12-year-old Nasrin Mahboub won first prize at the international section of the 18th JQA International Environmental Children’s Drawing Contest in Japan. The JQA International Environmental Children’s Drawing Contest aims at giving “an opportunity for children of the future generation to become more aware of their global environment through drawing picture under the theme of the […]

Iranian filmmaker Hesam Eslami’s acclaimed documentary ‘20th Circuit Suspects’ will go on screen at the 15th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival. ‘20th Circuit Suspects’ had its international premiere at Hot Docs, a prestigious festival documentary film in Toronto, Canada in May. It won the Crystal Simorgh for best documentary at the 35th Fajr Film […]

TEHRAN – The renowned Iranian vocalist Shahram Nazeri said on Sunday that he is eager to perform free concerts in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to boost the spirits of Iranians during the current adverse economic conditions confronting the country. “They (cultural authorities) give us Tehran’s Azadi Stadium so that we give free concerts for several nights […]

Iranian short ‘Forouzan’ directed by Mirabbas Khosravinejad has made it into the main competition section of 9th Corto e Fieno Rural Film Festival in Italy. Established in 2010 in Lake Orta, Corto e Fieno is a film festival dedicated to rural cinema. According to the festival’s website, the event “aims to examine the persistence of […]

 The 31st International Film Festival for Children and Youth plans to honor late Iranian-Armenian Director Zaven Ghokasian with a special prize for the first time in the history of the event, an official said on Saturday. According to the festival news headquarters in central province of Isfahan, the Executive Director of festival Mohammad Eidi said […]

Kopet Dag in Shirvan county, northeastern North Khorasan province, has received UNESCO recognition for biosphere reserves, North Khorasan provincial chief of department of environment has said. Kopet Dag is a protected area stretching over 18,000 hectares of land area and is filled with thick forests and variety of plant and animal species. The biosphere reserve […]

TEHRAN – International travelers visiting Iran are confounded why Iran is appearing so weak in introducing its historical and natural attractions, the director of Iran’s center of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-Iran) has said. Seyyed Ahmad Mohit-Tabatabaei told ISNA in an interview on Friday that travel marketing needs its own know-how just like any […]

TEHRAN – The 18th edition of the Hafez Awards, Iran’s first and only private awards in the film industry and TV productions, plans to honor veteran stage and cinema director Ali Rafiei with a lifetime achievement award, the organizers announced on Saturday. The ceremony will be held in Tehran on August 13. Critic and producer […]

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. […]