TEHRAN – Turkish pop singer Ilyas Yalcintas who is popular in Iran for songs like “Icimdeki Duman”, “Yagmur” and “Gel Be Gökyüzüm” will give his first Iranian performance on Kish Island in July. “I proudly announce that we obtained permission from the Iranian government to perform concerts on Kish Island,” Yalcintas announced in a post […]

TEHRAN – Iranian artist Gholamali Taheri is working on his new collection featuring portraits of art and cultural luminaries. “The collection contains the portraits of those poets, musicians and sculptors who lived over the past century,” Taheri told the Persian service of MNA on Saturday. “I have so far completed the portraits of 18 poets […]

Following a schoolmaster’s sexual misconduct at a private school in western Tehran some Iranians started using the #MeToo on twitter since Wednesday evening, sharing their experiences of harassment and assault. On May 27, some 40 parents filed a complaint against a schoolmaster who has allegedly displayed some sexually harassing behaviors at a private school in […]

 Iranian short animation ‘Alphabet’ directed by Kianoush Abedi has been accepted into the screening program of the 4th Still Voices Short Film Festival in Ireland. 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 […]

Iran and Japan are trying to boost their academic cooperation and in the first step, the MoU between Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Japan’s Juntendo University will soon be implemented, said Nader Riahi-Alam, the official link between Tehran University of Medical sciences and Japanese universities. Recognizing the grounds and potentials of bilateral academic ties, […]

Five art museums in Japan will exhibit illustrations of Iranian artists. According to the website of Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, some Iranian illustrations which had been accepted in Biennial of Illustration Bratislava 2017, will be exhibited in Japan’s art museums. ‘I was a deer’ illustrated by Narges Mohamadi which […]

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 […]