Over 200 Asian films to compete in Tehran short filmfest

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TEHRAN – Organizers of the 30th Tehran International Short Film Festival have selected 218 submissions from 15 Asian countries.

The short films are due to be screened in the Asian cinema competition section to help strengthen bilateral cultural relations between Asian countries, organizers announced in a press release published on Sunday.

The short films are coming from India, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Lebanon, Malaysia, Indonesia and several other countries. The two participating countries with the highest number of films are South Korea with 55 films and India with 49.

Organized annually by the Iranian Young Cinema Society, the Tehran International Short Film Festival will be held from October 14 to 20.

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Iranian translator to attend Goethe Medals ceremony

July 28, 2013, 7:56 am

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TEHRAN -- The Iranian author and translator Mahmud Hosseinizad plans to travel to Germany in August to receive a Goethe Medal he won in May for his contributions to German literature in Iran.

He is one of the three non-Germans the Goethe Institute has selected to honor with Goethe Medals during a ceremony on August 28.

“Munich’s House of Literature (Literaturhaus) has invited me to attend the ceremony,” Hosseinizad told the Persian service of ISNA.

He is scheduled to hold story reading sessions in Frankfurt and Berlin, and discussions on Persian literature.

The institute’s website described Hosseinizad as “one of the most important translators of contemporary German literature into Persian.”

Since 2000, Hosseinizad translated several books by German authors such as Judith Hermann, lngo Schulze, Uwe Timm, Peter Stamm and Julia Franck into Persian.

The Indian publisher Naveen Kishore and the Greek writer Petros Markaris are the two other winners of medal this year.

The Goethe Institute is a non-profit German cultural association operating worldwide to promote the study of the German language abroad, and encourage international cultural exchange and relations.

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Photo contest focuses on inscriptions in traditional Iranian architecture

July 28, 2013, 7:55 am

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A tile inscription bearing the verse “The hand of Allah is above their hands” (Holy Quran 48:10) is seen on a frontispiece of a house in Tehran. (Photo by Shahabeddin Vajedi)

TEHRAN -- The Center for Iranian Photographers has organized a competition on the theme of inscriptions installed on frontispieces and over the entrances of buildings in traditional Iranian architecture.

People used to install clay and tile inscriptions of some holy Arabic words and the names of Prophet Muhammad (S) and his household on the frontispieces of their homes in the past, a jury member of the competition said in a press conference last week.

“Due to their religious beliefs, they used to exit and enter glancing at and calling the names,” Dariush Mohammadkhani said.

“This dynamism and beautiful belief are rarely seen at present as the inscriptions have been replaced with other elements,” he added.

“Part of the history of traditional Iranian architecture has been forgotten following the elimination of the inscriptions,” he stated.

The aim of the competition has been to find and to promote the last inscriptions remaining on buildings located in older districts of Iranian cities, the Center for Iranian Photographers previously announced.

They also plan to show the role of inscriptions in beautifying buildings.

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President Ahmadinejad offers condolences over death of playwright Ostad-Mohammad

July 27, 2013, 7:30 am

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TEHRAN – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered his condolences over the death of veteran playwright, director and actor Mahmud Ostad-Mohammad.

“I was saddened to hear the news of the death of the outstanding and committed writer Mahmud Ostad-Mohammad after years of agonizing battle with the disease,” Ahmadinejad wrote in his condolence message, which was published by Persian news agencies on Saturday.

“No doubt the eternal works of the master will be a real treasure in the history of Iran’s dramatic literature, and it is the great responsibility of his students and colleagues to pass on this treasure to future generations,” he added.

Ostad-Mohammad died after a three-year battle with liver cancer at Tehran’s Jam Hospital on Thursday morning. He was aged 63.

He was famous for his talent in using basic principles of modern Western playwriting to compose works, which were characterized by traditional Iranian ambiance.

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Azeri musician Alim Qasimov to join Iranian band in Tunisian concert

July 27, 2013, 7:31 am

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TEHRAN -- Azeri maqami musician Alim Qasimov will be joining an Iranian band to perform a concert at the 49th International Festival of Carthage in Tunis.

Vocalist Mohammad Motamedi will lead the group, which also features Sina Jahanabadi on kamancheh, Azad Mirzapur on tar, Pasha Hanjani on ney, and Hossein Rezaeinia and Milad Abassi on daf.

The concert has been scheduled for August 3 at the festival, which is currently underway in Tunisia. The festival will run until August 17.

Maqams or maqamat are sets of musical scales and characteristic melodic elements, or motives, and traditional patterns for their use, forming a system for the melodic and tonal development of performances in Islamic music. Maqami music is connected to the traditions and perspective of an ethnic group living in a particular region.

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Iran establishes museum for Islamic luminaries

July 27, 2013, 7:30 am

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A bust of the Founder of Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, is on display at the Museum of Islamic Luminaries, which opened in Tehran on July 24, 2013. (IRNA/Marzieh Bakhtiari)

TEHRAN -- A museum has been inaugurated for the Islamic luminaries in the headquarters of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) in the Arg-e Azadi Art and Cultural Complex in Tehran.

