Several Iranian films will be competing in the different sections of the 23rd Busan International Film Festival, which will be held in the South Korean city from October 4 to 13. “Gold Carrier” by Turaj Aslani will be competing in New Currents, a section dedicated to promising Asian filmmakers, the organizers have announced. Movies from […]

 Iranian fiction-feature ‘Orange Days’ directed by Arash Lahooti has been accepted into the screening program of 19th Calgary International Film Festival in Canada. Iranian fiction-feature ‘Orange Days’ will take part in the competition section of the 19th edition of Calgary International Film Festival in Canada to enjoy its second international screening, after premiering at the 43rd Toronto […]

 Iranian animator Ashkan Rahgozar’s “The Last Fiction” will be competing in the 20th Bucheon International Animation Film Festival in the South Korean city during October. The movie is based on a story from the Shahnameh, the epic masterpiece of the Persian poet Ferdowsi. It is about Zahak’s treacherous rise to the throne in Jamshid in […]

 The U.S.-based Iranian scholar Ehsan Yarshater who spent all his life creating his magnum opus, Encyclopedia Iranica, a complete encyclopedia of Iranian culture and history, passed away on Saturday, a number of his fellow colleagues announced in posts published on social networks. He was also a professor and the founder of the Center for Iranian […]

 “October 13, 1937”, a documentary on Iranian-Armenian maestro Loris Tjeknavorian, has been released by Hashure, an Iranian video streaming website for documentary films. The website premiered “October 13, 1937” directed by Baktash Abtin at the Film Museum of Iran on Saturday. “When I was told they were going to make a film about me I […]

Acclaimed Iranian female filmmaker Pouran Derakhshandeh said the world of Iranian cinema should be recognized by its children and youth’s visual arts. In a message to the 31st edition of International Film Festival for Children and Youth which is currently underway in Isfahan, Pouran Derakhshandeh, a film director, producer, screen writer, and researcher, said holding […]

 Yorgos Lanthimos’s 2017 drama “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” is scheduled to be reviewed during a session at Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural Center tomorrow. Iranian critic Kurosh Jahed will attend the session, which will begin at 6 p.m. Starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, the movie is about Steven, a charismatic surgeon who is forced […]

The 20th Iran Cinema Celebration has announced the top of Iranian cinema productions in the past year, with ‘No Date, No Signature’ directed by Vahid Jalilvand winning as many as five awards in various categories. The 20th Iran Cinema Celebration, organized annually by the Iranian House of Cinema with an aim to observe Iran’s National […]

 Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor was announced the winner of ‘Isaac Stern Human Spirit’ award. As announced by Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, this year’s ‘Human Spirit’ award will be jointly handed out to Kalhor and the Xiaoshuijing Miao Farmers Choir from southern China. First established in 2016, the award aims to honor individuals […]

 Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Abbas Salehi, in a message to the 31st International Film Festival for Children and Youth, expressed hope that the event will bring about a brighter future for children and the public. In his written message to the festival, Salehi also wished that this cinematic event would pave the way […]