugural ceremony in Tehran, deputy education minister on cultural and educational affairs […]

 The Iranian film ‘The Fog’ directed by Ali Shoorvarzi has won the Best Short and Best Actress awards at the 3rd Rosarito International Film Festival in the United States. ‘The Fog’ is a story about a woman a woman working at funeral parlor who has not prepared any dead body after her child’s death and […]