Iranian cartoonist Saeed Sadeghi won the golden hat of 57th Knokke-Heist Cartoon Festival in Belgium. The Cartoon is about the Moai – the large stone statues on Easter Island. Cartoonists from Portugal and Bulgaria received the Silver and Bronze Hats respectively. Participants were free to choose the theme of their entries. Displaying of selected works has […]

 Iranian documentary feature ‘Weavers of Imagination’ directed by Mohammad Sadegh Jafari will compete at the 26th American Psychological Association Film Festival in San Francisco, US. ‘Weavers of Imagination’ recounts the life of a number of visually-impaired people who weave rugs together and how the simple fact of working together fills them with a great sense of happiness. […]

The 18th International Agricultural Products, Equipments, Machineries, Foodstuff and Related Industries Exhibition kicked off in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, at Permanent Ground For Tabriz International Exhibition Co., on Tuesday. The exhibition is open until July 07, with the participation of representatives from Oman, Azerbaijan and a number of related companies from across the country at […]

TEHRAN – On Sunday, UNESCO added an ensemble of Sassanian historical cities in southern Iran to its world heritage list. The Sassanid era (224 CE–651) is of very high importance in the history of the nation, under which Persian art and architecture experienced a general renaissance. Architecture often took grandiose proportions such as palaces at […]

 Famous Iraqi-Dutch film director Mohamed Al-Daradji is going to make his new film in cooperation with Iran, saying that he would like to introduce the two nations’ culture to the world through cinema. “The eight years of war between Iran and Iraq caused a lot of destruction but long after that when Iraq once again […]

 A joint exhibition featuring Iranian and Turkish artists’ artworks has kicked off in Istanbul, according to Turkish media. An exhibition dubbed ‘Immorality’ has recently opened at the art gallery of Istanbul’ Adahan Hotel, Turkish Daily Sabah reported on Monday. The exhibition is organized through the efforts by Iranian artist and curator Tima Jam in cooperation with […]

Iranian short animation ‘Alphabet’ has been accepted into the screening program of the 10th edition of Ortigia International Film Festival. The Festival will be held from July 9 to 15 in Italy. The 6-minute animated piece ‘Alphabet’, directed by Kianoush Abedi, narrates the story of people who have forgotten life and are separated from knowledge […]

Iranian feature ‘Kupal’ directed by Kazem Mollaie won Best Cinematography award for Majid Gorgian at the 3rd Realtime International Film Festival (RTF) in Nigeria. ‘Kupal’ was nominated in four categories at the Nigerian film festival, including Best Film (Kazem Mollaie), Best Actor (late Iranian actor Levon Haftvan), Best Cinematography (Majid Gorjian), and Best Soundtrack (Babak Mirzakhani). […]

An Iranian official announced on Sunday that the court judging the case for Abbas Kiarostami’s death has issued its final verdict reprimanding the guilty surgeon. The case verdict for the late internationally-acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami was issued, announced Deputy Head of Iran Medical Council (IRIMC) Mohsen Khalili, on Sunday. According to the verdict, […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Vahid Jalilvand’s acclaimed drama “No Date, No Signature” won the grand prix at the first edition of the Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF), Belgian newspaper Metro announced on Saturday.  The movie is about Dr. Nariman, a forensic pathologist who has a car accident with a motorcyclist and injures his 8-year-old son. […]