Iraqis ready to attend Iran’s Mourning at Home Short Film Festival   

TEHRAN – The executive secretary of the Mourning at Home Short Film Festival, Mohammad Rahbar, has said that the Iraqis have expressed willingness to attend the event as the organizers are planning to hold the festival internationally next year.

By Manijeh Rezapoor

Three Iranian films to compete in Tokyo International Film Festival 

TEHRAN – Iranian films “No Choice”, “TiTi” and “The Wasteland” will be competing in the Tokyo International Film Festival, which will be running from October 31 to November 9.

Play to portray lowlife Shahrokh Zargham who was metamorphosed by Islamic Revolution 

TEHRAN – Director Reza Bahrami is preparing a play on Shahrokh Zargham, a lowlife who was transformed almost overnight under the influence of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and was martyred during the Iran-Iraq war.

By Manijeh Rezapoor

Iran’s “Weekend” tops at KinoDrome Film Festival

TEHRAN – “Weekend” by Ario Motevaqe from Iran stood first at the 2020 KinoDrome Film Festival, which went online this year.

Iran Photographers House hosts “Children of Ruhollah”

TEHRAN – An exhibition named “Children of Ruhollah” displaying a collection of photos of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war opened on Sunday at the Iran Photographers House, which is affiliated with the Art Bureau.

By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet

“The Survivor” tops at Resistance filmfest, composer Majid Entezami receives first Rasul Award 

TEHRAN – “The Survivor”, late Iranian director Seifollah Daad’s 1995 drama on the Palestine issue, was named best film at the Resistance International Film Festival on Sunday as the event’s first Rasul Award went to composer Majid Entezami.

Top stage artists of Iran war theater honored   

TEHRAN – A number of theater directors, writers and actors active in the field of Sacred Defense theater were honored with lifetime achievement awards in the program “Narrators of Resistance” at the Arasbaran Cultural Center in Tehran on Sunday.

Iranian director Kurosh Zarei restages play on Imam Hussein (AS) in Aleppo

TEHRAN – Iranian director Kurosh Zarei restaged “The Sun Rises from Aleppo”, a play about Imam Hussein in the aftermath of the Ashura uprising, on Saturday evening in Aleppo, the second-largest city in Syria after the capital Damascus.

Top IRGC commander Mehdi Bakeri subject of docudrama

TEHRAN – A TV series portraying the life story of Mehdi Bakeri, the chief of IRGC 31st Shura Division that carried out several major operations during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, is being made at Sima Films, a film production studio affiliated with IRIB.

“The Eleventh Golestan” on Commander Ali Chitsazian published in S. Africa 

TEHRAN – Iran’s Cultural Office in South Africa has published the English translation of “The Eleventh Golestan”, a book that contains memories of Commander Ali Chitsazian’s wife, Zahra Panahirava.

By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet

“Exam”, “Talker” win awards at Tirana Intl. Film Festival

TEHRAN – Iranian movies “Exam” and “Talker” were honored with awards during the closing ceremony of the 18th Tirana International Film Festival in the Albanian capital, the organizers announced on Friday.

Persian writer Hamid Hesam’s “Just Be a Servant of Hussein” published in English 

TEHRAN – Iranian writer Hamid Hesam’s book “Just Be a Servant of Hussein” has recently been published in English.

Iranian films to compete in Warsaw festival

TEHRAN – Four movies by Iranian filmmakers will be competing in various sections of the 12th Warsaw Film Festival, which will take place in the Polish capital from October 9 to 18.

Artworks represent bittersweet images of Iran-Iraq war

TEHRAN – An online exhibition displaying artworks in various media on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war opened on Thursday. 

Iran Book and Literature House to showcase publications acclaimed by Leader 

TEHRAN – The Iran Book and Literature House in Tehran plans to organize an exhibition displaying 57 books praised by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Book City Institute to hold seminar on Rumi, Shams 

TEHRAN – Iran’s Book City Institute plans to hold a seminar next Monday on the Persian poet and mystic Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi Shams-i Tabrizi, the wandering sage who later became the mentor of Rumi in the 13th century CE.

Bahram Gharavi among top ten artists at Poland’s Art Moves festival on pandemic

TEHRAN – Iranian graphic designer Bahram Gharavi Manjili has been selected as one of the top ten artists at the 13th edition of Art Moves – the International Festival of Art on Billboards now underway in Torun, Poland.

Iran launches intl. poster, cartoon contest in sympathy with Palestine

TEHRAN – Iran’s Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization has organized an international cartoon, caricature and poster contest to show solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine.

Chinese, Iranian calligraphers team up for exhibition “Silk Script” 

TEHRAN – Iranian calligrapher Bahman Panahi and the Chinese calligrapher of Islamic scripts, Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang, have teamed up to display their latest works in a joint online exhibition.

Iran sympathizes with Lebanon in music video “Restless for Balqis”

TEHRAN – Iran expressed its sympathy with Lebanon on last month’s disastrous blast in Beirut by a music video named “Restless for Balqis”.

Resistance festival opens with tribute to war cinema dead 

TEHRAN – The 16th Resistance International Film Festival opened at the Sacred Defense Museum in Tehran on Monday, paying tribute to five cineastes of the Iranian war cinema who have died over the past year.

Konya Mystic Music Festival to celebrate Rumi’s birthday with Shajarian concert recording

TEHRAN – The Konya Mystic Music Festival in Turkey plans to celebrate the 813th birthday anniversary of Persian mystic and poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi online tonight with a recording of a concert Iranian vocalist Mohammadreza Shajarian had performed at the mausoleum of Rumi a few years ago.

Films, art shows observing war anniversary at Sacred Defense Museum 

TEHRAN – The Sacred Defense Museum in Tehran is organizing a variety of programs to observe the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is known as the Sacred Defense in Iran.

War book publishers launch mutual virtual fair   

TEHRAN – Four publishers specializing in books on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war launched a virtual fair on Monday, offering about 1,000 titles on various aspects of one of the few long wars of the twentieth century.

Dhaka festival to hold retrospective of Iranian filmmaker Puran Derakhshandeh

TEHRAN – The 19th Dhaka International Film Festival will hold a retrospective of Iranian filmmaker Puran Derakhshandeh in January 2021. 

“My Commander” exhibit to showcase top photos of Martyr Soleimani’s funeral 

TEHRAN – A selection of top photos of the funeral of Lieutenant-General Qassem Soleimani will be showcased in a virtual exhibition named “My Commander” on Thursday.

Leader writes commendation for IRGC commander’s war memoirs “Red Squares”

TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has written a commendation for “Red Squares”, war memoirs of IRGC commander Hossein Yekta. 

By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet

“Sunless Shadows”, “A Horse Has More Blood Than a Human” competing in Korea DMZ festival

TEHRAN – “Sunless Shadows” and “A Horse Has More Blood Than a Human” have joined another Iranian film “The Unseen” competing in the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea.

Goethe Museum Dusseldorf hosting Gunther Uecker’s “Tribute to Hafez”

TEHRAN – German sculptor and op artist Gunther Uecker’s exhibition “Tribute to Hafez” has been renamed “Orient and Occident Can No Longer Be Separated, Uecker-Hafez-Goethe” to be showcased at the Goethe Museum in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Poster, photo exhibits observe Iran-Iraq war anniversary

TEHRAN – The 40th anniversary of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war is being observed by organizing two exhibitions of photos and posters in Tehran.