TEHRAN – Iranian drama ‘Yellow’ directed by Mostafa Taghizadeh will open the 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival in India. Taghizadeh’s debut feature ‘Yellow’ narrates the story of four young Iranians Nahal, Hamed, Faramarz, and Nicki who are the members of a scientific genius team trying to immigrate from Iran to Europe. Three days before their journey […]

TEHRAN – Six Iranian films are on screen in various sections of the 18th Ojai Film Festival, which is underway in the California city by the same name near Los Angeles in the United States. “Light Sight” by Seyyed Moslem Tabatabai is competing in the animation section, while “Weavers of Imagination” by Mohammad-Sadeq Jafari is […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Yaser Talebi’s film “The Descendants” received the Best Foreign Film Award at the Royal Starr Film Festival (RSFF), which was held in Royal Oak, Michigan from October 12 to 15. The film is about Jacob, an Iranian Jewish man who leaves Iran for Sweden to find his son, Farrokh, who was […]

TEHRAN – Poster designer Taha Zaker told Mehr News that the film poster for American Sci-Fi ‘Flatliners’ bears a strong resemblance to Iranian film ‘Boarding Pass’, adding he will file a complaint against Sony Pictures if the plagiarism is proved. Speaking to Mehr News correspondent on Sunday following speculations about the resemblance of his poster […]

TEHRAN – “Blockage” by Mohsen Qarai from Iran and “After My Death” by Kim Uiseok from South Korea shared the best film award in the New Currents category at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, Variety reported on Friday. “Blockage” traces the overwhelming chaos that happens to a vicious, despicable man who […]

TEHRAN– Iranian drama ‘No Date, No Signature’ directed by Vahid Jalilvand has won the Grand Prize of 2017 Chicago International Film Festival. Winners of the 2017 edition of Chicago International Film Festival were announced on Friday evening with Vahid Jalilvand’s No Date, No Signaturewinning the Hold Hugo, the festival’s grand prize for the best film. The […]

TEHRAN – “The Rock”, a documentary by Hamid Jafari from Iran, has received the best short documentary award at the 2017 New Orleans Film Festival, the organizers have announced. The film is about a woman in southern Iran who goes to the mountain by the village every day, breaks up rocks, puts the stones on […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Parastu Kardgar’s animated movie “Icky” has been selected as the best animation at the 16th edition of the Festival Internazionale del Cinema d’Arte. The film is about a kid, who lives in a world of people with a Rubik’s cube head and is different from the others. Iranian short film “The […]

TEHRAN – “Limit” by Javad Darai was selected as best foreign short film at the International Hollywood Hills Awards, the organizers announced on Sunday. The short film highlights the problems that the disabled face in the society. Based in the Hollywood Hills, the festival rewards outstanding filmmakers who not only write their stories but also […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Karim Lakzadeh’s “A Girl in the Room” was selected as best short at the Beirut International Film Festival, the organizers announced on Thursday. The film is about an elderly man and his friends at a guesthouse, in which they are preparing to welcome the man’s daughter who is coming to visit […]