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“The Queen” leads nominations at Iran Cinema Celebration
TEHRAN -- The acclaimed Iranian anti-war drama “The Queen” won 11 nominations at the 16th Iran Cinema Celebration while “Modest Reception” is in the running in seven categories. “The Queen”, starring...
View ArticleMeeting of foreign students of Persian language held in Tehran
TEHRAN -- A meeting of foreign students who are learning the Persian language at Iran’s Imam Khomeini Higher Education Complex was held in Tehran on Thursday. The meeting was organized by the...
View ArticleSix Iranian short films to compete in UNICA festival
TEHRAN -- Six short films produced by the Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS) will be competing in a festival that UNICA (Union Internationale du Cinéma) will hold in Piestany, Slovakia from August 23...
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Restored version of “The Night It Rained” screened at IAF
TEHRAN -- A restored version of the documentary “The Night It Rained” (1967–1974) by veteran filmmaker Kamran Shirdel was screened at the Cinemathique of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on Thursday...
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Critics’ best film award goes to “The Paternal House”
TEHRAN -- The controversial drama “The Paternal House” has won the award for best film at the 8th Iranian Film Critics and Screenwriters Guild Celebration. “Thank the critics who saw that the film...
View ArticleExhibition section to embellish Tehran Puppet Theater Festival
TEHRAN – The organizers of the 15th Tehran International Puppet Theater Festival – Mobarak plan to stage an exhibition of puppets on the sidelines of the event, which will be held in Tehran in...
View ArticleTehran Jasmine filmfest announces intl. lineup
TEHRAN – The 2nd Tehran Jasmine International Film Festival announced the international lineup on Saturday. Seven foreign films and three Iranian movies will compete in this section. Among the...
View ArticleScripts of top U.S. animations to appear in Persian
TEHRAN – Sureh-Mehr, a major Iranian publisher which is affiliated with the Art Bureau, plans to publish the scripts of ten top U.S. animations in Persian in the near future. Each script will be...
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Rough sketches by veteran Iranian architects on display at Tehran gallery
TEHRAN – A collection of rough sketches by a number of veteran Iranian architects is currently on display in an exhibition at Tehran’s Rouge Gallery. Entitled “Handmade”, works by architects who were...
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Iranian Artists Forum establishes philharmonic orchestra
TEHRAN -- The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) has recently established a philharmonic orchestra, which will be led Nader Mashayekhi, the former conductor of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. “Preliminary...
View ArticleCulture Ministry launches Art Credit Card
TEHRAN – The Art Credit Fund of Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has recently launched a credit card to provide some social services for artists in various fields. Entitled the Art...
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Iranian photojournalists to hang works at IAF TEHRAN – A collection of works by 68 Iranian photojournalists will be showcased in an exhibition which opens today at the Zemestan Gallery of the...
View Article“Ropes and Hopes” depicts actor’s battle with cancer
TEHRAN – “Ropes and Hopes”, an exhibition of photos by the young Iranian stage actor Majid Bahrami, who was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer in 2011, opened Sunday at the Iranian Artists Forum...
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Iran’s national library on tourists’ itinerary
TEHRAN -- The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) has been added to the list of places tourists can visit on their journeys to Iran. The decision to add the NLAI to tourists’ itineraries is...
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“City of Mice 2” to take Iranians on stroll down memory lane
TEHRAN -- “The City of Mice 2” will premiere tomorrow at Iranian theaters to entertain children, and to evoke adults’ sense of nostalgia for the good old days of the 1980s. “The City of Mice 2” is...
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Achievements of Tehran Vocal Ensemble at World Choir Games celebrated
TEHRAN – The Music Office of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance celebrated the achievements of the Tehran Vocal Ensemble at the 8th World Choir Games during a ceremony at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall...
View ArticleAlhoda to send books to Moscow, Frankfurt book fairs
TEHRAN -- Iran’s Alhoda International Publishing Institution plans to send over 100 titles of its latest publications to the 27th Moscow International Book Fair and the 66th Frankfurt Book Fair. The...
View ArticlePinocchio to go on stage in Tehran
TEHRAN – The Iranian director Mohammadreza Maleki will stage “Pinocchio” from August 24 at Tehran’s Honar Hall. “We have extracted some adventures from Pinocchio for staging in the form of a play,”...
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Iran invited to art expos in Brussels
TEHRAN – Belgian Center for Fine Arts (Bozar) Artistic Director Paul Dujardin met with Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) Deputy Director for International Affairs Hojjatoleslam...
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Poet Simin Behbahani dies at 87
TEHRAN -- Iranian poet Simin Behbahani, who is mostly known for the new rhymes she innovated in modern Persian ghazal (ode), died from heart failure at Tehran’s Pars Hospital on Tuesday morning. She...
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