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 […]

TEHRAN – World-renowned French pianist Richard Clayderman arrived in Tehran on Thursday, Royal Honar, the Iranian institute that is the coordinator of Clayderman’s upcoming performances, has announced. Clayderman’s first concert will be performed at the Grand Hall of the Interior Ministry in Tehran tonight. His other performances will be held from June 27 to 29. […]

TEHRAN – The Iran Cultural Fairs Institute (ICFI) has signed memorandums of understanding with the Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) and Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE). The MOUs were inked at the Seoul book fair, which is currently underway in the South Korean capital, the ICFI announced on Thursday. Based on the MOU between ICFI […]

Iran’s National Orchestra, leading by conductor Fereidun Shahbazian and vocalist Salar Aqili will perform in Azerbaijan on June 27 and 29. The performance is scheduled on the occasion of Iran’s cultural week in Azerbaijan. The orchestra will perform various Persian and Azeri music pieces. Fereidun Shahbazian along Tehran Symphony Orchestra is in Russia right now, […]

TEHRAN – An exhibition, which is scheduled to open on Friday at Tehran Saless Gallery, will showcase portraits of actors who appeared in Abbas Kiarostami’s acclaimed 2008 movie “Shirin”.   The portraits are from a collection by Gelareh Kiazand who will organize the exhibition “Shirin – Abbas Kiarostami” to commemorate the second anniversary of his […]