The first edition of International Hourglass Festival, dedicated to anti-Israel art and media productions, will be held in the Iranian capital Tehran in April. The festival’s press conference was held on Tuesday ۤFebruary 27, 2018, in Tehran, during which the main agenda and objectives of the festival were explained by the organizers. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Secretary-General […]

TEHRAN — The 36th Fajr International Theater Festival is scheduled to showcase collections of photos and posters in an exhibition, which will open at Tehran’s Qasr Garden Museum on Saturday. The posters and photos are of plays performed, or theatrical events organized, in Iran over the past year, the secretary of the photo section, Amir […]

The Rock by Hamid Jafari has won the Best Short Documentary at 7th annual Irvine International Film Festival. Also at the same category which Iranian short film competed, the ‘Knife Skills by Thomas Lennon won the ‘Honorable Mention.’ Jafari’s documentary has already been featured in two other festivals in the United States, namely Hot Springs Documentary […]

TEHRAN — The 28th Annual Festival of Films from Iran running at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago is presenting a number of movies by Iranian directors working within and outside of Iran. Mohsen Qarai’s debut feature “Blockage”, “Negar” by Rambod Javan, and Abbas Kiarostami’s experimental work “24 Frames” are among the films selected […]

TEHRAN – The acclaimed Iranian short film “Animal” co-directed by filmmakers Bahram and Bahman Ark received the Liberty Global International Student Filmmaker Award at the 40th Denver Film Festival on Sunday. The film tells the story of a man who attempts to cross a frontier disguised as a ram. Iranian films “Disappearance” by Ali Asgari […]

TEHRAN – Three Iranian films won several awards at the International Peace & Film Festival held in Orlando, in the U.S. state of Florida from January 18 to 22, the organizers announced. “Release from Heaven”, an acclaimed animated movie by Ali Nuri Oskui, won the awards for best narrative and best cinematography, and also the […]

TEHRAN – Twenty foreign experts will judge entries at the 7th edition of the Tehran Video Game Festival, the organizers announced on Wednesday. The Technical Art Director at The Coalition (Gears of War), David Coleman, and a game designer at Ubisoft studio, Max Pears, are among the experts. The jury also has Giuseppe Trapani, a […]

TEHRAN – Movies by Iranian filmmakers have been selected to go on screen at two festivals in the United States. The acclaimed shorts “Lunch Time” by Alireza Qasemi and “Light Sight” by Seyyed Moslem Tabatabai will be competing in the 26th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, which will open today in the U.S. city […]

TEHRAN – ÍRÁN:CI, the Festival of Iranian Films in Prague, Brno and Bratislava, is slated to bring a lineup of Iran titles to the Czech audience. The festival, which is also dubbed ‘Bringing Iranian Films to the Czech Audience: ÍRÁN:CI’, will open its seventh edition on Monday, January 8, 2018 at Bakala Foundation with the […]

TEHRAN – Four short films have been selected to compete in the 36th Fajr Film Festival, the organizers announced on Wednesday. “Marlon” by Farnaz Hajiha, “Animal” co-directed by filmmakers Bahram and Bahman Ark, “Lunch Time” by Alireza Qasemi and “Disclosure” by Ehsan Mokhtari are the shorts, which will be screened at the festival. The 36th […]