Variety - Majid Majidi, director of award-winning films including Children of Heaven, Baran, and Muhammad: The Messenger of God, is returning toIndiafor his next project Gold Mine. The Iranian filmmaker is reuniting with the producers of India-set Beyond the Clouds, Shareen Mantri Kedia and Kishor Arora, under their production outfit Namah Pictures,...

According to a report by IRNA, as translated by IFP, Majidis latest film on the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) will premier in Turkish cinemas on Friday, October 28. Turkish people can now watch the film after its content was approved by Islamic scholars and historians of the countrys Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet). The film has been ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian biopic Muhammad (PBUH), the Messenger of God, the latest work by acclaimed director Majid Majidi, will be screened at movie theaters in neighboring Iraq in the near future. Senior Iranian and Iraqi cultural officials signed a contract to screen the movie at cinemas across the Arab country, according to a report by the ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) Majid Majidis biopic Muhammad: The Messenger of God will be screened in 2016 Moscow International Film Festival in Russia. The latest film by renowned Iranian director Majid Majidi (3-time winner of the ?Grand Prix des Amriques) will be screened in the 38th edition of Moscow International Film Festival on June 29with an ...

The epic film "Muhammad" by director Majid Majidi, which portrays the childhood of the Muslim prophet, will represent Iran in next year's competition for an Oscar for best foreign film, media reported Saturday. With a budget of nearly $40 million (34 million), partly funded by the state, "Muhammad", is the most expensive film in the history of Iranian ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Iran, China, US likely to cooperate on Arak heavy water reactor: Rouhani Irans President Hassan Rouhani announced on Saturday that the country will improve its Arak heavy water reactor with the cooperation of China and probably the United States.   Iran premieres top-budget ...

Speaking at the premiere of Muhammad: Messenger of God, Majid Majidi says further films would help improve understanding of Islam around the world It had the potential to be one of the most inflammatory film projects of recent times. Yet the world premiere of Iranian director Majid Majidis biopic of the prophet Muhammad not only passed mostly without ...

TEHRAN -- Iranian filmgoers rushed into Iranian theaters in the early hours of Thursday morning to watch Muhammad (S), the Messenger of God, an epic by Iranian director Majid Majidi about the childhood of the Prophet of Islam, the Persian service of FNA reported on Friday. Over 140 of Irans 247 movie theaters are screening the $40-million film, ...

The screening of Irans most expensive film ever, Muhammad, which was set for Wednesday in 143 theatres throughout the country on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shia imam, has been postponed by a day due to technical problems. Mohamadreza Saberi, managing director of Nour-Taban Film Industry, distributor of the ...

Muhammad (PBUH), a religious epic directed by world-renowned Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi, is set to hit national and international screens. The cinematic production will hit the Iranian screens on August 26, this year falling onthe birthday of the eighth Shia Imam, Imam Reza (AS). Muhammad (PBUH) will have its international premiere at the ...

Movies of two Iranian filmmakers are set to vie at the world competition section of the 39th Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF), slated from August 27 to September 7. Two months ago it was announced by the festival officials that Muhammad, the latest film by renowned director Majid Majidi, would open the festival in its world premiere. Now, ...

TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) Irans famous Majid Majidis latest movie has been chosen for the opening film of Montreal World Film Festival. The official website of the festival headlined Muhammad the Film Event of 2015 to ?Have World Premiere at the Montreal ?World Film Festival, announcing the premiering of Iranian renowned directors latest work in cinema....

Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi has been invited to the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) as the honorable guest in the jury panel. The Oscar-nominated director Majidi is slated to attend the gala along with a number of the worlds acclaimed cineastes such as the Academy-award winning American actress Susan Sarandon. Some ...