TEHRAN – Three Iranian short films have been selected to compete in two international festivals in Bangladesh and Spain during January and February. “It Rains Slowly” by Saeid Nejati will go on screen at the International Children’s Film Festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fidan Film, the international distributor of the film, announced on Tuesday. The festival […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Abbas Salehi, arrived in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on Tuesday to attend an Iranian cultural festival. He visited Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev a few hours after his arrival in the country. He is scheduled to hold meetings with a number of Azerbaijani officials and […]

‘The End of Dreams’ directed by Mohammad Ali Talebi has been accepted into the screening program of the 26th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh. ‘The End of Dreams’ directed by Mohammad Ali Talebi will compete in the Spiritual Films Section of the 26th edition of Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh. According to the […]

Iranian short ‘Kasco’ directed by Mojtaba Ghasemi will be screened in two international film festivals in Bangladesh and Italy. ‘Kasco’ is the story of Gholam Eshghi, known as Kasco, who is a deaf man falsely arrested a few times and now he is considered as an ex-convict with a criminal record. This time, after his […]

 Three Iranian film personalities have been invited as members by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as the Oscars awards body acts to boost diversity with 928 member invitations. This is a record number of invitations by the Academy, beating last year’s record of 774 new members. The expansion is said to be […]

 Ambassadors of Sweden and Norway to Iran met with Kermanshah provincial governor Houshang Bazvand in his HQ saying that their countries are ready to help quake-hit Kermanshah areas. On November 12, 2017 a destructive magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Kermanshah. Some 90,000 houses were partly or completely damaged by the tremor in urban and rural areas […]

 Iranian feature ‘Wander About Me’, directed by Ghazaleh Soltani will be screened at 13th edition of Cyprus International Film Festival to be held June 23-July 1 in Cyprus. Soltani’s film narrates the story of a woman who tries to reach her goals in Tehran as she is pushing 30. Her role is played by actress […]

TEHRAN– Iranian documentary feature ‘Weavers of Imagination’ directed by Mohammad Sadegh Jafari has won the Grand Jury Prize at the 14th Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival (HAAPI) in US. The Iranian film has won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary feature at the 14th edition of the American film festival. ‘Weavers of […]

TEHRAN – Dina Iordanova, a Bulgarian scholar at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, will come to Iran to hold classes on “Methodology of Film Studies”. The classes are part of the course “Film Studies, Theory, Review, and Analysis”, which have been organized by the Iranian National School of Cinema, the school has announced […]

TEHRAN – A group of Iranian artists share environmental concerns in “Habitat”, an exhibition underway at Tehran’s Vista Gallery. Curator Setareh Hosseini chose Parisa Aslankhani, Mahnaz Pasikhani, Ebrahim Hassanzadeh Dizaji, Atefeh Khas, Maryam Zargar, Leila Refahi, Reyhaneh Savari, Maryam Toluei, Saba Arabshahi, Mohammad-Ali Adili, Mina Abdus, Esmat Alirezai, Parvaneh Qesmati Motlaq, Leila Gudarzi and Ali […]