UK’s Ramsgate Filmfest. to host 3 Iranian titles
Iran Review – Three Iranian short films, namely ‘Braceball’, ‘Don’t Worry’ and ‘The Pains of the Sea’ will take part in the…
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Photos: 20th Iran Cinema Celebration gala
Tasnim | Erfan Kouchari: The 20th Iran Cinema Celebration, organized annually by the Iranian House of Cinema with an aim to observe…
20th Iran Cinema Celebration names winners; ‘No Date, No Signature’ rakes in awards
MNA – The 20th Iran Cinema Celebration has announced the top of Iranian cinema productions in the past year, with ‘No Date,…
Iran movies win over 500 int’l awards in a year: Minister
IRNA – Iranian films attending different world festivals could receive 562 international awards during the past Iranian calendar year ended on March…
Iran’s Panahi among 2018 Cannes winners
MNA – The 2018 Cannes jury announced the awards of the festival’s 71st edition, with Japan’s ‘Shoplifters’ winning Palme d’Or and Iran’s…
Iranian actress wins Best Supporting award at Beijing festival
IRNA – Iranian actress Mina Sadati received the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in ‘Searing Summer’ at the Beijing International…
Iranian actor wins Best Actor Award at Las Palmas Filmfest.
MNA – Iranian film ‘No Date, No Signature’ by Vahid Jalilvand, has received the Audience Award and its main actor Navid Mohammadzadeh…
Iranian actress awarded Greece film award
IRNA – Iranian female artist Mehraveh Sharifinia received best actress award at Greece Bridges Peloponnesian International Film Festival. The award was awarded…
Movies from 5 continents to vie at Fajr 2018
MNA – The 36th Fajr International Film Festival will host A-list guests and representatives from five continents, according to Mahsa Fariba, who…
Berlinale Generation Section awards Iran’s ‘Dressage’
Iran Daily – The 14plus International Jury of the 41th Generation at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival awarded the Special Mention…
Festival of Iranian films kicks off in Azerbaijan Republic
IFP – The “Iranian Film Days”, which was opened in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan Republic, on Friday February 23, has been…
36th Fajr Filmfest. announces winners
MNA – The winners of Iran 36th Fajr Film Festival in various categories have been announced in the closing ceremony of the…
Culture Minister: Iranian cinema producing most films in region
IRNA – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi said Iranian cinema ranks first in the region in term of producing…
3 Iranian films, one Iranian animation to compete in int’l festivals
IRNA – Three Iranian films and one animation from the country are set to compete in Palm Springs and Orlando festivals. ‘Yeva’,…
Oscar-nominated Iranian director challenges Trump to watch her film
Reuters – Iran’s first Oscar-nominated female director has challenged President Donald Trump to watch her film to see if its portrayal of…
Iran’s Jalilvand wins Gold Hugo at Chicago Film Festival
IFP – Iranian filmmaker Vahid Jalilvand has bagged the prestigious Gold Hugo award at the 53rd edition of Chicago International Film Festival…
19th Iran Cinema Celebration names winners
MNA – The best of Iranian cinema this year were awarded during a special ceremony of the 19th Iran Cinema Celebration on…
Iranians celebrate 117th anniversary of national cinema
Press TV – Iranians celebrate National Day of Cinema across the country, marking the 117th anniversary of introduction of the art form…
Iran’s ‘No Date, No Signature’ wins 2 awards at Venice filmfest.
MNA – Iranian drama ‘No Date, No Signature’ has won Best Director Award for Vahid Jalilvand and Best Actor Award for Mohammad…
Iran’s Majid Majidi returns to India with ‘Gold Mine’
Variety – Majid Majidi, director of award-winning films including “Children of Heaven,” “Baran,” and “Muhammad: The Messenger of God,” is returning to India for…
‘Abji’ wins Best Award at US festival
MNA – Iranian film ‘Abji’ (The Sis), directed by Marjan Ashrafizadeh, won the Best Film Award at the 13th edition of the…
180 Iranian female filmmakers to compete in int’l festival
IFP – A record-breaking number of Iranian female filmmakers are set to take part in different sections of an international film festival…
Cinematographers hail frankness, simplicity of Iranian films
Press TV – Cinematographers attending a major Iranian film festival say the country’s cinema is one that cannot be simply ignored as…
Iranian movie in American film festival final stage
IRNA – Iranian short film ‘The Painter’ directed by Ashkan Maleki entered the final stage of an American festival called ‘Burien Film…
Iranian director awarded in Cannes
IRNA – “A Man of Integrity”, the latest work of Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof, won the top prize in the Un…
Post-revolution cinema wins Iran about 3700 awards at intl. events
Tehran Times – Iranian cinema has so far won about 3685 awards at international events since the victory of the 1979 Islamic…
‘Not Yet’ wins Grand Prix at BISFF
MNA – ‘Not Yet’ by Iranian director Aryan Vazir-Daftari won the Grand Prix of Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) in South…
UW student hopes new Iranian Film Festival will build cultural bridges
The Cap Times – UW-Madison graduate student Hamidreza Nassiri has long been proud of the films coming out of his native Iran.…
Iranian cinema quietly well-known across the globe
IRNA – The referee of the 34st International Film Festival (FIFF) described Iranian cinema as quietly well-known in the global festivals. Talking…
6 Iranian films to vie at Italian filmfest.
MNA – Six Iranian films will be screened in the Competition section of the 8th Middle East Now film festival in Florence,…
‘The Salesman’ is a remarkable window into Iran
Ashland Daily Tidings| Chris Honoré : “The Salesman” was the winner of Best Foreign Film at the 89th Oscars. Regrettably, its Iranian director,…
Photos: Iranians celebrate 2nd Oscars win for Farhadi
ISNA| Mona Hoobehfekr: Hundreds of Iranians have gathered at Tehran Cinema Museum to celebrate Asghar Farhadi’s Academy Awards win for best foreign…
Iranians celebrate 2nd Oscars win for Farhadi
AP- Hundreds of Iranians have gathered at Tehran Cinema Museum to celebrate Asghar Farhadi’s Academy Awards win for best foreign language film.…
Oscar-winning ‘Salesman’ to be screened at Malaysian cinema
IRNA – Iranian Oscare-winning “The Salesman” directed by well known Director Asghar Farhadi is to be screened in Malaysian cinemas, it was…
Iran’s Asghar Farhadi, absent at Oscars, pleads for empathy in win for ‘The Salesman’
AP- A political context larger than that of films themselves swept Iran’s “The Salesman” into the limelight and effectively solidified its win…
Photos: 11th Intl. 100 Seconds Filmfest. wraps up
FNA| Soheil Sahra Navard: The 11th International 100-seconds Film Festival wrapped up on Friday, in a ceremony attended by a group of…
Another fine film from Iran
The Hindu– It has been a couple of decades since Iranian cinema has taken the world by storm. It should be no…
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman
WSWS|Tom Carter: Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s new film The Salesman, in this writer’s opinion, merits a positive review. The film is remarkable…
Photos: 10th day of 35th Fajr Filmfest.
ISNA| Hemmat Khahi: Iran’s largest cinematic event, Fajr Film Festival, is underway at Tehran’s Milad Tower Conference Center. The tenth day of…
Photos: 2nd day of 35th Fajr Filmfest.
ISNA| Borna Qassemi: The second day of the 35th Fajr Film Festival was held at Tehran’s Milad Tower Conference Center on Monday.…