The 3D animated Iranian film ‘The Secret of Butterflies’ directed and produced by Ali Tanhaee will take part in the 15th Salento International Film Festival in Tricase, Italy. 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 […]

 Deputy Head of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) Mohammad Ensha’ei revealed the export of $15.3 million worth of handicrafts from Tehran province in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21). In the same period, the handicrafts were exported from Tehran province to the countries including Germany, Armenia, […]

Four Iranian short films including ‘Limit’ by Javad Daraei and ‘Forouzan’ by Mirabbas Khosravinejad have been accepted into the competition program of 5th Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival (LADFF), US. The four Iranian shorts include ‘Limit’ by Javad Daraei, ‘Manicure’ by Arman Fayyaz, ‘Mr. Director’ by Ali Erfan Farhadi, and ‘Forouzan’ by Mirabbas Khosravinejad. According […]

TEHRAN – Tahmineh Milani, the director of such acclaimed movies as “Ceasefire” and “Two Women”, will preside over the jury of the official competition of the Sakhalin International Film Festival in Russia. Actress Maria Shukshina and filmmakers Alexei German Jr. and Alexei Popogrebsky, all from Russia, and South Korean screenwriter Choi Jung-mi are members of […]

TEHRAN – The expansion of relations at the Fajr International Theater Festival was discussed in a meeting between the organizers and the first secretary and director of the Cultural Section of the German Embassy, Justus Kemper, in Tehran on Wednesday. The director of Iran’s Dramatic Arts Center, Shahram Karami, and the secretary of the 37th […]

TEHRAN — Iranian director Reza Farahmand’s “Women with Gunpowder Earrings” will be screened at the 71st Locarno International Film Festival, which is scheduled to be held the Swiss city from August 1 to 11. The film will be competing with six other documentaries at the Semaine de la critique section, the organizers have announced. The […]

A bust of Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari, a Lorish revolutionary and activist of the Constitutional Revolution, was set at the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) on Tuesday evening. The bust created by Mehri Vaalaai was installed at the NLAI Women’s Studies Section during a ceremony attended by a number of cultural figures, the NLAI […]

Iranian animated film ‘Kelileh & Demneh’, directed by Alireza Tavakkoli, will take part at children film competition section of the 13th ‘In the Family’ Film Festival in Yaroslavl, Russia. Directed by Alireza Tavakoli and produced by Zahra Hashemi, ‘Kalila and Dimna’ will vie with other titles at the children’s movie contest of the 13th ‘In the Family’ […]

TEHRAN – The organizers of the Iran Cinema Celebration announced on Tuesday that the winners of the gala will be announced without any award ceremony due to the current economic climate in the country. “The decision was made by the organizers based on the current situation of the country, which has encountered cultural and economic […]

The 15th Golden Apricot International Film Festival kicked off on Sun., with two Iranian films to e screened, in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. The 15th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival kicked off on July 8, with Armenian President Armen Sarkissian delivering speech at the opening; the event will wrap up on July 15. […]