TEHRAN – Animated pieces ‘Alphabet’ by Kianoush Abedi and ‘The Servant’ by Farnoush Abedi have been shortlisted as semi-finalists at the 2018 San Mauro Torinese Internatioanl Film Festival (STIFF) in Italy. ‘The Servant’, directed by Farnoush Abedi, which has been so far screened at over 100 international festivals and scooped as many as 20 awards, […]

TEHRAN – “The Last Fiction”, an animated feature film produced by Hoorakhsh Studio in Tehran, will be competing in the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA). In a letter sent to Hoorakhsh, APSA Executive Manager Eddy Garcia-Grant asked the studio to submit the movie to the APSA Animated Feature Film category, the studio announced on […]

Iranian director for museum affairs says countries pay Iran 100,000-200,000 dollars for displaying Iranian historical items and antiques at their museums. Mohammadreza Kargar, director for museum affairs at the Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organization, told Mehr News correspondent on Wednesday that the payment is partly from the revenues obtained from selling tickets. He added that […]

Ashkan Rahgozar’s debut feature ‘The Last Fiction’, an animated interpretation of a popular Persian folklore, has been invited to vie at the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia. The animated movie ‘The Last Fiction’, directed by Ashkan Rahgozar and produced by Ehsan Rasulof at Hoorakhsh Studios, has been invited by Eddy Garcia-Grant, the director […]

TEHRAN – Iranian vocalist Mohammad Motamedi will team up with a number of European musicians to give performances at the 2nd Dutch Edition of the Oriental Landscapes. The Oriental Landscapes will open tomorrow running until June 25 in five cities of Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Rotterdam and Leiden. Motamedi’s first series of performances will be held […]

 Iran has once again hosted the deprived people of Gaza Strip for Iftar dinners in cooperation with Kashmiri charity ‘Ehsas’. Given the fact that the people of Palestine, especially the Gazans have lived under Israeli regime’s blockade for years, the Iranian charity ‘International Union of Unified Ummah’ has hosted thousands of Gazans for iftar dinners […]

TEHRAN – The BigBang International Short Film Festival, which was organized with short films by Iranian creators in the Greek capital of Athens from June 1 to 3, announced winners of its second edition. “Manicure” by Arman Fayyaz was named best film, while Parviz Rostami was crowned best director for “The Scarecrows Also Die”, the […]

 Iranian short animated piece ‘Mr. Deer’ directed by Mojtaba Mousavi has won the Special Animation award at the 28th Animafest Zagreb in Croatia. Directed by Mojtaba Mousavi and produced by Elaheh Farnia, ‘Mr. Deer’ is a 20-minute stop motion animation which utilizes the puppet technique to narrate a story set in an unknown time, in […]

The Iranian animated movie ‘The Elephant King’ directed by Hadi Mohammadian will attend in the market screening sector of Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The festival kicks off today in Annecy, France and will be closed by June 16. The Iranian animation will be screened on Tuesday in cinema Pathé at 10 am local time. […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Puya Badkubeh’s debut drama “Dressage” has been nominated for best film while the film’s star Negar Moqaddam received a nomination for best actress at the 21st Shanghai International Film and TV Festival, the organizers have announced. The film is competing in the Asian New Talent Award section of the festival, which […]