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 […]

General Qassem Soleimani attended the launch of an epic movie about 23 young Iranian volunteers who were captives during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war on location in Tehran on Friday. “23 Individuals” is based on “Those 23 Individuals”, the memoirs of Ahmad Yusefzadeh, one of the 23 volunteers who were held captive for a long time […]

 Hafez experts from different countries will be gathering at the Mausoleum of Hafez in Shiraz to observe Hafez National Day, which falls on Friday this week. “The guests coming from India, Iraq, Bangladesh and several other countries are scheduled to attend an international seminar on promoting the Persian language,” the director of the Iranian Center […]

Iranian animated short ‘Nobody’ by Elham Toroghi has been accepted into the competition program of the 27th St. Louis International Film Festival in the US. The 9-minute animation which features no dialogue, is the story of a white cat who lives in a city of black dwellers. The cat makes many attempts to get food […]

 Iranian filmmaker Hamid Jafari’s documentary “The Rock” has won the Youth Jury Prize at the 17th Baikal International Film Festival on the theme of people and environment. The film is about a woman in southern Iran who goes to the mountain by the village every day, breaks up rocks, puts the stones on a truck […]