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Master miniaturist Farshchian feels young at work TEHRAN – The 84-year-old Iranian master miniaturist Mahmud Farshchian has said that he feels young when he is working. “Sometimes, I work very late...
View ArticleIsfahan festival to review Czech children’s cinema
TEHRAN – The 28th Isfahan International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults will review the children’s cinema of the Czech Republic. Ten short films produced by Czech directors over the past...
View ArticleTehran puppet festival announces foreign lineup
TEHRAN – Groups of puppeteers from Germany, Serbia, Armenia, Spain and China will perform at the 15th Tehran International Puppet Theater Festival – Mobarak. The German director Anne-Kathrin Klatt...
View Article“Tales” wins award for best screenplay at Venice
TEHRAN – “Tales” directed by Iranian filmmaker/writer Rakhshan Bani-Etemad won the award for best screenplay at the 71st International Venice Film Festival on Saturday. The film contains seven short...
View ArticleDirector advises men to see “Lady”
TEHRAN -- Iranian actress-cum-director Tina Pakravan has advised men to watch her directorial debut feature “Lady” in order to improve their understanding about the “genuine Iranian woman”. “This is...
View ArticleGhazaleh Bigdelu realizes childhood dreams in illustrations
TEHRAN – Illustrator Ghazaleh Bigdelu has said that her illustrations are mainly reflections of her childhood dreams. “When I was a child, I wanted to see some pictures that were not done by the...
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Master miniaturist Farshchian feels young at work TEHRAN – The 84-year-old Iranian master miniaturist Mahmud Farshchian has said that he feels young when he is working. “Sometimes, I work very late...
View ArticleIsfahan festival to review Czech children’s cinema
TEHRAN – The 28th Isfahan International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults will review the children’s cinema of the Czech Republic. Ten short films produced by Czech directors over the past...
View ArticleTehran puppet festival announces foreign lineup
TEHRAN – Groups of puppeteers from Germany, Serbia, Armenia, Spain and China will perform at the 15th Tehran International Puppet Theater Festival – Mobarak. The German director Anne-Kathrin Klatt...
View Article“Tales” wins award for best screenplay at Venice
TEHRAN – “Tales” directed by Iranian filmmaker/writer Rakhshan Bani-Etemad won the award for best screenplay at the 71st International Venice Film Festival on Saturday. The film contains seven short...
View ArticleTurks contributed to expansion of Persian language: Art Bureau director
TEHRAN -- Art Bureau Director Mohsen Momeni-Sharif has said that Turks have played a significant role in the expansion of the Persian language over the past few centuries. He made the remarks in a...
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Greek festival to screen “My Fragile Doll” TEHRAN – Another Iranian animation “My Fragile Doll” directed by Ali Zare’ will go on screen at the 11th Naoussa International Film Festival in Greek. The...
View ArticleIntl. Symposium of Contemporary Sculpture announces winners
TEHRAN – The International Symposium of Contemporary Sculpture -- Padideh announced winners in Mashhad on Sunday evening. Thirty-two sculptors from Iran, China, South Korea, Germany and Serbia...
View ArticleIran Cinema Celebration sees beauty in “All the Winters I Haven’t Seen”
TEHRAN -- “All the Winters I Haven’t Seen”, an animation on the aftermath of the 1988 chemical weapon attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja, won awards in several categories, including best director...
View ArticleIran Cinema Celebration sees beauty in “All the Winters I Haven’t Seen”
TEHRAN -- “All the Winters I Haven’t Seen”, an animation on the aftermath of the 1988 chemical weapon attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja, won awards in several categories, including best director...
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Iran’s “Neurasthenia” to compete in Warsaw Film Festival TEHRAN -- Iranian director Amir Tutunchi’s debut “Neurasthenia”, featuring a story on the psychological disorder of a 25 year-old young man,...
View ArticleHamedan Theater Festival announces national lineup
TEHRAN -- The 21st International Theater Festival for Children and Young Adults in Hamedan announced the national lineup on Monday. Eight plays will go on stage at the children’s section of the...
View ArticleTMCA to host Iranian National Photo Biennial
TEHRAN – The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) will host the 13th Iranian National Photo Biennial, which will be held from December 24 to January 13, 2015. This edition of the biennial will...
View ArticleMarzieh Borumand elaborates on Tehran puppet festival’s different programs
TEHRAN – Secretary of the 15th Tehran International Puppet Theater Festival – Mobarak, Marzieh Borumand, elaborated on the different programs of the festival due to run in Tehran from September 13 to...
View ArticleIran Cinema Celebration honors filmmaker Kianush Ayyari
TEHRAN – Organizers of the 16th Iran Cinema Celebration honored Kianush Ayyari, a filmmaker famous for his realistic features and dramas, with the lifetime achievements award on Monday. The award...
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