Film Museum of Iran to review Italian neorealist cinema

TEHRAN – The Film Museum of Iran in Tehran announced on Saturday a plan to review Italian neorealist cinema during a five-day program, which will begin on Thursday.

“Zona” named best at Fiaticorti Film Festival

TEHRAN – “Zona” by Iranian director Tufan Nahan-Qodrati was selected as best short at the 19th Fiaticorti Film Festival in Italy, the organizers announced on Friday.

Child victims of Kermanshah quake subject of photo contest 

TEHRAN – A popular Iranian campaign titled “Children with Bad Parents Are Lonelier” plans to organize a photo competition on the children affected by the devastating earthquake in the Kermanshah region in western Iran last November, the organizers announced on Sunday.

Illustrators hang works at Iranian Artists Forum 

TEHRAN – The Iranian Artists Forum is playing host to an exhibition of illustrations, which opened on Friday.

“It Rains Slowly” director on Izmir festival jury

TEHRAN – Saeid Nejati, the Iranian director of the acclaimed short film “It Rains Slowly”, has been selected as a member of the jury for the fiction category at the 19th Izmir International Short Film Festival.

Director Mehrdad Ghaffarzadeh working on co-production between Iran and Turkey    

TEHRAN – Iranian director Mehrdad Ghaffarzadeh is making a love story titled “Sing Me a Love Song”, which will be a co-production between Iran and Turkey, Turkish newspaper Hürriyet announced last week.

Farabi director, French MP meet in Tehran 

TEHRAN – Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation said on Friday that a member of the French Parliament, Frederique Dumas, has met with the director of the foundation, Alireza Tabesh, in Tehran.

Writer Nasser Irani dies at 81, body donated to science 

TEHRAN – Nasser Irani, an Iranian writer who was mostly famous for his novel “Long Live Death”, died from a chronic illness on Wednesday in his home in Tehran. His body was donated to the University of Tehran for educational and research purposes based on his last will and testament.

Iranian artists display works for Arbaeen pilgrims

TEHRAN – The Art Bureau is organizing art exhibitions in Iranian cities near the border between Iran and Iraq for the Arbaeen pilgrims. 

Leader’s demands on Sacred Defense published 

TEHRAN – A book containing the demands of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is known as the Sacred Defense in Iran, has recently been published.

Qobeddin Sadeqi puts on “The Cherry Orchard” at Tehran theater

TEHRAN – Veteran Iranian director and actor Qobeddin Sadeqi staged Russian author Anton Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” at Shano Theater in Tehran on Wednesday.

Belgrade fair offers Serbian translation of Persian novel “Chess with the Doomsday Machine” 

TEHRAN – A Serbian translation of “Chess with the Doomsday Machine” (“Partija šaha s Mašinom sudnjeg dana”), Habib Ahmadzadeh’s Persian novel on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, was offered at the 63rd Belgrade International Book Fair, which is currently underway in the Serbian capital. 

Kashan to host children’s book festival 

TEHRAN – The central Iranian city of Kashan, Iran’s Book Capital of the Year, will host the First Festival of Books for Children and Young Adults opening on December 13.

Scholar Sadreddin Zahed to examine Sadeq Hedayat’s impacts on Iranian theater 

TEHRAN – Actor and director Sadreddin Zahed who is also an expert on theater is scheduled to scrutinize the impacts of Iran’s foremost short story writer Sadeq Hedayat on theater in the country during a session in Tehran on Saturday.

Photo exhibit promotes Hyrcanian Forest

TEHRAN – “Hyrcanians, Eternally Green”, an exhibition of photos of the Hyrcanian Forest in northern Iran, opened at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Historical Complex on Monday.

Roshd festival to review Kiarostami films

TEHRAN – A lineup of 7 films directed by Abbas Kiarostami, promoting educational topics for children, will go on screen at the 48th Roshd International Film Festival.

By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet

Ads need genuine photographs, designs to be noticed

TEHRAN – Managers and business people used to need photographers and graphic designers to produce photos and advertisements for their products. But in Iran today they no longer stress this need so prospects for commercial photography do not look so good. 

By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet

“Jackal” to nest in Tehran theater

TEHRAN – “Jackal” by Iranian playwright Sajjad Qatei, about the serious repercussions a rough childhood causes for the remainder of a child’s life, will go on stage at Tehran’s Divare Chaharom Theater tomorrow.

“I write because I want to visit Iran frequently”: Alois Hotschnig

TEHRAN – Austrian writer Alois Hotschnig says he will not stop writing because he wants to visit Iran frequently.

Farmer Mahmud Mansuri wins Emerging Talent Award at Wildscreen Festival

TEHRAN – Iranian farmer Mahmud Mansuri has won the Icon Films Emerging Talent Award at the Wildscreen Festival in Bristol in the southwest of England.

Iran, Germany discuss loan of TMCA Western collection to Berlin show again

TEHRAN – The plan to loan a collection of Western art from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) for a show at Berlin’s National Gallery was discussed once again in a meeting held on Sunday between German Ambassador Michael Klor-Berchtold and Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi, the culture ministry announced.

Alireza Kushk-Jalali to restage “Robinson and Crusoe” in Tehran

TEHRAN -- The Iranian theater troupe Ayna led by German-based Iranian director Alireza Kushk-Jalali will perform “Robinson and Crusoe,” a play written by Italian playwrights Nina Dintrona and Giacomo Ravicio, in Tehran.

Three Iranian films win awards at BangkokThai

TEHRAN – Three Iranian films have won awards at the 4th BangkokThai International Film Festival, held in Bangkok, Thailand, the organizers have announced.

“No Date, No Signature” to go on screen at Asian World Film Festival

TEHRAN – “No Date, No Signature”, Iran’s submission to the 91st Academy Awards in the best foreign language film category, will go on screen at the Fourth Annual Asian World Film Festival, the organizers have announced.

Asghar Farhadi to receive Stockholm Visionary Award

TEHRAN – The two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi will be honored with the Stockholm Visionary Award this year at the 29th Stockholm International Film Festival in Sweden, the organizers announced last week.

Khayyam Academy mounts artwork to celebrate translators of Persian poetry

TEHRAN – An artwork featuring Persian and English inscriptions of verses from Persian poet Omar Khayyam Neyshaburi was set up at the Khayyam Academy in Tehran on Friday to celebrate translators of works from renowned Persian poets.

French filmfest honors “Revolt”, “Animal”

TEHRAN – The Iranian films “Revolt” and “Animal” have won awards at the 16th International Festival Signes de Nuit, the organizers have announced.

Iranian films scoop awards at Slemani festival 

TEHRAN – Iranian films won awards in several categories at the 3rd edition of the Slemani International Film Festival in the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah, the organizers announced on Tuesday.

Iranian cinema receives more nominations at APSA

TEHRAN – Iranian films have received three more nominations at the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), the organizers announced on Wednesday.

By Manijeh Rezapoor

Tour a fantasy world of Persian tales in “Tehran Times” 

TEHRAN – “Tehran Times” — no, not the newspaper… an art exhibit in Tehran — can tickle the interest of any art aficionado to find out what it has to offer on the walls out of curiosity.