TEHRAN – Iranian action star-turned-director Mehdi Fakhimzadeh injured himself while he was on the set of his current film reportedly named “The Last Fist”, the public relations office of the film said in a statement published on Wednesday. The incident happened while Fakhimzadeh was performing a stunt riding a motorbike on Chalus Road in the […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian cultural festival opened in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on Wednesday, offering a wide variety of programs. Iran’s National Orchestra conducted by Fereidun Shahbazian, and accompanyed by vocalist Salar Aqili gave a performance at the opening ceremony, which took place at the State Academic Philharmonic Hall. The Iranian Minister of Culture […]

TEHRAN – Oscar-nominated Iranian director Majid Majidi who has made his latest movie “Beyond the Clouds” in India has said that it was very risky for him to make the movie in the country. “I had proposals from several Indian producers to make a film in their country, but I viewed them as highly risky […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran will be playing host to an Italian film festival opening on July 1. Six movies by Italian filmmakers will be reviewed at the event, Italian Ambassador Mauro Conciatori said during a press conference held at the Forum on Wednesday. He added that the two Italian film experts […]

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 […]