“Silence” by Iranian director Maryam Pirband will be competing in the Portland Deaf Film Festival in the U.S., the organizers have announced. The film is about a young mother who has a difficult job. She cleans the outside of tall buildings when she is supported by ropes. One day something strange happens to her, and […]

 Iranian films “Golnesa” and “Saad’s Olive Tree” have won awards at the 14th Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema. Sattar Chamanigol received the award for best director for his drama “Golnesa” and Mohammad Fakuri was named best director of photography for his collaboration on the film during the closing ceremony of the festival, the organizers […]

Iranian movies “Umbra” and “Are You Volleyball?” will be screened in the short competition of the Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) in Georgia. Directed by Saeid Jafarian, “Umbra” is about a young woman who realizes a few minutes after midnight that her partner has disappeared. She goes out worriedly to seek her partner in […]

 Iran has submitted the acclaimed drama “No Date, No Signature” to the 91st Academy Awards in the best foreign language film category despite calls for the Farabi Cinema Foundation to boycott the prestigious cinematic competition over Washington’s withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Directed and written by Vahid Jalilvand, the movie is about Dr. […]

 Seven plays by Iranian troupes will be competing in the HIGH FEST International Performing Arts Festival, which will be held in Yerevan, Armenia from September 5 to October 5. Director Vahid Khosravi’s group will perform “My Dolls” and director Reza Rafinasab will stage “Dey 5, Tir 12, Esfand 26”, Albert Beigjani, a member of the […]

 The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has launched a program during which a lineup of films by pioneers of Iranian children’s cinema, including Abbas Kiarostami and Nureddin Zarrinkelk, will be screened. The weeklong program, which began on Tuesday, has been arranged to celebrate the National Day of Cinema, the IIDCYA […]

 Three Iranian movies will be competing in the Apricot Tree International Documentary Film Festival in Armenia, the organizers have announced. “Meta Marathon” by Saeid Keshavarz, “Meeting” by Reza Majlesi and “The Rock” by Hamid Jafari will be screened in two different sections of the festival, which will take place in Yerevan and the beautiful village […]

 Iranian documentary ‘The Rock’ directed by Hamid Jafari has been accepted into the screening program of two international film festivals in Russia and Armenia. The short documentary ‘The Rock’ directed by Hamid Jafari will take part at the 4th Apricot Tree Ujan International Film Festival in Armenia, followed by another international screening at the 17th Baikal […]

While Tehraners breathed ozone in the air during hot summer days the real stuff is awaiting us in the coming months of autumn and winter. This year not unlike other summers over the past few years those residing the overcrowded capital of Iran inhaled unhealthy levels of ozone. Tropospheric, or ground level ozone, is not […]

A lineup of religious theatrical performances will go on stage across Iran in the coming weeks to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of the third Imam of the Shia, Imam Hussein (AS), and his companions. The performances will take place in Tehran and several other cities, the Center for Dramatic Arts announced in a press release […]