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. […]

An Iranian cultural exhibition is currently underway in Algerian city of Balida to get the Algerians familiar with Iran’s culture and art. The cultural exhibition which is held through the efforts of Iran’s embassy in Algeria and an Algerian cultural institute is currently underway in the city of Balida that is the capital of Blida […]

Iranian feature movie ‘No Date, No Signature’ directed by Vahid Jalilvand has won the Best Film Award at the Brussels International Film Festival. The first edition of Brussels International Film Festival took place from the 20th to the 30th of June in Belgian capital city, offering an urban and cinematographic experience to the festival goers. […]

TEHRAN – Two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi was selected as an Honorary Patron of the Film Academy Foundation (De la Fundación Academia de Cine), the foundation announced on Thursday. The Film Academy Foundation is a Spanish professional organization dedicated to the promotion and development of Spanish cinema with headquarters based in Madrid and Barcelona. Antonio […]

Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region has been inscribed into UNESCO World Heritage list during the 42nd session of World Heritage Committee held in Manama, Bahrain. After several meetings of debate in Bahraini capital city of Manama, the World Heritage Committee on Saturday inscribed Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region in Iran on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. […]

 Deputy Culture Minister for Press Affairs Mohammad Soltanifar said that the journalists’ summit of Caspian littoral states will soon be held with cooperation of Iran and Azerbaijan. He made the remarks after his Friday meeting with the Chairman of Azerbaijan Press Council Aflatun Amashov in Azerbaijan. Touching upon agreements between the two countries to enhance […]

Two Iranian shorts, ‘Gaze’ by Farnoosh Samadi and ‘Umrba’ by Saeed Jafarian, have been accepted into the competiotn section of 26th Curtas Vila do Conde Film Festival in Portugal. ‘Gaze’, directed by Farnoosh Samadi, is about a woman who witnesses something happening in the bus on her way back from work, and she has to […]