Documentary on Iran’s Constitutional Movement wins awards at Iran Cinema...
TEHRAN – “Shahjahan”, an Iranian documentary about the role of Iranian merchant Parviz Shahjahan during the Constitutional Movement, won two awards from the 16th Iran Cinema Celebration on Tuesday....
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Iranian films line up for Busan festival TEHRAN – Six Iranian films will go on screen at the A Window on Asian Cinema section of the 19th Busan International Film Festival, which will be held in South...
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Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art to hold Hannibal Alkhas retrospective
TEHRAN -- The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) will be holding a retrospective of Iranian Assyrian painter, art critic and translator Hannibal Alkhas (1930-2010) opening on Saturday. A...
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Isfahan festival announces intl. lineup of short films
TEHRAN – The 28th Isfahan International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults announced the short international lineup on Tuesday. Eleven short films by directors from Finland, Nepal, Mexico...
View ArticleIranian institute to commemorate Italian Orientalists
TEHRAN -- Tehran’s Book City Institute plans to pay tribute to the Italian Orientalist couple, Gianroberto Scarcia and Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti, on Iran’s National Hafez Day, which will be...
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Tehran to host Mexican film festival TEHRAN – Tehran’s Sadabad Cultural Historical Complex will host a Mexican film festival from October 20 to 22. “What Do Goats Dream?” directed by Jorge Prior,...
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50 years of Iranian puppetry on show at Tehran exhibit
TEHRAN -- An exhibition of photos and posters exploring 50 years of Iranian puppet shows opened at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on Thursday. Thirty-five photos and 45 posters are on display at...
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Caroline Croskery finds delight in translation of Iranian books
TEHRAN – The American translator of the Persian literature, Caroline Croskery, says she has enjoyed her job in its real meaning. She made the remarks during a session at Iran’s booth at the...
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Iranian Artists Forum holds Loris Tjeknavorian retrospective
TEHRAN – The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) held a retrospective of celebrated Iranian composer and conductor Loris Tjeknavorian on Thursday. A number of musicians, including Hushng Kamkar and Farhad...
View ArticlePublishers purchase copyrights of two Iranian books at Frankfurt fair
TEHRAN – Germany’s Clemens Hauser Publishing and Italy’s Feltrinelli have purchased the copyrights of two Iranian books at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Written by Mohammad Toluei, the books are “Seven...
View ArticleVisual Media Institute releases collection of Sacred Defense films
TEHRAN -- Iran’s Visual Media Institute released a collection of films produced on the theme of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, known as Sacred Defense in Iran, during a ceremony on Saturday. The...
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Book City Institute to review Italian version of Persian poetry collection TEHRAN -- An Italian version of “Sometimes Veil, Sometimes Mirror” (“A volte velo e a volte specchio”), an anthology of...
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5th Damonfar Painting Biennial kicks off
TEHRAN -- The 5th Damonfar Painting Biennial, which is for artists under 25, opened at Tehran’s Mellat Cinema Complex on Friday. Works by 95 painters have been selected for the biennial, which runs...
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Iranian, Korean directors share Busan New Currents Award
TEHRAN – Iranian director Hooman Seyyedi’s “13” and South Korean filmmaker Kim Daehwan’s “End of Winter” have shared the New Currents Award at the 19th Busan Film Festival. Winners in the New...
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Tehran festival to screen U.S. and Canadian productions TEHRAN – Ten U.S. and Canadian productions will be screened in the international section of the 31st Tehran International Short Film...
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Iranian bestseller “Da” appears in English
TEHRAN – The English version of the bestselling Iranian novel “Da” on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war was unveiled during a ceremony at Tehran’s Art Bureau on Sunday evening. U.S. scholar Paul Sprachman...
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U.S. translator: Literature of war in Persian presents interesting challenges...
TEHRAN -- A war does not end with the return of the soldiers to their homes and the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War is no exception. Numerous memoirs, novels and artworks have been created based on this...
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5th Damonfar Painting Biennial kicks off
TEHRAN -- The 5th Damonfar Painting Biennial, which is for artists under 25, opened at Tehran’s Mellat Cinema Complex on Friday. Works by 95 painters have been selected for the biennial, which runs...
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Iranian, Korean directors share Busan New Currents Award
TEHRAN – Iranian director Hooman Seyyedi’s “13” and South Korean filmmaker Kim Daehwan’s “End of Winter” have shared the New Currents Award at the 19th Busan Film Festival. Winners in the New...
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Tehran festival to screen U.S. and Canadian productions TEHRAN – Ten U.S. and Canadian productions will be screened in the international section of the 31st Tehran International Short Film...
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