The 5th edition of Fereshteh Award, a short story writing and photo competition with the theme of ‘Road’, is accepting submissions from around the world from Dec. 22 to April 20, 2019. Considering the enthusiasm of the young in the field of short story writing and photos, Fereshteh Book City Complex in Tehran has decided […]

Iranian director Ruhollah Hejazi’s “The Dark Room” was selected as best film at the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in Thiruvananthapuram, India last night. The film is about Haleh and Farhad, who together with their 5-year-old son, Amir, have been recently resided in a new complex. Amir is lost in the desert in front […]

A rare manuscript of the Holy Quran will be put on show for the public at the Reza Abbasi Museum in Tehran. Academia and literary figures namely Azartash Azarnoush, Ali-Ashraf Sadeqi, Morteza Kariminia will deliver speeches about the importance of such works of art in an opening ceremony to be held on December 16, Mehr […]

The Iranian Youth Cinema Society will review Spanish short films on Wednesday during a program entitled “Spain Short Film Evening”. The program will be organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain at the Film Museum of Iran. “Such events are important to us, as we can share our culture properties with Iranians,” Spanish Ambassador […]

In its latest report on traffic-related deaths, the World Health Organization reported that traffic-related accidents are killing over one million people annually, with one death occurring every 24 seconds. The number of road traffic deaths continues to climb as well, reaching 1.35 million in 2016, the report states. The number of fatalities has increased by […]

 Iranian singer Homayoun Shajarian, known for his awesome guttural tricks, will meet with Istanbul’s music lovers at the Cemal Reşit Rey (CRR) Concert Hall for the first time tonight as part of the First Istanbul International Folk Music Festival. Shajarian will be accompanied by Tahmoures and Sohrab Pournazeri on stage. Iranian singer Homayoun Shajarian, known […]

 Iranian short animated piece ‘Watch Me!’, directed by Reza Mehranfar, will be screened at the International Film Festival on Disability in France. ‘Watch Me!’ is the only movie from Iran to be screened in the international event which is themed on health-related issues. “A boy lives in a world of anxiety and fear; fear which is meaningless to […]

 The Spanish-language psychological thriller ‘Everybody Knows’, directed by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, will open the 2018 International Film Festival of Kerala on December 7. Oscar-blessed Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’ 8th feature, ‘Everybody Knows’ stars the Oscar-winning Penélope Cruz as a mother (Carolina) who travels with her family from Buenos Aires back to her small hometown outside Madrid, Spain, […]

 Dan Cohen, an independent American journalist who has made the documentary “Killing Gaza” about Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza with his fellow colleague Max Blumenthal, has accused the U.S. government of double standards on freedom of speech. The freedom of expression is theoretically possible in the United States, but in practice it doesn’t exist, he […]

The Iranian Academy of Arts opened an exhibition on Thursday to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The exhibition named “Palestine in the Mirror of Artists’ Imagination” showcases a collection of artworks that Palestinian artists created in camps located in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, the organizers announced during the opening ceremony […]