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2018-07-24 19:07
Rhode Island festival to screen films from Iran
TEHRAN – Several films from Iran will be screened at the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) running in the American state from August 7 to 12.
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2018-07-24 18:58
“Majan” named best at Zanzibar film festival
TEHRAN -- “Majan” by Iranian director Rahman Seifi-Azad won the award for best film from DHOW countries at the Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania, the organizers announced last week.
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2018-07-24 18:57
Tehran art galleries offered installment plan to lessen loss of earnings in recession
TEHRAN – A gallery owner in Tehran said on Tuesday that her colleague had received a proposal to sell artworks on an installment plan in order to cope with the loss of earnings during the current economic recession in the country.
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2018-07-23 18:48
Lian to perform at London WOMAD
TEHRAN – Lian led by its vocalist and neyanban virtuoso Mohsen Sharifian will give a concert featuring the rhythmical Bushehri music of southern Iran during WOMAD, a music festival in London, on July 29, the organizers have announced.
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2018-07-23 18:47
“Dictator in Love” on Hitler premieres in Tehran
TEHRAN – “Dictator in Love”, a comedy about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and his mistress Eva Braun whom he married later, went on stage at the Independent Theater of Tehran on Monday.
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2018-07-23 18:44
London Markosia to publish Shahnameh story “Jamshid”
TEHRAN – The London-based publishing company Markosia plans to publish an English version of the Persian graphic novel “Jamshid” that is based on the King Jamshid story from the Shahnameh, the magnum opus of the Persian epic poet Ferdowsi.
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2018-07-22 19:06
Madrid centers review Iranian cinema
TEHRAN – CaixaForum and El Ciculo de Bellas Artes, two cultural centers in Madrid, reviewed Iranian cinema by screening a lineup of ten films during a program that was held from June 24 to July 19, the organizers announced.
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2018-07-22 19:04
Iran’s Culture Ministry seeking to save national press in current recession
TEHRAN – Deputy Culture Minister for Press Affairs Mohammad Soltanifar said on Sunday that the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance is seeking to save the newspapers, which are at the risk of closure in the wake of the current economic recession.
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2018-07-22 18:51
No request from producers for screening “Everybody Knows” in Iran: official
TEHRAN – The deputy director of the Cinema Organization of Iran has said that the organization still has not received a request from the producers to screen Asghar Farhadi’s latest movie “Everybody Knows”, which was shot in Spain in 2017.
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2018-07-21 18:41
Tehran hosts art exhibits on Hajj
TEHRAN – The Art Bureau, a Tehran-based center affiliated with the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization, is currently playing host to two art exhibitions on Hajj.
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2018-07-21 18:39
Doc to portray impact of inflation on quality of workers’ lives in Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Mohammad-Hossein Soltani is making a documentary that is scheduled to show how an employee with a good salary fails to make enough money to cover the increased cost of living due to the current rising rate of inflation in Iran.
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2018-07-21 18:34
Culture and Art Orchestra to celebrate 50 years of music with Farhad Fakhreddini
TEHRAN – The Culture and Art Orchestra will go on stage at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on August 2 and 3 to celebrate 50 years of the career of 80-year-old maestro Farhad Fakhreddini.
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2018-07-20 18:33
Marzieh Borumand opens children’s play “Toranj”
TEHRAN – Marzieh Borumand, the director of the popular puppet series “Grandmother’s Home” and “School of Mice”, attended the premiere of the children’s play “Toranj” in Tehran on Thursday.
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2018-07-20 18:32
Intl. festivals line up for “Everybody Knows”
TEHRAN – Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi’s latest film “Everybody Knows” will be screened at five international festivals, which will be held across the world, Farhadi announced on his Telegram channel on Thursday.
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2018-07-20 18:29
Doc on Asghar Farhadi’s “Salesman” premieres in Tehran
TEHRAN – “About the Salesman”, a documentary on Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning drama “The Salesman”, premiered at Tehran’s Charsu Cineplex on Wednesday.
