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 […]

Slovenia and the rest of the world celebrated the first World Bee Day on May 20, following successful collaboration between Slovenia and the Slovenian Beekeeping Association to have UN unanimously adopt the proposal. On May 20, Slovenia and the rest of the world celebrated the first World Bee Day. On 20 December last year, the […]

TEHRAN – The Papillon Association in Switzerland and the Sadi Foundation, a Tehran-based organization that provides Persian language educational services abroad, has recently signed a memorandum of understanding. Based on the MOU, the association, which is involved in socio-cultural activities for migrants in Switzerland, will organize courses on the Persian language, the Sadi Foundation announced […]

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Farshad Fereshteh-Hekmat has recently completed a docufiction that sheds light on great German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s inspiration from the Persian poet Hafez. Veteran stage and screen actor Nasser Aqai portrays Goethe in the film titled “Hafez and Goethe”, Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) that sponsored the project […]

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Sabur has recently made a docufiction that puts its spotlight on a traditional style of bull contest common to the rural societies in Gilan Province. Sabur spent two years making the film “Varza Contest”, she said in a press release on Monday. Iranian people in the regions of Gilan, Mazandaran […]