“Last Winter” to compete in two more intl. events
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Salem Salavati’s “Last Winter” will go on screen at two more international festivals in 2014. The movie, which was screened in various international festivals previously,...
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Doc satirizing relationships between Chavez, Ahmadinejad and Bush screened in...
TEHRAN -- “The Alphabet of Politics”, a controversial documentary satirizing relationships between former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and former U.S....
View ArticleIranian artist making ceramic tableau portrait of Nelson Mandela
TEHRAN – An Iranian artist is currently working on a ceramic tableau portrait of former South African president Nelson Mandela. The 50x80-centimeter artwork entitled “The White Africa” will be sent...
View ArticleIranian short film “More than Two Hours” to compete in Sundance festival
TEHRAN – The Iranian short film “More than Two Hours” by filmmaker Ali Asgari will be screened in the competition section of the Sundance Film Festival, which will run from January 16 to 26 in Park...
View ArticleCalligraphy artworks by Iranian artists on display at Malaysian museum
TEHRAN – Calligraphy artworks by artists from Iran and seven other countries are on display in an exhibition at the Malaysia Islamic Arts Museum in Kuala Lumpur. Entitled “Nun wa Al Qalam...
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Iranian Artists Forum to hold poster exhibition on Mandela
TEHRAN – The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) plans to organize an international poster exhibition on the liberation struggle icon Nelson Mandela. In a press release published on Wednesday, the IAF called...
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House of Cinema to establish art center for East Azarbaijan quake victims
TEHRAN -- The Iranian House of Cinema (IHC) plans to establish an art house in Heris, one of the towns that was almost destroyed by an earthquake in East Azarbaijan Province in August 2012. The...
View ArticleIranian films line up for Indian festival
TEHRAN – A selection of Iranian films are competing in the 11th Chennai International Film Festival, which opened in India on Thursday. The lineup includes “Hush! Girls Don’t Scream” directed by...
View ArticleWhat’s in art galleries
Painting * An exhibition of paintings by Adak Jamshidzadeh is currently underway at Gallery 1 of the Niavaran Cultural Center. Jamshidzadeh used coffee to create the paintings on canvas. The...
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Another Persian translation of “And the Mountains Echoed” published
TEHRAN – Another Persian translation of Khaled Hosseini’s latest novel “And the Mountains Echoed” has appeared in Iran. Translated by Shabnam Sa’adat, the book was released by Afraz Publications....
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Iran’s “Painting Pool” wins UNESCO Award at APSA 2013
TEHRAN – The Iranian family drama “The Painting Pool” has won the UNESCO Award at the seventh annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA). Directed by Maziar Miri, the film received the award for...
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Golden Globes look to “The Past” in Best Foreign Language Film category
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s drama “The Past” has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014. French filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche’s “Blue is the...
View ArticleIran, Turkey to hold seminars on Abdurrahim Karakoç, Shahriar
TEHRAN -- Iranian poet Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar and Turkish poet Abdurrahim Karakoç will be discussed during two separate seminars in Ankara and Tehran. The first seminar will be held at the...
View ArticleIranian author studying children and childhood in Sadi’s works
TEHRAN – Iranian author Manuchehr Alipur is currently working on a research project that will reflect the image of children and childhood in works of the Persian poet Sadi (c. 1213-1291 He plans to...
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Pictorial book on Iran’s religious minorities to be unveiled at IAF
TEHRAN – Leaders and representatives of different religions in Iran will come together at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on Tuesday to attend the unveiling ceremony of a pictorial book about the life...
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“Parviz” takes home top honor at Kerala filmfest
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Majid Barzegar’s dark comedy drama “Parviz” has won the Golden Crow Pheasant Award for the Best Film at the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). The film is...
View ArticleIranian vocalists to commemorate Rumi with concerts in Konya
TEHRAN – Two Iranian vocalists, Shahram Nazeri and Abdolhossein Mokhtabad, will honor Persian poet and mystic Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273) with their performances in the Turkish city of Konya....
View ArticleLian to give concert in Sweden
TEHRAN – Lian, a celebrated band from the southern Iranian city of Bushehr, will be giving a concert at Gothenburg’s Concert Hall in Sweden on December 28. This will be the third time the band has...
View ArticleIranian Artists Forum to screen animated short Oscar winners and nominees
TEHRAN – Twelve short animated movies, which were nominated for an Oscar or won the award in the years between 2007 and 2012, will be screened at the cinematheque of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on...
View ArticleTehran institute to host French book fair
TEHRAN – The latest offerings from a number of French publishers will be on sale in an exhibition, which opens at Tehran’s Book City Institute today. The books are mostly in the field of philosophy,...
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