“Breath”, “The Salesman” lead nominations at Iran Cinema Celebration
TEHRAN – Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning film “The Salesman” and Narges Abyar’s anti-war drama “Breath” led the nominations at the 19th Iran Cinema Celebration on Sunday each with ten nods. The films followed by director Hamid Nematollah’s movie “Subdued” with nine nominations are competing in several categories, including best film. Shahab Hosseini, the winner of this […]
“Blockage” selected for Busan New Current
TEHRAN – The Iranian film “Blockage” will compete in the New Current category at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in South Korea. Nine other movies will be screened in the category dedicated to promising Asian filmmakers, the organizers have announced. Directed by Mohsen Qarai, “Blockage” traces the overwhelming chaos that happens to a […]
Iran’s “Melancholy” honored at Love Is Folly film festival
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 […]
New secretary appointed to Fajr Film Festival
TEHRAN – The Cinema Organization of Iran (COI) Director Mohammad-Mehdi Heidarian appointed Ebrahim Darughehzadeh the new secretary of the 36th Fajr Film Festival on Wednesday. Darughezadeh replaced Mohammad Heidari who had held the position since 2015. Darughezadeh was the director of the Supervision and Evaluation Office (SEO) of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance […]
‘Melancholia’ wins Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers award
TEHRAN – Iranian feature ‘Melancholia’ directed by Morteza Atashzamzam has won the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers award at the 25th International Film Festival “Love is Folly” in Bulgarian city of Varna. ‘Melancholia’ was vying for Gold Aphrodite award the with 12 other titles in the main competition section of the festival, and managed to […]
Robert Knepper, Armin Amiri join “1st Born” project
TEHRAN – “Prison Break” actor Robert Knepper and “The Wrestler” star Armin Amiri have joined “1st Born”, the comedy project that will be directed by Ali Atshani from Iran as the first co-production between Iran and America, Variety announced on Wednesday. Earlier over the past few weeks, Val Kilmer, William Baldwin and Jay Abdo signed […]