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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...
View ArticleGreek 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,...
View ArticleLineup 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....
View ArticleBulgarian 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleRussian 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...
View ArticleAccount 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...
View Article“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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleArt news in brief
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...
View ArticleGreek 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,...
View ArticleLineup 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....
View ArticleBulgarian 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleRussian 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...
View ArticleAccount 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...
View Article“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...
View Article“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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