The Children’s Book Council of Iran has nominated author Farhad Hassanzadeh and illustrator Farshid Shafiei for the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) in Basel, Switzerland presents the awards to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children’s literature. Hassanzadeh […]

The feature movie ‘Yeva’, written and directed by Iranian-Armenian Anahid Abad, has been accepted into the Spectrum section of 28th FilmFestival Cottbus in Germany. The 28th edition of FilmFestival Cottbus in Germany will host the screening of Iranian feature ‘Yeva’ in its Spectrum section. Written and directed by Iranian-Armenian Anahid Abad, ‘Yeva’ is the story of a […]

A lineup of Iranian movies has been selected to go on screen in different sections of the Asian Film Festival Barcelona underway in the Spanish city, the organizers have announced. Hossein Namazi’s debut feature film “Appendix” and “The Villa Tenants” by Monir Qeidi are competing in the official section. Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian’s “The Midday Event”, Ramin […]

 Kish Free Zone Organisation has officially joined the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), a United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Deputy Director of the Kish Free Zone Organisation, Alireza Ghaedian, said this is the first time that an Iranian commercial-industrial free zone is joining the World Tourism Organisation. “During […]

Scholars from Iran and Italy will convene to share ideas on and conduct a comparative analysis of works by Persian poet Sadi Shirazi and Italian poet Francesco Petrarca. A two-day event, supported by Iranian Book City Institute’s Cultural Center, the Shiraz-based Center for Studies on Sadi and the University of Bologna, will be held at […]

TEHRAN — Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, the star of the acclaimed Iranian movies “The Blue-Veiled” and “Gilaneh”, has been selected for a jury of the 59th Thessaloniki International Film Festival underway in the Greek city, the organizers have announced. She will be judging the films competing in the International Competition section along with Sandra den Hamer, the […]

TEHRAN — “The Dark Room” by Ruhollah Hejazi from Iran has won the award for the best feature-length movie at the Hanoi Film Festival (HANIFF) in Vietnam, the organizers have announced. “The Dark Room” tells the story of a married couple named Farhad and Halleh. The award for best director went to Piotr Domalewski for […]

TEHRAN – A newly recovered Achaemenid-era (550-330 BC) bas-relief, which President Hassan Rouhani brought it back from the U.S. on September 27, has been delivered to Mashhad’s Khorasan Great Museum for a loan exhibit. On October 28, the limestone relief which depicts a Persian guard, ended up 22 days of being displayed at the National […]

TEHRAN – The history of handwoven Persian carpets and rugs will be reviewed in an educational workshop to be held at the Carpet Museum of Iran from November 5 to December 31. Participants will also be familiar with the treasure trove of carpets being kept at the museum and be earned certificates of participation, CHTN […]

“Bystander” by Iranian director Sheida Kashi has received a diploma at Saint Vladimir, an international festival of cinema and TV films with spiritual and moral content in Sevastopol, Russia. The animation received the diploma for “expanding the artistic possibilities of animation”, the organizers announced on last week. The animation tells the story of an old […]