Iranian films “Golnesa” and “Saad’s Olive Tree” have won awards at the 14th Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema. Sattar Chamanigol received the award for best director for his drama “Golnesa” and Mohammad Fakuri was named best director of photography for his collaboration on the film during the closing ceremony of the festival, the organizers […]

Iranian feature ‘Kupal’ directed by Kazem Mollaie has scooped Best Feature Film Award at the 13th Huntington Beach’s Film Festival in US. In addition to the Best Feature Film Award for ‘Kupal’, Khorshid Cheraghipour won Best Actress Award for her performance in Alireza Ghasemi’s short film, ‘Lunch Time’. ‘Kupal’ narrates the story of a hunter and […]

 Iranian drama ‘Life without Life’ written and directed by Kaveh Moeinfar has made it into the main competition section of 2nd Annual Copenhagen Film Festival in Denmark. ‘Life without Life’ narrates the story of Ardeshir, who suffers from lung cancer and has only six months to live, and Satyar (Ardeshir’s son), who is a musician […]

 The 19th Royan International Research Award has named Iranian and foreign winners for their tremendous contributions to the fields of stem cell research and infertility treatment. Royan International Research Award, founded by the late director of Royan Institute, Dr. Saeid Kazemi Ashtiani, aims at encouraging researchers and appreciation of their efforts. This annual award is a prize […]

Iranian feature film ‘Chocolate’, directed by Soheyl Movaffagh, will be showcased at Iranian Film Festival (IFF) – San Francisco. “Everything started from a box of chocolate. I mean, I was a kid …! Chocolate is the most romantic taste of the world, even when you are a kid, but …,” the story of the movie […]

According to the Public Relations Department of Iranian Youth Cinema Society, the Iranian capital Tehran will host an event in which several Finnish films will be displayed on Sep. 5. According to the Iranian Youth Cinema Society’s report on Tuesday, nine films will be screened during the Finland film evening in Tehran. The event will be […]

 On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Iran-Japan relations, ‘Iranian Film Festival in Tokyo’ will start on August 7 for three days in Japan’s capital. Mainly organized by Iran’s cultural attaché in Japan, the event will screen seven Iranian movies, documentaries and animations. Dramas including ‘Season of Narges’, ‘Delbari’, ‘Bodyguard’, ‘Where Are My Shoes?’ […]

Iran and Algeria plan to co-produce a movie on Ahmed Bey (c. 1784-1850), the last Ottoman ruler of Algiers. “A team from Iran and Algeria has already prepared the essential preliminaries to produce the film eight months ago,” Algerian producer Samira Hadj-Djilani, who is also the president of the Algerian Network of Businesswomen, told the […]

 “The Last Embrace” by Saman Hosseinpur and “I Love You” by Babak Habibifar, both from Iran, will be competing in the 10th Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival (SESIFF) in September, the organizers have announced. “The Last Embrace” will be screened in the International Extreme-Short Film Competition and “I Love You” has been selected […]

 Iranian feature ‘Sunset Truck’ won best award at 2018 Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. Co-written by Abolfazl Saffari and Sajjad Afsharian, ‘Sunset Truck’ has been chosen to be the recipient of the Best Script Award, the Hrant Matevosyan Award, at the festival. The film narrates the story of a family who receive tourists […]