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2021-03-01 18:38
Vancouver film festival to screen “Doll”, “Song Sparrow” from Iran
TEHRAN – The short movies “Doll” and “Song Sparrow” from Iranian filmmakers have been selected to be screened at the 16th Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF), which will open in the Canadian city on March 4.
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2021-03-01 18:35
Mexican agricultural traditions under spotlight at Tehran photo, ceramics exhibit
TEHRAN – An exhibition of ceramic works and photos entitled “Seeds of Identity” is presenting Mexican agricultural traditions at the Farzaneh Ceramic Museum in Tehran.
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2021-03-01 18:34
Pandemic forces Iran’s Intl. Quran Competition to go online
TEHRAN – Iran’s International Quran Competition, which is organized every year before the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, will hold its 37th edition online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-03-01 18:27
Owj makes doc about top anti-secular cleric Ayatollah Nureddin Hosseini
TEHRAN – The Owj Arts and Media Organization has recently produced a documentary that chronicles the political and religious life of Ayatollah Seyyed Nureddin Hosseini al-Hashemi, a top anti-secular clerics who lived from 1896 to 1957.
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2021-02-28 19:20
Siri Hustvedt’s “Blazing World” published in Persian
TEHRAN – American novelist Siri Hustvedt’s “The Blazing World” has recently been published in Persian in Tehran.
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2021-02-28 19:17
“The Night Visitor” comes into Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of “The Night Visitor: And Other Stories” by B. Traven has recently been published by Qoqnus Publications in Tehran.
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2021-02-28 19:16
“Driving Lessons” wins awards at CineVoyage filmfest
TEHRAN – Iranian director Marzieh Riahi’s “Driving Lessons” has won awards in three categories, including best direction and best screenplay, at the CineVoyage Film Festival in Mumbai, India.
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2021-02-28 19:15
Iranian troupe restages “True West” at Tehran theater
TEHRAN – Iranian director Omid Saeidpur is restaging American playwright Sam Shepard’s play “True West” at Molavi Theater in Tehran.
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2021-02-28 19:11
Rendition of “Journey in Blue” tribute to Hans Christian Andersen: Persian translator
TEHRAN – Shaqayeq Qandehari has said that her Persian translation of Stig Dalager’s “Journey in Blue: A Novel about Hans Christian Andersen” is a tribute to the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, “a hard-working man who had a wonderful life.”
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2021-02-28 19:08
“The Snow Calls” crowned best at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Marjan Khosravi’s “The Snow Calls” has been selected as best feature at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula in the northwestern U.S. state of Montana.
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2021-02-28 18:47
Mobarak festival opens with message calling puppets representations of ancient myths, future dreams
TEHRAN – The 18th Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival opened on Sunday with a message from Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini calling puppets the representations of the myths of the past and a visualization of the dreams of the future.
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2021-02-27 18:34
“Artists in Times of War” by Howard Zinn comes to Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of Howard Zinn’s “Artists in Times of War” has recently been published by Logos Publications in Qom.
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2021-02-27 18:33
Image of the Year Celebration kicks off at IAF
TEHRAN – The 18th edition of the Image of the Year Celebration was inaugurated on Thursday at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) featuring photos, posters and cartoons in addition to screening a number of films.
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2021-02-27 18:29
Adaptation of Macbeth to go on stage at Tehran theater
TEHRAN – Iranian director and writer Shadi Asadpur plans to stage an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece Macbeth at Tehran’s Divare Chaharom Theater on March 7.
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2021-02-27 18:27
Narges Abyar calls for more cooperation between Iranian, Turkish cineastes
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar has called for more collaboration between Iran and Turkey on the film industry.
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2021-02-27 18:24
Busts of Khayyam, Nikola Tesla to be set up in Belgrade, Tehran
TEHRAN – Busts of the Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam Neshaburi and Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla will be set up in Belgrade and Tehran in the near future based on a mutual agreement negotiated between the mayors of the cities.
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2021-02-27 18:20
Violent modern world suffers from lack of common humane language: filmmaker Majidi
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi said that the violent modern world is suffering from a dearth of a common humane language and a disregard of human nature more than ever.
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2021-02-27 18:16
Baghdad billboard showing “Shias of Abu Turab”
TEHRAN – A huge copy of Iranian painter Hassan Ruholamin’s “Shias of Abu Turab” has been set up on a billboard in the heart of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
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2021-02-26 19:01
Tehran Conservatory celebrates birthday of Imam Ali (AS) with release of “Son of Kaaba”
TEHRAN – The Tehran Conservatory of Music celebrated the birthday anniversary of Imam Ali (AS), the first Imam of the Shia, with the release of a piece named “Son of Kaaba”.
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2021-02-26 19:00
Iranian association sets up Khorshid Medal to honor doc producers
TEHRAN – The Association of Iranian Documentary Producers (AIDP) has established an award named the Khorshid Medal to honor a producer in the documentary cinema every year.
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2021-02-26 18:55
Fajr Festival of Visual Arts honors winners
TEHRAN – Winners of the 13th Fajr Festival of Visual Arts were honored during the closing ceremony of the event at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Thursday.
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2021-02-26 18:50
“Sun Children” star Ruhollah Zamani cast in war drama “The Bakeri Martyrs”
TEHRAN – Ruhollah Zamani, the lead actor of Majid Majidi’s acclaimed drama “Sun Children”, has been cast in the war docudrama series “The Bakeri Martyrs”.
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2021-02-26 18:48
“Book of Defense” studying Imam Khomeini’s leadership role in Iran-Iraq war released
TEHRAN – The Sacred Defense Research and Archives Center has released a book entitled “Book of Defense” that surveys the leadership role of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is known as Sacred Defense in Iran.
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2021-02-26 18:20
What’s in Tehran art galleries
* Eineddin Sadeqzadeh and Hossein Gholami are displaying their latest calligraphy works in an exhibition at Farmanfarma Gallery.
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2021-02-23 19:06
“Our Man in Tehran” by Robert Wright published in Persian
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of Robert Wright’s “Our Man in Tehran” has recently been published by Amirkabir Publications in Tehran.
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2021-02-23 19:04
Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival to go online
TEHRAN – A lineup of 57 puppet shows are scheduled to be performed during the 18th Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival that will go online next week.
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2021-02-23 19:02
Tehran hall to host theatergoers for Tennessee Williams’ “Glass Menagerie”
TEHRAN – A reading performance of American playwright Tennessee Williams’ memory play “The Glass Menagerie” will go on stage at Tehran’s Jamshid Mashayekhi Theater on Saturday.
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2021-02-23 18:58
Tehran gallery to unveil new sculpture from Parviz Tanavoli’s Lion Series
TEHRAN – Hedayat Gallery in Tehran plans to unveil a new sculpture from world-renowned Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli’s Lion Series on Friday.
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2021-02-23 18:56
Czech envoy awards Iranian winners of ICEFA Lidice
TEHRAN – The Iranian children who won awards at the 48th International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice received their prizes at the Embassy of Czech in Tehran on Monday from Ambassador Josef Rychtar.
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2021-02-23 18:52
36th Fajr Music Festival honors winners
TEHRAN – The 36th Fajr Music Festival was brought to an end by honoring winners in various categories at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Monday with a limited number of participants.
