Culture and Art

Iranian documentary “Holy Bread” to be screened at ZagrebDox

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian documentary “Holy Bread” directed by late Rahim Zabihi will be screened at the ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival in Croatia.
Switzerland, Slovakia to host Iranian film “The Wasteland”

Tehran (ISNA) - Iranian film “The Wasteland” directed by Ahmad Bahrami will be screened at the Gässli Film Festival in Basel, Switzerland and the Art Film Festival in Kosice, Slovakia.
Iranian animation “The Fourth Wall” awarded in Animafest Zagreb festival

Tehran (ISNA) - Iranian animated film “The Fourth Wall” directed by Mahboubeh Kalani won the Best Film award at the 31st World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb 2021
Int’l Oriental Film Festival of Geneva to host 5 Iranian films

Tehran (ISNA) – The 16th edition of International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva will host five Iranian films.
Iran, Russia sign agreement on lifting visa requirements for tourist groups

Tehran (ISNA) – Iran and Russia have signed an agreement on lifting visa requirements for tourist groups.
Iranian film “Careless Crime” to vie at Gässli Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian film “Careless Crime” directed by Shahram Mokri will compete at the Gässli Film Festival in Basel, Switzerland.
Iranian film “Sea Boys” invited to Shanghai Int’l Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian film “Sea Boys” directed by Afshin Hashemi will compete at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival in China.
Iranian film “Just 6.5” awarded as Best Film in Reims Polar festival

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian feature film “Just 6.5” directed by Saeed Roustaee won Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize at Reims Polar festival in France.
Iranian short animation film “Stars in the Rain” to vie at Zlín Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian short animation film “Stars in the Rain” directed by Sara Namjoo will take part at the competition section of the 61st edition of Zlín Film Festival, also known as the International Film Festival for Children and Youth in the Czech Republic.
“A Bumpy Story” to be screened at Shanghai Int’l Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian film “A Bumpy Story” directed by Kamal Tabrizi will be screened at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival in China.
Iran, China sign joint statement on Asian cultural heritage protection

Tehran (ISNA) – A joint statement on Asian cultural heritage protection was signed between Iran and China on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
“Asak” wins International Shorts Award at Ethnographic and Documentary Filmfest Vienna

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian documentary “Asak” directed by Mahdi Zamanpour Kiasari won International Shorts Award at Ethnocineca - International Documentary Film Festival Vienna, Austria.
“Sunless Shadows” invited to Krakow Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian documentary “Sunless Shadows” directed by Mehrdad Oskouei will be screened at the non-competing section of the 61st Krakow Film Festival in Poland.
Iranian short film “The Tank” to be screened at Brooklyn Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian short film “The Tank” directed by Mojtaba Pourabdollah will be screened at the 24th edition of Brooklyn Film Festival in the United States.
Iranian documentary “Asho” to be screened at Brussels Short Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) - Iranian short documentary film “Asho” directed by Jafar Najafi will be screened at the 24th edition of the Brussels Short Film Festival (BSFF) in Belgium.
“Three Meters and a few Centimeters” to vie at US’ Sebastopol festival

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian documentary “Three Meters and a few Centimeters” directed by Mostafa Salehi Nezhad will compete at the 14th edition of Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival.
Soheil Ghanadan wins Best Actor award at 43rd Moscow Int’l Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) – Soheil Ghanadan won the Best Actor award at the 43rd Moscow International Film Festival for his performance at Iranian feature film "The Son".
Call for papers for 6th int’l conference on languages, translation, literature

Tehran (ISNA) – The call for papers for the 6th Annual International Conference on Languages, Linguistics, Translation, and Literature was published.
“The Badger” to compete at Maryland Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) – The movie “The Badger” directed by Kazem Mollai and produced by Sina Saeidian will compete at the main section of the 23rd Maryland American Film Festival on behalf of Iranian cinema.
Iranian Film Festival Australia to begin with Iranian film ‘titi’

Tehran (ISNA) – The 10th edition of the Iranian Film Festival Australia will begin on May 20 with screening of “titi”, directed by Aida Panahandeh.
“Bandar Band” to be screened at MOOOV Film Festival 2021

Tehran (ISNA) - Iranian director Manijeh Hekmat’s latest movie “Bandar Band” will be screened at MOOOV Film Festival in Belgium.
“African Violet” invited to Atlanta Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) - Iranian feature film “African Violet” directed by Mona Zandi Haghighi has been invited to Atlanta Film Festival in the US.
“Walnut Tree” invited to Moscow Int’l Film Festival

Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian film “Walnut Tree” directed by Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian has been invited to Moscow International Film Festival.
“Careless Crime” to be screened at Belgium, South Korea

Tehran (ISNA) - Iranian film “Careless Crime” directed by Shahram Mokri will be screened at film festivals in Belgium and South Korea.
New success for YEVA at the Francophone Festival in Italy

Tehran (ISNA) - Anahid Abad's film YEVA won the Audience Award for Best Film at the 11th Italian Francophone Film Festival.
Iranian film “Yalda” to go on silver screen in Spain

Tehran (ISNA) - Iranian film “Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness” directed by Massoud Bakhshi will go on silver screen at cinema theaters across Spain from next week as it will vie at the competition section of Barcelona International Film Festival.
Iran-France Archeology Conference to be held on Thursday

Tehran (ISNA) – The videoconference entitled “Iran: Archeology and Iran-France cooperation” will be held on Thursday March 18 with the cooperation and support of the Louvre Museum.
Nowruz customs in Mashhad

Tehran (ISNA) - Nowruz is the national and ancient celebration in Iran. It begins at the spring equinox - the moment when the sun crosses the equator and day and night is of equal length. Usually, this is between 19-21 March, depending on astronomical calculations. Different Iranian ethnicities have various customs, so these customs give special beauty to this ancient celebration.
Nizami Ganjavi’s Haft peykar, Nowruz rituals

Tehran (ISNA) - The poet Nizami Ganjavi (1140–1202) is one of the greats of the Persian literary tradition. He is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.
Narges Abyar’s “Track 143” screened in Spain on the occasion of International Women’s Day

Tehran (ISNA) - A film by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar was screened in Spain film festival to mark the International Women’s Day.