TEHRAN – “Mississippi Dies Seated” based on Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play “The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi” was named best play of the year at the 16th Celebration of Iran Critic and Theatrical Writers Society on Thursday. Director/writer Homayun Ghanizadeh received his award from the celebrated filmmaker Rakhshan Bani-Etemad during the celebration, which was held […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Elham Toroqi’s animated film “Nobody” has won the special jury award at the 11th Animanima, an international animation festival in Cacak, Serbia. The film is about a white cat that lives in a city full of black people and animals. The cat is so desperate because nobody cares about it, until […]

TEHRAN – Iranian animation ‘A Thousand Tales’ which narrates a selection of Shahnameh stories is nominated for the best animation award in Calcutta Film Festival in India. ‘A Thousand Tales’ is an animation series which offers an open interpretation of some of Shahnameh’s tales. It will compete to receive the award for best animation in […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Babak Habibifar’s movie “The Hair” will go on screen at the 10th Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival, which will be held in Gympie, Australia from October 5 to 8. The film is about a young woman, who is trying to earn some money in a short time. Habibifar’s other […]

TEHRAN – Iranian drama ‘No Date, No Signature’ has won Best Director Award for Vahid Jalilvand and Best Actor Award for Navid Mohammadzadeh at the Venice Horizons sections of the 74th Venice Film Festival. ‘No Date, No Signature’ which won Best Director and Best Supporting Actor awards at the 35th Fajr Film Festival, managed to […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Morteza Atashzamzam’s “Melancholy” won the Award of the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers at the 25th International Film Festival Love Is Folly in Varna, Bulgaria on Friday, the publicist of the movie announced on Saturday. The film is about a young woman, Mina, who finally becomes pregnant after suffering several medical […]

TEHRAN – Four Iranian films will go on screen at the 61st BFI London Film Festival, which will be held from October 4 to 15. “Israfil” by Ida Panahandeh has been selected for the Love Section while Abbas Kiarostami’s “24 Frames” will go on screen in the Create Section. “Israfil” tells the story of Behruz, […]

TEHRAN – A lineup of nine Iranian movies will go on screen at the 16th Miami short Film Festival in the U.S. city from November 6 to 11. The lineup includes “Birthday Night” by Omid Shams, “Not Yet” by Arian Vazirdaftari, “Numbness” by    Milad Jarmuz, “Red Season” by Hassan Najmabadi and “Retouch” by Kaveh Mazaheri. […]