Cinéma Vérité to review docs from Estonian festival
TEHRAN -- The 8th edition of Cinéma Vérité, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, plans to review a lineup of documentaries, which were screened at an anthropological documentary...
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Iranian filmgoers main priority of “Tales” director
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, whose controversial film “Tales” is currently competing in the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, has said that Iranian filmgoers are her main priority....
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Iranian cinema receives five nominations at 2014 APSA
TEHRAN – Iranian cinema will be competing in the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) with five nominations this year. “I’m not Angry” by Reza Dormishian was nominated in the best feature film...
View ArticlePlays by European dramatists to go on stage in Tehran
TEHRAN – Troupes are scheduled to go on stage at two theaters in Tehran during November to perform three plays written by European playwrights. The plays are British writer Arthur Miller’s “Death of...
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IIDCYA to participate in Istanbul Book Fair TEHRAN -- The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) will be participating in the 33rd edition of Istanbul Book Fair...
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Greek lighting designer Vasilis Apostolatos to arrive in Tehran today
TEHRAN – Greek lighting designer Vasilis Apostolatos will arrive in Tehran today to hold two workshops. Vasilis Apostolatos will be holding the workshops at the invitation of Iran’s Virgule Troupe,...
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Lineup for Portrait Section of Cinéma Vérité announced
TEHRAN – The 8th edition of Cinéma Vérité, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, has announced the lineup for the Portrait Section, which is for biographical documentary films....
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Bulgarian diplomat visits Iranian Artists Forum
TEHRAN – The first secretary of the Embassy of Bulgaria, Jivko Kantchev, visited the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Thursday. He met IAF Director Majid Sarsangi during the visit and said he...
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“City of Mice 2” screened for orphans in Bam
TEHRAN – “The City of Mice 2”, a sequel to the popular 1984 puppet show movie, was screened for a group of orphans of the quake-stricken city of Bam in southeastern Iran last week. Producer Manijeh...
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Russian company acquires “Unripe Pomegranates”
TEHRAN -- The Russian company Kamer-Ton-Media has acquired the right to Iranian director/producer Majidreza Mostafavi’s “Unripe Pomegranates”, some Persian news agencies reported on Wednesday. The...
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IIDCYA to participate in Istanbul Book Fair TEHRAN -- The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) will be participating in the 33rd edition of Istanbul Book Fair...
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Greek lighting designer Vasilis Apostolatos to arrive in Tehran today
TEHRAN – Greek lighting designer Vasilis Apostolatos will arrive in Tehran today to hold two workshops. Vasilis Apostolatos will be holding the workshops at the invitation of Iran’s Virgule Troupe,...
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Lineup for Portrait Section of Cinéma Vérité announced
TEHRAN – The 8th edition of Cinéma Vérité, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, has announced the lineup for the Portrait Section, which is for biographical documentary films....
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Bulgarian diplomat visits Iranian Artists Forum
TEHRAN – The first secretary of the Embassy of Bulgaria, Jivko Kantchev, visited the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Thursday. He met IAF Director Majid Sarsangi during the visit and said he...
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“City of Mice 2” screened for orphans in Bam
TEHRAN – “The City of Mice 2”, a sequel to the popular 1984 puppet show movie, was screened for a group of orphans of the quake-stricken city of Bam in southeastern Iran last week. Producer Manijeh...
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Russian company acquires “Unripe Pomegranates”
TEHRAN -- The Russian company Kamer-Ton-Media has acquired the right to Iranian director/producer Majidreza Mostafavi’s “Unripe Pomegranates”, some Persian news agencies reported on Wednesday. The...
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Account of Ma Huan’s expeditions to Western Ocean published in Persian
TEHRAN -- “Ying-Yai Sheng-Lan” (“The Overall Survey of the Ocean’s Shores”), Chinese Muslim voyager and translator Ma Huan’s account of his seven expeditions to the Western Ocean, has recently been...
View ArticlePersian art on display at Malaysian Islamic cultural festival
TEHRAN – A wide variety of works by Iranian artists is on display at the Putrajaya International Islamic Arts and Cultural Festival of Malaysia. A collection of handicrafts, paintings, calligraphy...
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“Today” crowned best film at Rabat festival
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi’s social drama “Today” won the best film award at the 20th Rabat Auteur Film Festival, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Saturday. The film also...
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“Borderless” wins best Asian film award at Tokyo festival
TEHRAN – The Iranian movie “Borderless” has won the Best Asian Future Film Award at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival. Directed by Amir-Hossein Asgari, “Borderless” is the story of a boy...
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