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Abbas Kiarostami to hold workshops at U.S. college
TEHRAN – The world-renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami will hold a series of workshops at the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) of Syracuse University in New York from January 27 to...
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Iranian official asks filmmakers to reconcile people with cinema
TEHRAN -- The Iran Cinema Organization (ICO) has recently entered into negotiations with a number of prominent filmmakers to help the organization reconcile people with cinema. ICO Director...
View ArticleAbdorreza Kahani making film in Paris
TEHRAN – The Iranian director Abdorreza Kahani is currently completing the postproduction stage of his latest film “On A Le Temp”, which was shot in Paris. The French-language film will be completed...
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Belgrade to host Iranian film week TEHRAN -- An Iranian film week will be held in Belgrade, Serbia from February 4 to 11. The event will be held based on an agreement signed between Iran’s...
View ArticleIranian director making doc on Africa’s farewell to Mandela
TEHRAN – Iranian director Meysam Shahbabaii has traveled to South Africa to make a documentary about the farewell ceremonies for former president Nelson Mandela. Shahbabaii is making the documentary...
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Hojjatollah Ayyubi publishes memoirs of Paris
TEHRAN – A book containing memories of Iran Cinema Organization (ICO) Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi during the days he served as Iran’s cultural attaché in Paris will be unveiled during a ceremony in...
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Abbas Kiarostami’s life story told in “An Unfinished Dialogue”
TEHRAN -- An Iranian author has recently completed a book entitled “An Unfinished Dialogue” about the life story of the celebrated filmmaker, photographer and poet Abbas Kiarostami. “This book is...
View ArticleTehran gallery to hold retrospective of painter Parviz Kalantari
TEHRAN – Tehran’s Ideh Gallery will be holding a retrospective of the painter and children’s book illustrator Parviz Kalantari on Friday. Art researcher Tuka Maleki and art critic Hafez Rohani will...
View ArticleSalinger’s unpublished stories to come out in Persian
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of three stories written by American author Jerome David Salinger (1919–2010), which were left unpublished during the life of the author, will soon be available in a...
View ArticleIranian translator working on Carlos Fuentes’ “The Orange Tree”
TEHRAN – Iranian translator Ali-Akbar Fallahi is currently working on a Persian translation of “The Orange Tree” by Carlos Fuentes. In “The Orange Tree”, Carlos Fuentes continues the passionate and...
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Iranian actor to visit Lionel Messi to placate him over abusive Facebook...
TEHRAN -- The veteran Iranian actor Jamshid Mashayekhi will travel to Spain or Argentine on a special assignment by Esteghlal, a major football club in Tehran, to visit Lionel Messi to placate the...
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“The Past” receives nod at Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
TEHRAN – Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s drama “The Past” has been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 19th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards 2013. The nominations were announced in 13...
View ArticleDrug addiction discussed in Iranian interior minister’s meeting with cineastes
TEHRAN -- Interior Minister Abdorreza Rahmani-Fazli held talks with a group of Iranian cineastes on Tuesday during a meeting in which the issue of drug addiction as a social problem was discussed....
View Article“Iran, the Land of Religions in Peace” unveiled
TEHRAN – “Iran, the Land of Religions in Peace”, a pictorial book about the life of the religious minorities in Iran, was unveiled during a ceremony at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on Tuesday....
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“Great Fury of Philip Hotz” appears on stage in Tehran
TEHRAN – The Sura Theater Troupe premiered the Swiss dramatist Max Frisch’s “Great Fury of Philip Hotz” at the Bazigah Hall on Wednesday. Ali Zarrin-Nahad directs the play based on the Persian...
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Iranian, Polish docs share top award at Cinéma Vérité
TEHRAN -- Polish filmmaker Maciej Drygas’s “Abu Haraz” and Iranian director Mostafa Razzaq-Karimi’s “Memories for All Seasons” have shared the Best Feature-Length Documentary Award in the international...
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Iran’s man of diplomacy Zarif visits comedy king Modiri
TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Mehran Modiri, the director and actor of TV comedy series, on the set of his new serial “I Was Joking” in Tehran on Tuesday evening....
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Shanghai to host Iranian cultural week
TEHRAN – The Iranian Cultural Week opened at Shanghai’s Changning Library, China on Thursday. Handicrafts, photos and art books have been put on display in exhibitions during the festival, which is...
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Iranian children honored at Bulgarian painting exhibition
TEHRAN – Sixty-one Iranian children received honorary diplomas at the 15th International Youth Art Exhibition Nova Zagora in Bulgaria, the organizers announced last week. Over 2600 works by children...
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“Bear” gets nod for Iranian premiere
TEHRAN -- The Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has given the nod for the premiere in Iranian movie theaters of the film “Bear”, the acclaimed controversial drama about certain family...
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