Iranian feature ‘Kupal’ directed by Kazem Mollaie will be screened at the 4th Annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival in US. ‘Kupal’ is the unusual story of a hunter and a taxidermist, named Dr. Ahmad Kupal, who, on the last day of the year, faces an unexpected challenge by trapping himself in his basement with little […]

TEHRAN – The 7th edition of the Persian International Film Festival, which will be held in the Australian cities of Sidney and Melbourne, has announced the official lineup. The Sidney program will be held from August 30 to September 2 and Melbourne will host the festival from September 6 to 9, the organizers have said. […]

Iranian feature ‘Redhead’ directed by Karim Lakzadeh will be competing at the 23rd edition of Split Film Festival in Croatia. Written and directed by Lakzadeh, ‘Redhead’ is the story of Farhad, with a family tragedy lurking around him and gaining atmospheric shape on the drive to their parents’ house as they learn their uncle has […]

The late prominent Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, his short and feature films, has been a major contributor to show Iran in famous International festivals.Iranian Cinema has had the most international presence in international festivals and the name of Kiarostami is shining. Kiarostami belongs to which was known as golden era of Institute for the Intellectual […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Vahid Hosseininami’s short film “Whole to Part” was named as best film at the 19th Lucania Film Festival in Italy, the organizers announced on Sunday. The short tells the story of a gigantic iron statue of a despot which is removed from the town square. The statue is melted and the […]

TEHRAN – The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) has denied the rediscovery of 10 more Picasso artworks among its collection. In a story published on August 3, the Art Newspaper, a journal of record for the visual arts world based in London and New York, quoting Mattijs Visser, the Dutch architect and curator at […]

Iranian short animation ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi has been accepted into the screening program of 11th Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco, US. ‘Bystander’ is about an old man who is living behind a window from where he sees a dark world and remembers his past when he had participated in a revolution. The 8-minute […]

 Seven Iranian short films, including ‘Return’ by Shahriar Pourseyedian and ‘Forouzan’ by Mirabbas Khosravinejad, will take part at the 21st Religion Today Film Festival in Italy. The seven Iranian shorts that have made their ways into the competition section of the 21st Religion Today Film Festival include: ‘It Rains Slowly’ by Saeid Nejati, ‘Forouzan’ by […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s cultural Heritage body has commenced documentation of an ancient chain of vertical-axis windmills, which can be found in eastern parts of the country. The Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization runs the project to collect substantial evidence needed for a possible inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage list, CHTN reported on Monday. […]

TEHRAN – Filming on “Ahmed Bey”, a co-production between Iran and Algeria about Ahmed Bey, the last Ottoman Bey who ruled Algiers during the 19th century, has begun in the Algerian Center for Cinema Development – CADC, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Monday. Iranian filmmaker Jamal Shurjeh is directing the project with an […]