TEHRAN – Paris-based Spanish filmmaker Victor Forniés will attend the 11th Cinema Verite festival in Tehran to promote his documentary “A Father” (“Un Padre”), the organizers announced on Monday. The documentary is an intimate portrait of his father, seeking to understand the silence that has defined their relationship. It also depicts the emotional complexity of […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian short film ‘Lunch Time’ will compete in the 15th London Short Film Festival. ‘Lunch Time’ directed by Alireza Ghasemi will vie at the 15th London Short Film Festival, a cinematic arts event ratified by BAFTA academy. London Short Film Festival with an audience of more than 10 thousand, has so far […]

TEHRAN – The acclaimed Iranian drama “Kupal” has been named best feature film at the International Film Festival with Alternative Media (FICMA) in Mexico City, Mexico, the publicist of the movie announced on Wednesday. Kazem Mollai is the director of the movie starring Levon Haftvan. “Kupal” tells the story of a hunter and a taxidermist […]

TEHRAN – Several number of Iranian films will go on screen at two international festivals during the coming days. A lineup of 10 films will be screened at the Iranian Film Festival, which is due to take place at the Kino Luna in the Polish capital of Warsaw from December 5 to 10, the organizers […]

TEHRAN – The director of Iranian Independents, a company marketing Iranian independent feature and documentary films, has criticized the unauthorized screening of four Iranian movies at the AFG Film Club in Yerevan, Armenia. “Breath” directed by Narges Abyar, “Lanruri” by Reza Dormishian, “Born in 1987” by Majid Tavakoli, and “Life + 1 Day” by Saeid […]

TEHRAN – Iranian short ‘Limit’ by Javad Daraei has scooped Best Short Fiction award at the 10th edition of Southampton Film Week 2017 in a port city on England’s south coast. ‘Limit’ is an 8-minute narrative of the life a man in a quiet neighborhood who asks for help from people whom he is seeing, […]

Iranian short animated piece ‘Bystander’, directed by Sheyda Kashi, will be screened at the 2017 edition of Madurai Film Festival in India. The 19th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2017 has put the Iranian short film of the list of selected films. Hosting a total of 50 films, the international event will kick […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Kazem Mollai’s drama “Kupal” was selected as best foreign-language film at the Weyauwega International Film Festival, the organizers of the American event announced last week. Starring Levon Haftvan, the film tells the story of a hunter and a taxidermist called “Dr. Ahmad Kupal”. On the last day of the year, just […]

TEHRAN – The winners of the 2nd Sheed Persian Film Festival, which was held in Dallas, Texas have been announced. “Azar” by Mohammad Hamzei was picked as the best film, while “No Date, No Signature” brought its director Vahid Jalilvand the best director award, the organizers announced on Sunday. Niki Karimi won the best actress […]

TEHRAN – The organizers of the 32nd Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina have picked three Iranian films to screen during the event running from November 17th to 26th, 2017. “I Want to” by Bahman Farmanara will go on screen in the Panorama category, while ““Hell of a Wedding”, a comedy by Reza […]