Iranian short ‘Umbra’ directed by Saeid Jafarian will vie at International Cork Film Festival in Ireland and Medfilm Festival in Italy. ‘Umbra’ is about a young woman who realizes a few minutes after midnight that her partner has gone missing. Worried, she goes out to seek her partner in the darkness of the streets. Cork […]

The 3rd Slemani Film Festival in Iraqi Kurdistan named its winners last night, giving out four awards, including Best Film and Best Director, to films representing Iranian cinema. The 3rd Slemani International Film Festival kicked off on October 10 and wrapped up on October 16 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. The festival’s Best Director award went […]

 Four Iranian movies will be screened at the 16th Tofifest International Film Festival, which will be held in the Polish town of Torun from October 20 to 28. Among the films is “Orange Days” directed by Arash Lahuti about Aban, the only female contractor in the cutthroat and male-dominated orange harvesting industry, who enters a […]

 Head of Azadshahr Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department Alireza Hesarnoy revealed the registration of five historical and cultural works in Azadshahr, eastern Golestan province, in National Heritage List. In its latest meeting held in Tehran, Council for Registration of Historical Works agreed with the registration of five Azadshahr’s historical and cultural works in the […]

Iranian films “Birthday Night” and “Animal” won awards at the Linz International Short Film Festival in Austria, the organizers announced on Monday. Directed by Omid Shams, “Birthday Night” received the award for best fiction, and “Animal” by Bahram and Bahman Ark won director of photography Ali Abpak an award for best cinematography. “Birthday Night” is […]

 Three Iranian titles, including ‘Empty View’ by Ali Zare and ‘Tanafos’ by Farshid Ayoubnejad, have been accepted into the competition program of 13th International SocioEnvironmental Film Festival of Nova Friburgo, FRICIN, in Brazil. Two animations by Iranian filmmaker Ali Zare Ghanatnowi, ‘Empty View’ and ‘Essence’, as well as a short film, ‘Tanafos’ directed by Farshid […]

 “Rona, Azim’s Mother”, a co-production between Afghanistan and Iran, and “The Rib”, a Chinese drama about the country’s trans community, shared the Kim Ji-seok Award at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival in South Korea on Saturday, the organizers announced. The festival established the Kim Jiseok Award in memory of Kim Ji-seok, co-founder of the […]

 Iranian movies “It Rains Slowly” directed by Saeid Nejati and “Return” by Shahriar Purseyyedian have received special mentions in various sections of the 21st edition of the Religion Today Film Festival in Italy, the organizers announced on Wednesday. “It Rains Slowly” that tells the story of a teacher who teaches his students just before the […]

 A lineup of four Iranian films have been selected to go on screen at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival running in the Brazilian city from Oct 18 to 31. “3 Faces” by Jafar Panahi, “Orange Days” by Arash Lahuti, “Reza” by Alireza Motamedi and “Aqui” by Hadi Mohaqeq will be competing with more than […]

 Iranian short animated piece ‘The Fox’ directed by Sadegh Javadi has been accepted into the competition program of 42nd Cinanima International Animated Film Festival in Portugal. The short Iranian animated piece, which recently won best short film award at the 14th World Animation Film Festival in Bulgaria, has been accepted into the competition section of the 42nd Cinanima […]