CHTHO Director Mohammad-Sharif Malekzadeh attended the opening ceremony of the Museum of Islamic Luminaries on Wednesday.

The museum is a good resource for future generations to get to know the Islamic luminaries better, Malekzadeh said.

A collection of busts of religious figures such as Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat, Ayatollah Rahim Arbab, and scholar and astronomer Sheikh Bahaii are on display at the museum.

The busts have been created by six Iranian sculptors, CHTHO’S Office for Registration, Preservation and Restoration of Intangible Cultural and Natural Heritage Director Atusa Momeni said in a press release on Saturday.

She did not refer to the names of the sculptors.

All the busts are brown in color and are on display in an area with subdued lighting.

Metal plaques bearing a brief introduction to each figure have also been installed beside the busts.

Momeni said that the museum will be enriched by sculptures of other luminaries in the near future.

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“Mokhtarnameh” director returns with “The King Eared”

July 27, 2013, 7:32 am

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Akbar Abdi (R) and Hamed Mirbaqeri act in a scene from “The King Eared”.

TEHRAN -- Davud Mirbaqeri, the director of the religious historical TV series “Mokhtarnameh” has returned with “The King Eared”, a comedy serial which will be distributed on the home video market in the near future.

Mirbaqeri had previously directed “Imam Ali (AS)”, a TV series about the imamate of Ali (AS) and the events leading to his martyrdom. He also made several other series on events in the history of Islam.

He also plans to make “Salman Farsi”, a TV series about Salman al-Farisi, a national hero of Iran, who was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad (S).

“To refresh myself I need sometimes to change my field,” Mirbaqeri told the Persian service of ISNA on Saturday.

“I need to try a different atmosphere before I begin ‘Salman Farsi’. The shift in my field helps me do the job better and more perfect,” he added.

“The King Eared” is about a man who prepares and sells sheep’s heads and trotters. The man is killed in a car crash. A one-eyed man, the sole witness, only distinguishes the color and the make of the car that hit the man. The case officer summons all the green Peugeot 405 cars to begin the investigation.

Akbar Abdi, Farhad Aslani, Ahmad Mehranfar, Mohsen Tanabadeh, Tannaz Tabatabaii and Marjaneh Golchin are the main members of the cast.

Mirbaqeri had also made the controversial film “Snowman” (1994), which told the story of an Iranian man who tries every unusual method to get a visa to immigrate to the U.S. He also showed flashes of humor in the film.

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Translator creates new Persian renditions of Maugham’s books

July 28, 2013, 7:53 am

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TEHRAN – Elaheh Marashi has recently made new Persian translations of American writer Somerset Maugham‘s “The Moon and Sixpence” and “The Painted Veil”.

The books are scheduled to be published by Farhang-e Javid.

A Persian translation of “The Moon and Sixpence” was released by Piruz Publications in 1960. Mehdi Hamidi translated the book into Persian.

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Iranian scholar writing book on Russian literary schools

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TEHRAN -- The renowned Iranian translator and scholar Abtin Golkar is writing a book about the schools of thought on Russian literature.

Entitled “Russian Literary Schools”, the book will be published by the Organization for Researching and Composing University Textbooks in the Humanities.

The book contains materials about classism, sentimentalism, romanticism, realism, futurism and several other schools of thought that developed during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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“Aa-Seid Kazem” to go on stage in September

July 28, 2013, 7:55 am

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TEHRAN – Iranian director Mahmudreza Rahimi plans to stage the outstanding play “Aa-Seid Kazem” by the late playwright Mahmud Ostad-Mohammad in a Tehran theater in September.

“The plan was formulated two month ago when my university classmates in the 73s troupe proposed that I direct the play with the troupe,” Rahimi told the Persian service of MNA on Sunday.

“I accepted the proposal and shortly afterwards rehearsals began,” he added.

Ostad-Mohammad wrote “Aa-Seid Kazem” based on a real-life story about Aa-Seid Kazem, a man who was accused of murder and isolated from society.

Rahimi said that the play is due to go on stage in September. However, the theater has not been specified yet.

Mojtaba Tabatabaii, Mehrdad Niknam, Alireza Ostadi, Majid Helmi and Saedi Dowlati are among the actors in the play.

Ostad-Mohammad died after a three-year battle with liver cancer at Tehran’s Jam Hospital last week. He was aged 63.

“Aa-Seid Kazem” was highly acclaimed by critics and his colleagues, and was staged by various directors, one whom was Mohammad Rahmanian who helmed a reading performance of it at the Iranian Artists Forum in February 2012.

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Over 200 Asian films to compete in Tehran short filmfest

July 28, 2013, 7:54 am

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TEHRAN – Organizers of the 30th Tehran International Short Film Festival have selected 218 submissions from 15 Asian countries.

Organized annually by the Iranian Young Cinema Society, the Tehran International Short Film Festival will be held from October 14 to 20.

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