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Dreamlab Films acquires world distribution rights to Iranian movie “Today”
TEHRAN – Dreamlab Films, a French film studio, has acquired the world distribution rights to the Iranian drama “Today” directed by Seyyed Reza Mirkarimi. The film is about Yunes, an ageing taxi...
View Article“Leatherface” coming to show sick relationships in modern world
TEHRAN -- The Cologne-based Iranian director and playwright Alireza Kushk-Jalali has traveled to his homeland to stage German playwright Helmut Krausser’s “Leatherface”, which is about sick...
View ArticleInternational Persian poets, literati to come together in Iran
TEHRAN -- A group of Persian-language poets and literati from several countries will gather in a meeting, which will be held in Tehran and Isfahan next week. The poets from Iran, Afghanistan,...
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Mellat Cinema Complex screening Nasser Taqvaii’s movies TEHRAN -- The Mellat Cinema Complex is screening three films directed by Nasser Taqvaii during the week that began on July 5. The films...
View ArticleRome to host conference on Sadi
TEHRAN – A conference on the Persian classical poet Sadi will be held in Rome in November. Entitled “Sadi and Literary Modernism”, the conference will be organized by the Tehran’s Book City...
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Iran Photo Club holding show at IAF
TEHRAN – The Iran Photo Club, a virtual gallery for Iranian professional photographers, is displaying a selection of photos by its members in an exhibition at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF). A total...
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Winners of Golden Pen Awards announced
TEHRAN – Winners of the 12th edition of the Golden Pen Awards organized by Iran’s Pen Association were announced Saturday during a ceremony held at the Art Bureau. Author Mohammad-Kazem Mazinani...
View Article“Heart of a Dog” on stage at Tehran theater
TEHRAN – Tehran’s Iranshahr Theater Complex is currently hosting Iranian director Mohammad Yaqubi’s a troupe, which is performing “Heart of a Dog” based on a novel of the same title by Russian writer...
View ArticleMashhad to host intl. symposium on contemporary sculpture in August
TEHRAN – The city of Mashhad will be playing host to an international symposium on contemporary sculpture in August. Organized by Padide Shandiz Dream City, a tourist site near Mashhad, the...
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Mitra Hajjar crowned best actress at Filipino festival
TEHRAN – Iranian actress Mitra Hajjar won the best actress award for her role in “Romantic Nostalgia”, an Iranian entry at the 1st World Premieres Film Festival in Manila, the Philippines, the...
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Iranian director to make film on fraternity between Rumi and Shams
TEHRAN -- Iranian filmmaker Mojtaba Raei plans to put the spotlight on the fraternity between the Persian poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi and his tutor Shams of Tabriz in his new film. The film entitled “The...
View ArticleCity Theater Complex to observe ‘grand nights’ with religious performances
TEHRAN -- Tehran’s City Theater Complex plans to commemorate the ‘grand nights’ by organizing reading performances of three religious plays, the Center for Dramatic Arts announced on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleIRIB to make Tehrani Moqaddam biopic
TEHRAN -- The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) plans to produce a TV series on the life story of Major General Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, the director of the IRGC Jihad Self-Sufficiency...
View ArticleJapanese company acquires rights to Iranian publications
TEHRAN -- It’s More Company, a digital media center in Japan, has acquired the rights to publish electronic versions of five children’s books, which have been published by Iran’s Institute for the...
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Homayun Shajarian to perform in Tehran during August TEHRAN – Vocalist Homayun Shajarian and a group of musicians, which will be led by composer and string instrumentalist Tahmures Purnazari, are...
View ArticleIranian authors to promote their latest offerings at Frankfurt Book Fair
TEHRAN – The London-based Iranian publisher Candle and Fog invited three Iranian authors to promote English versions of their books at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair, which will be held in Germany from...
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14 movie theaters to open at Tehran complex
TEHRAN – Fourteen new movie theaters will be added to the entertainment venues in Tehran after the launch of the Kurosh Commercial and Cultural Complex in the western district of Tehran in late July....
View ArticleIranian artists holding workshops at Sharjah festivals
TEHRAN -- Six Iranian artists are holding workshops at the Sharjah Ramadan Festival and the Sharjah Islamic Culture Capital celebrations, which is currently underway at the Expo Center in the United...
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New York-based painter Khurshid Alam Saleem hangs works in Tehran
TEHRAN – An exhibition of paintings by New York-based Bangladeshi painter Khurshid Alam Saleem opened Friday at Tehran’s Hoom Gallery. An abstract expressionist, Saleem concentrates on pure forms and...
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Art fans impressed by Bibi Haazer exhibit
TEHRAN -- The grandchild of Bibi Haazer Omidvari says that gallery goers were impressed by the exhibition which was held by his 88-year-old doll maker grandmother at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF)....
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