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...
View ArticleIran 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...
View ArticleAsia 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...
View ArticleWinners 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...
View ArticleIranian 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...
View ArticleThree 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...
View ArticleFajr 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...
View ArticleIran’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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleIranian 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...
View ArticleIranian 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...
View ArticleIranian 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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