On the occasion of National Day of Cinema in Iran (Sept. 12), the 19th celebration of House of Cinema was held in Tehran and the best movies released locally last year were awarded.
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A collection of small sculptures are on display at Aaran Art Gallery. The Association of Iranian Sculptors has organized the 10th round of Small Sculptures Exhibition at the gallery located at…
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Two young visual artists are holding their first exhibition at Seyhoun Art Gallery, portraying a concept of suppressed and traumatized humans. ‘Tamandeha’ (those who remain folded) opened…
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Veteran impressionist painter Saeed Emdadian has set up a solo exhibition at Hoor Art Gallery. Emdadian, whose expertise is nature painting, has presented a collection of scenic paintings at the…
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A group exhibition of calligraphic paintings opens Friday at Seyhoun Art Gallery II. Participating artists include Amir Ahmad Falsafi, Javad Bakhtiari, Enayatollah Nazari Nouri, Ali Reza Karami…
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The 11th Cinema Verite, Iran’s International Documentary Film Festival, slated for December 10-17 in Tehran, has received 4,102 documentaries from 100 countries.
Countries with the…
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The short animation ‘Nobody’ written and directed by Elham Toroghi has won the Special Jury Award at the Films for Children Competition section of the 11th International Animation Festival…
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Italy in their first match of FIVB Men’s World Grand Champions Cup at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan, on Tuesday.
In a breathtaking game, Iran gained a 3-2 victory against…
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Acclaimed musician, composer and conductor Nasser Cheshmazar will appear at Vahdat Hall accompanied by an orchestra of 80 instrumentalists. His ‘Nostalgia Concert’ is slated for September 14, 9:…
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The Iranian Academy of Arts, affiliated to the presidential office, holds today a one-day training workshop on ‘Semiotics in Sassanid Metalwork.’
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Prolific pop singer Hamed Homayoun, a rising star in live concerts, is preparing for another performance. Homayoun will come on stage Saturday night at Milad auditorium of the Tehran Permanent…
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Violinist Amin Ghafari and his ensemble Pasargad Orchestra will perform classical pieces from among famous film scores, Navaye Fars (navayefars.com) reported.
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Celebrated pop singer, songwriter and actor Farzad Farzin will perform at a new hall in Tehran this week. He will sing a selection of his memorable songs on Sept. 14-15. Each night he…
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Pars Hospital in Rasht, designed by New Wave Architecture based in Tehran, has been shortlisted for the World Building of the Year prize at the next edition of World Architecture Festival…
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Persian manuscripts stored at Matenadaran Museum in the Armenian capital Yerevan have been indexed in a recently published catalogue.
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Actors Greg Grunberg and Taylor Cole have been added to the cast of Iran-Hollywood first co-production.
Titled ‘1st Born’, it is a comedy directed by Iranian filmmaker Ali Atshani who…
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Golestan Palace in Tehran opens today a show of royal seals and stamps belonging to its former residents.
The UNESCO world heritage center is holding the exhibition of seals and written…
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Farhang Cinema and Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) are showing ‘One Stop Ahead’ directed by Saman Estarki. In the film Abbas returns to the village where he was born after twenty years to spend some…
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The Iranian documentary ‘Poets of Life’ directed by Shirin Barqnavard is currently on screen at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran. It is about Shirin Parsi, who after receiving a BA in French…
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‘Inverted Seven’ is the name of a film directed by Mehdi Khosravi now showing in Cinema Museum of Iran. The synopsis for the movie reads: “I wish I could go back to sort some things out, but…
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The Iranian feature film ‘Bitter Dream’, the story of a mortician, his life and fears and finally his death, is on the screen at Charsou Cineplex.
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Iranian feature film ‘No Date, No Signature’ won two awards at the Horizons section of the 74th Venice Film Festival in Italy.
At the closing ceremony on Saturday, the movie bagged Best…
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‘A View From the Bridge’, a play written by American playwright Arthur Miller and directed by Kasra Mohammadi is performed at Naser Khosrow Hall. The play is set in the 1950s in a neighborhood…
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New generations of two percussion instruments were unveiled Saturday evening at Milad Tower in Tehran.
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Acclaimed traditional musician and vocalist Shahram Nazeri will bring out his new album by September 22.
‘Asheq Kist?’ (who is the lover?) is the title of Master Nazeri’s latest album to…
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