Montreal festival to screen Iranian films

TEHRAN -- Three Iranian films will go on screen at the Montreal World Film Festival, which will be held from August 26 to September 6.
“Underwater Banquet” by Babak Amini will screen at the Short Film Competition. Majid Barzegar’s “Rainy Seasons” will compete at the First Films Competition Section and “Tehran, Teheran” by Dariush Mehrjuii and Mehdi Karampur is the representative of Iran at festival’s Focus on World Cinema.
The Montreal World Film Festival, considered the largest fully independent film festival in the world, will also pay homage to Iranian director Jafar Panahi.
Iranian band to record world’s modern compositions
TEHRAN -- Iranian Sol Music Band will be releasing its 11th album that contains selections of modern music composed by various world-renowned musicians in the near future.
Entitled “Transcend”, the album contains compositions by several musicians including Richard Hall, Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith, Halsey Stevens, and Paul Beaudoin..