Imagineindia festival picks four movies from Iran 

TEHRAN – Four movies by Iranian filmmakers have so far been selected to be screened at the 20th Imagineindia International Film Festival in Madrid.

Vancouver film festival to screen “Doll”, “Song Sparrow” from Iran 

TEHRAN – The short movies “Doll” and “Song Sparrow” from Iranian filmmakers have been selected to be screened at the 16th Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF), which will open in the Canadian city on March 4.

Chennai festival to screen 11 Iranian films 

TEHRAN – A lineup of 11 Iranian films will be screened at the 18th edition of the Chennai International Film Festival running in the Indian city from February 18 to 25.

Movies from Iran line up for Malaysian festival 

TEHRAN – A lineup of four Iranian films will be competing in the 4th Malaysia International Film Festival.

Turkey’s Amity filmfest honors Iran’s “Where We Come From”, “The Red Fire”

TEHRAN – Iranian films “The Red Fire” and “Where We Come From” have won awards at the 3rd International Amity Short Film Festival in Istanbul, Turkey.

By Manijeh Rezapoor

Movies from Iran line up for Dhaka Intl. Film Festival

TEHRAN – A lineup of 35 Iranian films will be screened at the 19th Dhaka International Film Festival in January 2021.

Iranian films competing in Norwegian festival

TEHRAN – Movies by Iranian directors are competing in the 30th Films from the South Festival (FFSF), which currently underway in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.

Indonesian festival to screen seven films from Iran

TEHRAN – The 15th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival has picked seven movies by Iranian filmmakers to be screened in the various categories of the event, which will open today in Jogja on the Indonesian island of Java.

Hungary’s Faludi festival picks Iranian films 

TEHRAN – A lineup of 12 films have been selected to go on screen at the Faludi International Non-Professional Film Festival and Photo Competition running in the Hungarian capital from November 18 to 21.

Iranian films to flicker at Tallinn Black Nights

TEHRAN – Four Iranian movies will be competing in the 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which will take place in the Estonian capital from November 13 to 29.

“Sunless Shadows” named best in Italian festival’s competition for Iranian films

TEHRAN – “Sunless Shadows” directed by Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskui was named best in a special section dedicated to Iranian cinema at Middle East Now, a film festival in the Italian city of Florence, on Sunday.

Sao Paulo festival picks films from Iran

TEHRAN – A lineup of five Iranian films have been selected to go on screen at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival that will be held online in the Brazilian city from October 22 to November 4, the organizers have announced.

Films from Iran line up for Barcelona Asian Film Festival

TEHRAN – Twelve movies from Iranian filmmakers will be competing in the various sections of the Asian Film Festival Barcelona.

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.

Iranian films line up for Visions du Réel

TEHRAN – A lineup of four Iranian films will be screened in the various sections of the Visions du Réel, an international film festival in Nyon, Switzerland. 

Istanbul to host Iranian film days

TEHRAN – A lineup of nine Iranian movies will be reviewed during a special program named “Iranian Film Days” at the Beyoglu Academy in Istanbul.

Iranian films line up for Manchester Kinofilm Festival

TEHRAN – The Kinofilm Festival – Manchester international short film and animation festival will screen 20 movies by Iranian filmmakers in various categories of its 16th edition, which will be held in 2020, the organizers have announced.

Cologne Cinepänz festival screens movies from Iran 

TEHRAN – Seven movies produced at Iran’s Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) were screened during the Cologne Children’s Film Festival Cinepänz, the institute announced on Wednesday.

3 films from Iran to compete in Tokyo festival 

TEHRAN – Three movies from Iranian filmmakers will be screened at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) as the organizers announced the lineup on Thursday.

Sedicicorto festival picks films from Iran 

TEHRAN – A lineup of 18 Iranian films will be competing in the Sedicicorto International Film Festival running in the Italian city of Forli from October 4 to 13, the organizers have announced.

By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet

Festivals Council comes to cope with Iranian films’ festoxification

TEHRAN – The Cinema Organization of Iran (COI) as the country’s highest policy-making body in film industry has a newly established council to supervise Iran’s presence at international film events.

Iranian films praised at Spain’s Imagine India

TEHRAN – Iranian cinema was praised at the Festival Imagine India, which took place in the Spanish capital of Madrid from May 17 to 31.

Czech, Slovakian festival of Iranian films unveils lineup

TEHRAN – The Iranian Film Festival, which will be held in Czech and Slovakia, has unveiled its official lineup.

Institutions sell Iranian films illicitly to YouTube: producer 

TEHRAN – The spokesman of the Association of Iranian Independent Producers, Morteza Shayesteh, said on Tuesday that a number of Iranian institutions have illicitly sold some of their fellow filmmakers’ movies to YouTube.

Four films from Iran among 100 greatest foreign-language movies

TEHRAN – Four movies from Iranian directors are among the 100 greatest foreign-language films, a BBC poll showed.

Iranian films line up for Poland’s Tofifest 

TEHRAN – Four Iranian movies will be screened at the 16th Tofifest International Film Festival, which will be held in the Polish town of Torun from October 20 to 28.

Linz festival honors Iranian films “Birthday Night” “Animal”

TEHRAN – Iranian films “Birthday Night” and “Animal” won awards at the Linz International Short Film Festival in Austria, the organizers announced on Monday.

Iranian movies line up for Slemani festival 

TEHRAN – A line up of Iranian movies will be competing in the 3rd Slemani International Film Festival, scheduled for October 10 to 16 in the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah, the organizers have announced.

Sakhalin Intl. Film Festival picks films from Iran 

TEHRAN – Movies by five Iranian filmmakers will be screened in the various sections of Sakhalin International Film Festival in Russia, the organizers have announced.