Iranian director Asghar Farhadi honored at Spanish festival

TEHRAN – Two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi received an honorary award at the opening ceremony of the 20th edition of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival in the Spanish island on Friday as a significant figure of the history of the festival.

“Samak the Ayyar” published in English

TEHRAN – “Samak the Ayyar: A Tale of Ancient Persia”, one of the old Iranian stories, has been published in English.

Atlanta Film Festival picks five movies from Iran

TEHRAN – Five movies from Iranian filmmakers will be screened at the 45th edition of the Atlanta Film Festival, which will open in the U.S. city on April 22.

Sima Films to produce series on war hero General Ali Sayyad Shirazi

TEHRAN – Sima Films, a film production studio affiliated with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), announced on Sunday that it is producing a series on the war hero Ali Sayyad Shirazi.

Canadian exhibition showcases works by Iranian artist

TEHRAN –Works by Iranian artist Yousha Bashir are currently on view at a 3D virtual exhibition, which has been organized by the Vantage Art Projects, a Canada-based collaborative curatorial platform and online magazine for contemporary art. 

Belgian film festival to review Iranian cinema

TEHRAN –The MOOOV Film Festival, which is scheduled to open in Bruges, Belgium, on April 20, has dedicated a special section to Iranian films.

Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” published in Persian

TEHRAN – American novelist and playwright Cormac McCarthy’s 1985 novel “Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West” has recently been published in Persian.

What’s in Tehran art galleries

An exhibition of miniatures by Hadith Fakhr is currently underway at Aran Gallery. Entitled “The Infinite World”, the exhibition will run until May 7 at the gallery located at 5 Lolagar St., Neauphle-le-Chateau St.

“Humankind: A Hopeful History” at Iranian bookstores

TEHRAN – Dutch popular historian and author Rutger Bregman’s book “Humankind: A Hopeful History” has recently been published by the Logos Publications in Tehran.

By Mohammad Araghi

 ‘Read and fight for what's right’, Danish-Lebanese artist tells the youth

Now at 29 years of age, the Danish-Lebanese artist is now a father of two, and as a Muslim artist, he is dealing with the reality of today’s lifestyle in the pandemic. Having experienced a journey of self-realization in his early twenties, Ali Al Hadi says Islamic artists have a big responsibility to fulfill.