The Iranian produced feature ‘Molana’ based on a script by French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière and Nahal Tajadod about the famous Persian poet has started shooting in Paris. The film began shooting on February 14 in the French capital Paris. It is based on a script jointly written by Jean-Claude Carrière and Nahal Tajadod, and is […]

 Two Iranian films, ‘My Arms Flew’ by Hossein Nuri and ‘Endless?’ by Maryam Zahirimehr, have won awards at the 11th Aryan Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) in India. Iranian feature ‘My Arms Flew’ directed by Hossein Nuri received a Special Jury Mention at the 11th Aryan Jaipur International Film Festival in India. ‘My Arms Flew’ […]

 A collection of seven prominent Iranian films are currently being screened in Barcelona to introduce the Spanish audience with summary of the past 40 years of the Iranian cinema. The cultural attaché at the Iranian embassy in Spain in cooperation with Farabi Cinema Foundation has organized a program entitled ‘A Review of 40 Years of […]

 Iranian short ‘Forouzan’ directed by Mirabbas Khosravinejad has received Mention for Best Director at the first edition of Global Indian Film Festival in Mumbai. ‘Forouzan’ narrates the story of a young woman whose husband has recently passed away. She lives with her two young children in a village, and protects a herd of sheep against […]

 Iranian actor Mehdi Mahani won Moscow Indie Film Festival’s Best Matrioshka Actor in a Leading Role award for his performance in ‘Supine’ directed by Shahram Asadzadeh. The Best Matrioshka Actor in a Leading Role award at the December edition of Moscow Indie Film Festival went to Iranian actor Mehdi Mahani for his performance in ‘Supine’, […]

Three Iranian short films, including ‘The Pass’ and ‘Birthday Night’, have made it into the final round of competition at the 5th ‘Alemlere Rahmet’ – Mercy to the Universe International Short Film Competition in Turkey. ‘Birthday Night’ by Omid Shams, ‘Oblivion’ by Fatemeh Mohammadi, and ‘The Pass’ by Pouria Pishvaee and Omid Shams, have made it […]

Iranian short ‘Reverence’ directed by Sogol Rezvani will be screened at Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which will be held in Santa Barbara, California, from Jan. 30 to Feb. 9. Making its debut at the international level, Reverence will vie for awards in a heated rivalry among some 100 films representing different countries across the […]

Iranian documentary ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ directed by Reza Farahmand will compete at the 8th ÍRÁN:CI, the Festival of Iranian Films in Prague, Brno and Bratislava. ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ is about Noor Al Helli, an Iraqi female journalist, who covers stories about Syrian and Iraqi women and children in the war against ISIL terrorists. […]

 Iranian feature movie ‘The Dark Room’, directed by Rouhollah Hejazi, has won the best film’s title in the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). The festival wrapped up on Thursday with the ‘Suvarna Chakoram’ award (the Golden Crow Pheasant) for the best film going to the Iranian feature movie ‘The Dark Room’. ‘The Dark […]