Culture

Iran's Farhad Hassanzadeh shortlisted for Hans Christian Andersen Award

TEHRAN – Iranian writer Farhad Hassanzadeh has received a nomination for the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award.
DocPoint festival to hold documentarian Mehrdad Oskui retrospective

TEHRAN – DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will hold a retrospective of Iranian documentarian Mehrdad Oskui, the organizers have announced.
“Better than Neil Armstrong” director best at Pune film festival

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Alireza Qasemi has won the Best Live Action Short Film Director’s Award at the 18th Pune International Film Festival for his sci-fi “Better than Neil Armstrong”.

Scholar Yaqub Ajand compiles encyclopedia of Iranian dramatists

TEHRAN – Iranian scholar Yaqub Ajand has completed compiling an encyclopedia of Iranian playwrights from the Qajar period (1789–1925) to the 2000s.
DocPoint festival to hold documentarian Mehrdad Oskui retrospective

TEHRAN – DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will hold a retrospective of Iranian documentarian Mehrdad Oskui, the organizers have announced.
Iran's Farhad Hassanzadeh shortlisted for Hans Christian Andersen Award

TEHRAN – Iranian writer Farhad Hassanzadeh has received a nomination for the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award.
Director Hadi Marzban to return to stage with political romance “Dr. N.”

TEHRAN – Director Hadi Marzban plans to return to the stage with a political romance named “Dr. N. Likes His Wife More Than Mossadeq” over one year after staging playwright Akbar Radi’s “Slowly with Red Rose”, a public relations team announced on Tuesday.
“The Alien” to go on screen in Berlinale 2020 Forum

TEHRAN – “The Alien” (“Namo”) by Nader Saeivar from Iran will have its world premiere at the Forum section of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, which will be held from February 20 to March 1, the organizers have announced.
“Better than Neil Armstrong” director best at Pune film festival

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Alireza Qasemi has won the Best Live Action Short Film Director’s Award at the 18th Pune International Film Festival for his sci-fi “Better than Neil Armstrong”.
Iranian Artists Forum to host exhibition of theater posters, photos

TEHRAN – Collections of theater posters and photographs will be showcased in an exhibition, which will open at the Iranian Artists Forum on Friday.
Art exhibit raising funds for flood victims of Sistan-Baluchestan

TEHRAN – Tehran’s Mojdeh Gallery is organizing an online exhibition of visual arts to raise funds for the flood victims in Sistan-Baluchestan Province.
Big Sky festival picks three Iranian docs

TEHRAN – Three Iranian documentaries “Asak”, “Asho” and “Sunless Shadows” will be competing in the 17th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, which will be held in the U.S. city of Missoula, Montana from February 14 to 23, the organizers have announced.
Iranian institute releases audiobooks of Azerbaijani poems, folktales

TEHRAN – Avaye Chirok, a major Iranian institute that produces audiobooks, has released three books of Azerbaijani poetry folktales recited by Bahman Vakhshur.