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‘Weavers of Imagination’ wins award in ARC filmfest. 07 May 2018

‘Weavers of Imagination’ wins award in ARC filmfest.

Iranian documentary ‘Weavers of Imagination’ directed by Mohammad Sadegh Jafari has won an award at ARC Film Festival. The second edition of ARC Film Festival was held in German city of Mainz on April 25-28. The Iranian documentary film competed against 8 other documentaries to win the best film award. ‘Weavers of Imagination’ recounts the […]

‘Searing Summer’ to vie in Dhaka Filmfest. 29 Apr 2018

‘Searing Summer’ to vie in Dhaka Filmfest.

TEHRAN– ‘Searing Summer’ directed by Ebrahim Irajzad will compete in the Asian section of the 26th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh. ‘Searing Summer’ narrates the story of Nasrin, who is faced with a dilemma of either staying in an unhappy marriage, or divorcing her husband but losing custody of her daughter in the process. […]

‘Alphabet’ to vie at American filmfest. 17 Mar 2018

‘Alphabet’ to vie at American filmfest.

TEHRAN – Iranian short animation ‘Alphabet’ directed by Kianoush Abedi will be screened in the First City Film Festival in Kansas, US.   The 6-minute animated piece ‘Alphabet’, directed by Kianoush Abedi, narrates the story of people who have forgotten life and are separated from knowledge and truth. The animation depicts a nation that has […]

‘Forouzan’ to vie at PickurFlick Indie Filmfest 03 Mar 2018

‘Forouzan’ to vie at PickurFlick Indie Filmfest

 Iranian short ‘Forouzan’ directed by Mirabbas Khosravinejad has made it into the main competition section of the March edition of PickurFlick Indie Film Festival in India. ‘Forouzan’, directed by Mirabbad Khosravinejad, will vie with other titles from the US, Brazil, UK, Spain, Canada, Australia and host country India at the March edition of the PickurFlick […]

‘Not Yet’ goes to Portland Intl. Filmfest 10 Feb 2018

‘Not Yet’ goes to Portland Intl. Filmfest

TEHRAN– Iranian short ‘Not Yet’ directed by Arvin Vazirdaftari has been accepted into the competition section of the 41st Portland International Film Festival in Oregon, US. ‘Not Yet’ is the story of a young girl, Hasti, studying abroad, whose middle-aged parents Skype her to wish her a happy birthday. Despite the distractions of her life […]

‘Alphabet’ wins 2 awards at Mexican, American filmfests. 07 Feb 2018

‘Alphabet’ wins 2 awards at Mexican, American filmfests.

Iranian short animation ‘Alphabet’ directed by Kianoush Abedi has snatched two awards at 5th Speechless Film Festival in US and 5th Festival Sayulita in Mexico.   The 6-minute animated piece ‘Alphabet’, directed by Kianoush Abedi, narrates the story of people who have forgotten life and are separated from knowledge and truth. The animation depicts a nation […]

‘Exit Toll’ praised by juries at 2nd Bucharest Short Filmfest. 06 Feb 2018

‘Exit Toll’ praised by juries at 2nd Bucharest Short Filmfest.

TEHRAN– Iran-France joint production ‘Exit Toll’ directed by Mohammad Najjarian-Daryani received Jury Special Mention at the 2nd Bucharest Short Film Festival (BSFF) in Romania. The 19-minute ‘Exit Toll’ directed by Mohammad Najjarian-Daryani is a France-Iran production which narrates the story of a man who dreams of taking off while working at the exit toll leading […]

Six Iranian shorts go to Italy’s Cefalù Filmfest. 20 Jan 2018

Six Iranian shorts go to Italy’s Cefalù Filmfest.

TEHRAN – The third edition of Cefalù Film Festival in Italy’s Palermo will screen six Iranian short films in its main competition section. The six Iranian short films to compete with other titles from across the world at the Italian festival include: ‘Sara’s Voice’ directed by Reza Jamali, ‘Sanctus’ directed by Hesam Rahmani, ‘Moon’ by […]

‘Alphabet’ goes to Italy’s Malatesta Short Filmfest. 14 Jan 2018

‘Alphabet’ goes to Italy’s Malatesta Short Filmfest.

TEHRAN– Iranian short animation ‘Alphabet’ directed by Kianoush Abedi will be screened in the 2nd Malatesta Short Film Festival in Italy. The 6-minute animated piece ‘Alphabet’, directed by Kianoush Abedi, narrates the story of people who have forgotten life and are separated from knowledge and truth. The animation depicts a nation that has forgotten the […]

‘The Switchman’ to vie at Swiss Film Fest 14 Jan 2018

‘The Switchman’ to vie at Swiss Film Fest

TEHRAN– Mahdi Khorramian submitted his successful ‘Souzanban’ (Switchman) animation to vie at the Second Video Films Festival in Switzerland. Mahdi Khorramian’s Souzanban (Switchman) animation is scheduled to vie at the Second Video Films Festival in Switzerland. The 8 minute animation recounts the story of a switchman waiting for a woman at a train station. Finally he finds […]