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2018-07-18 18:38
Stéphane de Gérando to stage projection mapping on Azadi Tower
TEHRAN – The French composer and multimedia artist Stéphane de Gérando is scheduled to stage a projection mapping performance on Tehran’s Azadi Tower tonight.
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2018-07-18 18:38
Managers’ foreign trips at culture ministry subject to approval by minister
TEHRAN – Managers and assistants at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance must obtain the minster’s approval for their foreign trips based on the organization’s new policy to deal with conditions facing Iran after the U.S. decision to return the sanctions.
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2018-07-18 18:37
Venezia Classici to screen Ebrahim Golestan’s “Brick and Mirror”
TEHRAN – The 75th edition of the Venice International Film Festival plans to screen UK-based Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan’s “The Brick and the Mirror” (1964) in its Venezia Classici, a section dedicated to restored classics from world cinema, the organizers have announced.
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2018-07-17 18:30
Ford hangs painting by Iran’s Ahmad Vakili
TEHRAN – The Ford Motor Company, the American multinational automaker headquartered in Michigan, has purchased a painting by the veteran Iranian artist, Ahmad Vakili, to hang it at the office of one of its managers.
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2018-07-17 18:28
Tehran exhibition displays documents on cultural ties between Iran, Oman
TEHRAN – An exhibition displaying a collection of historical documents on cultural and political relations between Iran and Oman opened at the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) on Monday evening.
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2018-07-17 18:24
Iranian cinema under spotlight at Poland New Horizons festival
TEHRAN -- The 18th New Horizons International Film Festival in Poland has put its spotlight on Iranian cinema by “Iran: Iran”, a program that will review a large number of movies from Iran.
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2018-07-16 18:30
Kerala film festival dedicates section to Iranian shorts
TEHRAN – The 11th edition of the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala in India will put its spotlight on short films from Iranian cinema in a program titled “Persian Tales: Short Fiction from Iran”.
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2018-07-16 18:29
Neil Simon’s “Star-Spangled Girl” on stage at Tehran theater
TEHRAN – American playwright Neil Simon’s comedy “The Star-Spangled Girl” is currently on stage at Tehran’s Mehregan Theater House.
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2018-07-16 18:25
Iranian doc on Shias in Azerbaijan dubbed into Azerbaijani
TEHRAN – “Fire and Pomegranates”, Iranian filmmaker Heidar Bani-Hamzeh’s documentary about the Azerbaijani Shia center of Nardaran, has recently been dubbed into Azerbaijani, a public relations team announced on Sunday.
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2018-07-15 18:50
Mashhad gallery hangs works by American painter Thomas Berding
TEHRAN – The Radin Art Gallery in Mashhad is playing host to an exhibition displaying American painter Thomas Berding’s collection, “The Chronic Disassembly Roadshow”.
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2018-07-15 18:47
“The Eastern” on Toshihiko Izutsu to screen in Tokyo
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Masud Taheri’s latest documentary “The Eastern” about Japanese expert on religions Toshihiko Izutsu (1914–1993) will be screened in Tokyo next week.
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2018-07-15 18:45
“Yeva”, “Sunset Truck” win awards at Golden Apricot filmfest
TEHRAN – “Yeva”, a co-production between Iran and Armenia and “Sunset Truck”, a co-production between Iran and Germany, won three awards at the 15th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, the organizers announced on Sunday.
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2018-07-14 18:21
Artworks in “Transition” warn of environment damage
TEHRAN – An Iranian artist warns of a severe crisis facing the environment with her latest mixed media collection titled “Transition”.
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2018-07-14 18:19
Studies on world literature honored at Parvin Etesami Literary Awards
TEHRAN – Two books on world literature have shared the award for best literary research at the 8th Parvin Etesami Literary Awards while works in other categories were only awarded with honorable mentions.
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2018-07-14 18:16
Tahmineh Milani to head jury of Sakhalin filmfest
TEHRAN – Tahmineh Milani, the director of such acclaimed movies as “Ceasefire” and “Two Women”, will preside over the jury of the official competition of the Sakhalin International Film Festival in Russia.