Art news in brief

Five Iranian films to compete in Indian festival 

TEHRAN – Five Iranian films will be screened at the 19th International Film Festival of Kerala in Trivandrum, India from December 12 to 20.

 

“Track 143” directed by Narges Abyar, “Melbourne” by Nima Javidi, and “What’s the Time in Your World?” by Safi Yazdanian will go on screen in the World Cinema section of the festival.

 

“The Bright Day” by Hossein Shahabi and “The Oblivion Season” by Abbas Rafei will be competing in the International Competition section.  

 

Films of Resistance festival to go on screen in New Delhi

TEHRAN – A lineup of Iranian films, which were shown at Iran’s 13th Resistance International Film Festival during September, will be screened during a program at the Marwah Studios in New Delhi.

 

Ali Ghaffari’s World War II drama “Restitution”, Ehsan Abdipur’s anti-war movie “All Alone”, Vahid Musaian’s “The Fourth Child”, Masud Atyabi’s “Earth and Coral”, and Ebrahim Hatamikia’s “From Karkheh to Rhine” will be screened during the four-day program, which will open on Wednesday.

 

The program also includes sessions, which will be held by director Ali Ghaffari, producer Mohsen Ali-Akbari and screenwriter Mohammad Sanati.

 

Canadian festival to screen “Painting Pool”

TEHRAN – Iranian director Maziar Miri’s acclaimed family drama “Painting Pool” will go on screen at the 17th Victoria International Film Festival, which will be held in the Canadian city from February 6 to 15.

 

The film is about a boy named Soheil, who has a problem with his physically challenged parents.

 

 

Officials offer condolences over death of actor Anushirvan Arjmand 

A number of Iranian officials have offered separate messages of condolences over the death of Anushirvan Arjmand, the Iranian actor of stage and screen who died of a heart attack on Sunday.

 

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati, Cinema Organization of Iran Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi, Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Ali Moradkhani and IRIB Deputy Director Ali-Asgahr Purmohammadi are among the officials.

 

Arjmand, 73, who was mostly famous for his roles in religious and historical TV series, died at Tehran’s Parsian Hospital on Sunday.

 

The Cultural Committee of the Iranian parliamentary sent message of condolences to the bereaved family of the actor. 

 

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