Iranian short animated piece ‘Blows with the Wind’ directed by Hazhir As’adi has won the top 2nd Short Animation Award at the 1st International Children’s Film Festival of Jaipur in India. The top 2nd Short Animation Award at the first edition of the International Children’s Film Festival of Jaipur went to ‘Blows with the Wind’ – […]

The 3D animated Iranian film ‘The Secret of Butterflies’ directed and produced by Ali Tanhaee will take part in DYTIATKO International Children’s Television Festival. The 80-minute adventure/comedy animation narrates the story of an insect named ‘Brownie’ who embarks on a risky and adventurous journey to become a butterfly. The animated film had won two nominations […]

Sattar Chamanigol’s debut feature ‘Golnesa’ has been accepted into the competition section of 3rd R.E.D International Film Festival (RIFF) in Norway. Enjoying its fourth international screening, ‘Golnesa’ will now represent the Iranian cinema at the competition section of RIFF third edition in Eina, Norway. ‘Gonesa’ narrates the story is about Golmammad and ‘Golnesa’, a young […]

TEHRAN – Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed Arya has been selected for a jury of the 75th Venice International Film Festival running from August 29 to September 8, the organizers have announced. Motamed-Arya will judge the films competing in the Horizons section together with American director Michael Almereyda, French critic Frédéric Bonnaud, Egyptian screenwriter Mohamed Hefzy, […]

Venice Film Festival has announced this year’s lineup at a news conference in Rome on Wednesday, with five titles from Iranian filmmakers. Iranian filmmaker Amir Naderi’s latest film ‘Magic Lantern’, and ‘Blood Kin’ by Iranian-American director Ramin Bahrani are taking part in the out-of-competition Sconfini section. ‘Brick and Mirror’ by Ebrahim Golestan will be screened […]

TEHRAN – The Union of Iranian Directors, which is a division of the Iranian House of Cinema, has asked the Farabi Cinema Foundation to entrust selecting Iran’s Oscar submission to the house that is also known as the Iranian Alliance of Motion Pictures Guilds. The request was made in a letter sent on Wednesday to […]

Iranian drama ‘Life without Life’ written and directed by Kaveh Moeinfar has made it into the competition section of 14th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival in South Korea. Enjoying its 11th international screening, ‘Life without Life’ will compete with 12 other titles from Brazil, Japan, France, Germany, and US at the Cine Symphony section of […]

Vietnamese ambassador to Tehran leading a diplomatic delegation on a visit to Tehran’s Holy Defense Museum on Tue. called for more cooperation between Vietnamese war museums and the Iranian one. “This is my first trip to Iran. Visiting the Holy Defense Museum was a great honor to me. In my visit to the Museum, I gained a […]

Short animated piece ‘Run, Rostam, Run’ by Hossein Molayemi will go on screen at the the 36th edition of the Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF). The qualifying event for the Academy Awards, RIIFF will be held on August 7-12 in Rhode Island, USA. ‘Run, Rostam, Run’ is a 2D animated piece depicting the Persian national hero […]

TEHRAN – “Dictator in Love”, a comedy about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and his mistress Eva Braun whom he married later, went on stage at the Independent Theater of Tehran on Monday. “Dictator in Love” has been written by Asghar Khalili who is also the director of the play, a public relations team announced. The […]