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“Timeloss” to go on stage at Paris Autumn Festival
TEHRAN --- The Mehr Theater Group led by Iranian director/writer Amir-Reza Kuhestani will perform a play entitled “Timeloss” at the 42nd Paris Autumn Festival at the Opéra Bastille, which will be held from November 24 to 30.
 
“Timeloss”, a fiery story about the passage of time, is another version of “Dance on Glass”, which Kuhestani staged in 2001. In “Timeloss”, he revises his viewpoints after twelve years.
 
The festival is annually held from September to December in France.
 
 
Iranian publisher to participate in Shanghai Intl. Children’s Book Fair
TEHRAN – Shabaviz, a leading Iranian publisher of children’s books, will take part in the 2nd Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair.
 
Shabaviz Managing Director Farideh Khalatbari will speak about children’s literature in Iran in a meeting at the book fair.
 
The Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair will be held from November 20 to 22 in China.
 
Iranian films to go on screen in Swedish online festival
TEHRAN – Two Iranian short films will compete in 
Switzerland’s Viewster Online Film Fest, which will be held from November 13 to 27.
 
The films are “Somewhere up There” by Babak Habibifar and “Social Learning Theory” by Purya Heidari.
 
“Melbourne” to compete in Argentine festival
TEHRAN – Iranian director Nima Javidi’s film “Melbourne” will compete in the 29th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, which will be held in Argentina from November 22 to 30.
 
The festival will also screen Iranian director Hamid Karimian’s “Cloudy Goats” in the Panorama section.
 
“Melbourne” is currently competing in the 52nd Gijon International Film Festival, which runs in Spain until November 23.
 
The film is about a young couple, Amir and Sara, who plan to leave Tehran to try a new life in the Australian coastal city of Melbourne. However, a tragic event puts their plan at risk.
 
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