TEHRAN – Two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi will preside over the jury of the official competition at the 24th Sarajevo Film Festival, the organizers have announced. The audience will also have a chance to see Farhadi’s latest film “Everybody Knows” in the Open Air program of the festival, which will be held from August 10 […]

Iranian short animation ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi has won Best Animation award at the 2018 International Youth Film Festival “Light of the World” in Russia. The International Youth Film Festival ” Light of the World” is one of the largest youth film festivals in Russia, having screened works by 2500 young filmmakers from over 30 […]

‘Retouch’ by Kaveh Mazhari and ‘Not Yet’ by Arian Vazirdaftari have grabbed Best Film and Best Director awards at the 12th SorsiCorti Short Film Festival in Italy. The 12th edition of SorsiCorti Short Film Festival in Italy awarded Iranian short film ‘Retouch’ by Kaveh Mazhari with the Best Film award, while the Best Director award […]

TEHRAN – “Lotus”, a documentary by Mohammadreza Vatandoost, will be competing in the Sheffield Doc Fest, UK’s premier documentary festival running from June 7 to 12, the organizers have announced. The doc tells the story of an old woman who is waiting for a permit to enter an island to visit her son’s grave. Films […]

TEHRAN – Iranian actor Nasser Malakmotiei who appeared in over 100 movies and TV series, in most of which he played the roles of virile characters, died at Tehran’s Aatieh Hospital on Friday night, he was 88. He was suffering from a kidney disorder, Persian media outlets announced. Born in Tehran in 1930, he studied […]

TEHRAN – Five Iranian movies will be competing in the Sydney Film Festival, which is scheduled to be held from June 6 to 17. The films are “Dressage” by Puya Badkubeh, “Pig” by Mani Haqiqi, “No Date, No Signature” by Vahid Jalilvand, “24 Frames” by Abbas Kiarostami and “3 Faces” by Jafar Panahi. “The Breaker […]

Iranian animated short ‘Nobody’ by Elham Toroghi has been accepted into the competition section of two more international film festivals in Bosnia and Spain. Directed by Elham Toroghi, ‘Nobody’ will be screened at the 13th Neum Animated Film Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The event will take place on 30 June to 7 July, 2018. […]

 Three Iranian short films will be screened at the 15th In the Palace International Short Film Festival in Bulgaria. Vahid Hossieni’s ‘Whole to Part’ will compete with 14 other short films in ‘documantary and experimental competition’ section. ‘Whole to Part’ is the story of destroying and melting the iron statue of a dictator, which continues […]

 Iranian short animation ‘Alphabet’ directed by Kianoush Abedi will be screened at the 15th Southside film festival in Pennsylvania, US. The 6-minute animated piece ‘Alphabet’, directed by Kianoush Abedi, narrates the story of people who have forgotten life and are separated from knowledge and truth. The animation depicts a nation that has forgotten the alphabet […]

 A Finnish photo contest has honored 2 Iranian photographers with awards. According to public relations department of FIAP (Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique) center in Iran, the event held in Finland awarded ‘Vision Bronze Medal’ and ‘The Best Friendship photo’ title to Kiarang Alaei, for his photo, named ‘Loyalty’. Meanwhile, the photo ‘Single’ by Hamid Reza Helali […]