Iranian documentary ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ directed by Reza Farahmand has won the Special Jury Award at the 11th edition of Millennium Festival in Belgium. ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ is about Noor Al Helli, an Iraqi female journalist, who covers stories about Syrian and Iraqi women and children in the war against ISIL terrorists. The...Read More
Iranian filmmaker Zohreh Zamani is set to serve as a juror at the 15th Kazan Muslim Film Festival to be held in Tatarstan, Russia from April 24-30. Zamani, was the first Muslim woman to join the panel of jury of Religion Today Film Festival in 2010 in Italy, as well as the 2012 Dhaka International...Read More
World’s top animations will be featured in different sections of the 11th Tehran International Animation Festival (TIAF). International Section of the festival will host animated works that have been awarded in world-known festivals including Cannes, Annecy, Hiroshima, Zagreb and also were nominated for the Best Short Animation of Academy Award 2019, IRNA wrote. ‘This Magnificent...Read More
Yesterday, a major pomegranate festival, featuring various traditions from across the country, opened to the public at the Eshraq Cultural Center, northeast Tehran. Varieties of pomegranate and related products are on show at the 20-day event titled “One Hundred Seeds of Ruby”. The exhibit also stages local live performances and traditions, handicrafts, souvenirs, and culinary...Read More
Iranian film ‘Orange Days’ by Arash Lahooti won three awards at the 67th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg in Germany. Lahooti’s film received the Grand Newcomer Award, the main award of the festival, the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Prize of the Jury of International Film Critics (Fipresci). Iranian actor Ali Mosaffa received the...Read More
Iranian documentary producer Marjan Riahi was selected to serve on the panel of jury at the 14th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival which is slated for August 3-12. Independent films, short films, experimental films, documentaries and animations will compete in the festival, ISNA wrote. Riahi is the founder and manager of Short Film News organization,...Read More
Iran took part in the cultural festival Silk Road in Algeria in which a number of countries including China, Indonesia and Greece also participated. Zafira Yacef Saadi, who heads Zafira — an artistic and cultural institute which hosted the festival — told IRNA that the festival’s goal is to promote fraternity, peace and friendship among...Read More
TEHRAN – Several international festivals will be screening a number of films by Iranian directors during April and May. “Double” by Ronak Jafari will go on screen at the 40th Moscow International Film Festival running from April 19 to 26, the organizers have announced. The film is an entry to the Short Films Competition of...Read More
IRNA – The first Iranian film festival was held in Malaysia on Monday night. The event was organized by Iranian cultural attaché office in Malaysia. Iran envoy to Malaysia Marzieh Afkham, cultural attaché Ali Mohammad Sabeqi, foreign ambassadors, Iranian actress Merila Zareie and Iranian residents in Kuala Lumpur attended the event. The festival was held...Read More
