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Reza Attaran: Awarded Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and singer
Reza Attaran (born 1968 in Mashhad) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and singer. He won in 2008 the Best Actor Award at the Gol Agha Comedy Festival and is regarded as one of the most...
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Reza Mirkarimi: Awarded Iranian film director
Reza Mirkarimi (Persian: رضا میرکریمی , born 1966 in Tehran) is an Iranian film writer and director. He graduated from Fine Arts University in Graphic Arts. His cinema activities began in 1987 with a...
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Safi Yazdanian: Iranian film director
Safi Yazdanian, born 1960 in Tehran, is an Iranian film director, writer, translator and film critic. He graduated in Theater and Cinema Studies in 1988, starting his career as a reviewer and columnist...
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The Fish & I: Awarded Iranian short film by Babak Habibifar
The Fish and I is an Iranian short film directed, written and acted by Babak Habibifar that recounts the story of a blind man trying to save his fish. The film has won several international honors....
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5th International Urban Film Festival underway in Tehran, Iran
Iran’s 5th International Urban Film Festival is running from May 24 to June 2 in eleven movie theaters across Tehran. More than 360 productions will take part in this year’s national and international...
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Iran’s ‘Cloudy Children’ from Reza Fahimi is the Grand Prix winner at ‘SSFF...
Iranian filmmaker Reza Fahimi’s Cloudy Children emerged as the big winner at the Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia (SSFF & ASIA) 2015, receiving the Grand Prix of the event that was held in Tokyo...
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Iranian actress’ Motamed-Arya portrait displayed at UN exhibit in New York...
A portrait of the acclaimed Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya is displayed besides 15 international figures at a multimedia exhibition titled ‘The Transformative Power of Art’ at the UN Exhibits in...
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Italian festival ‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ screening movies from Iranian New Wave...
Il Cinema Ritrovato, an Italian festival dedicated to screening newly restored classics running in Bologna until July 4, is showing four Iranian films from the Iranian New Wave cinema. The program is...
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London Iranian Film Festival – Saturday August 1st, 2015 – 3 Movies 1 Ticket
London Iranian Film Festival is the only annual festival to present Iranian cinema in the UK. The festival aims to introduce the international community to the best of Iranian cinema. Screenings: 3...
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Video: Spotlight on Iran’s film industry – BBC News
More posts about Iranian Cinema: click here Tagged: Art, Cinema, Iran, Video
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4th Persian Film Festival in Sydney, Australia, from September 3rd to 6th, 2015
The 4th Persian Film Festival is on from September 3rd to 6th at Palace Norton Street Cinemas, showcasing the best of Iranian cinema and the Persian speaking world. Over four days the festival offers...
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‘The President’, a film by awarded Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 2014, Georgia, /France/UK/Germany, 105 minutes, Cast: Misha Gomiashvili, Dachi Orvelashvili Festivals: Venice Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Warsaw...
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‘A Tribute to Gohar Kheirandish’, a documentary by Iranian director Pouria...
Director: Pouria Heidary Oureh, 2015, Iran, 83 minutes, Cast: Gohar Kheirandish [in person], Asghar Farhadi, Leila Hatami, Ezzatollah Entezami, Niki Karimi, Tahmineh Milani, Bahram Radan, Mahnaz...
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Zurich Film Festival Hosting Iranian Films
The 2015 Zurich Film Festival (September 24- October 4) is hosting Iranian films in the New World View section of the festival. Every Year, in the out-of-competition section, the Festival has dedicated...
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Iran via Documentaries: Docunight is hosting Iran documentaries for audiences...
On the last Wednesday of every month, Docunight screens a documentary about, around, or made in Iran or by Iranians in various cities throughout the US and Canada. ‘The Glass House’ by Hamid Rahmanian...
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Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) honors Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya
The 2015 edition of Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) has awarded Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya during a ceremony held in Brisbane, Australia. She received the event’s Special Mention for the...
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Winners of the 32nd Tehran Short Film Festival (Photos)
The winners were announced during the closing ceremony of Tehran’s 32nd Short Film Festival held at Andisheh Hall. The jury members of the International Competition Section were Andrzej Bednarek from...
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Iranian documentary wins Amnesty International Film Prize
Mehrdad Oskouei’s ‘Starless Dreams’ (Royahaye Dame Sobh) along with ‘Fuocoammare’ (Fire at Sea) by Gianfranco Rosi have won the Amnesty International Film Prize at the 66th Berlin International Film...
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Three Iranian films won awards at Garden State Film Festival in New Jersey
The Garden State Film Festival (GSFF) is a film festival in the United States held in Atlantic City, New Jersey which showcases over 150 independent films annually. Three Iranian movies won awards at...
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Fajr International Film Festival: Overview (Photos)
A wide range of movies, documentaries and shorts by directors from around the globe were screened this April during the 34th Fajr International Film Festival. Fifteen featured films competed in the...
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Iran’s Fajr International Film Festival – Winners (Photos)
The closing ceremony of 34th Fajr International Film Festival was held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall. 150 international guests from 20 countries attended the festival, watched films and participated at...
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“The Salesman” crew received a warm welcome in Iran after winning two awards...
Filmmaker Asghar Farhadi and actors Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti got an overwhelming welcome in Tehran after arriving home from the 69th Cannes Film Festival, where Farhadi won the best...
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Iranian movies at Munich Filmfest
A lineup of Iranian movies will go on screen from June 23rd to July 2nd in various sections of the 34th Filmfest München. Asghar Farhadi’s acclaimed drama “The Salesman” will be shown in the...
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Iranian movie ‘Inversion’ wins Best Film Award at MedFilm Festival in Italy
‘Inversion’, directed and written by Behnam Behzadi, won the Best Film Award at the 21st edition of MedFilm Festival, held in Rome. Nine films were competing for the “Amore & Psyche” Prize in the...
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Iranian film won “Un Certain Regard” top prize at Cannes
A Man of Integrity (Lerd), a film that focuses on a goldfish farmer battling corporate oppression in Northern Iran, has won the top prize in the “Un Certain Regard” competition at the Cannes Film...
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