Art And Culture

Three feature films from Iran will compete at the 12th Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival in Pennsylvania, the US, in September.

‘Kupal’ directed by Kazem Mollaei, ‘Inversion’ by…

The Iranian short animation ‘Unveiling Ceremony’ has been selected for the 10th CyBorg Film Festival in Italy in September.

Dealing with the issue of justice, it is set in no particular…

Children will attend the Tehran Symphony Orchestra concert this week. Vahdat Hall in Tehran will host an orchestral event on August 23 dedicated to children and aimed at familiarizing them with…

Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran is to host a traditional Iranian concert on August 23. The traditional music band of Bangeno will perform a selection of compositions by the leader of the…

Tehran Music Ensemble, also known as New Music Orchestra will perform on August 25 at Roudaki Hall in Tehran. It will be a repertoire of contemporary Iranian compositions starting at 9 pm. Saeed…

After his successful performance on Wednesday, pop singer Meysam Ebrahimi will give another live concert this week. Ebrahimi’s upcoming concert is slated for August 23 at Milad auditorium of…

Diamond Café in Tehran is to host street music bands in a festival where they will compete in front of the audience.

Titled ‘Sedaye Piadero’ (Sound of Sidewalk), the festival is the…

The first feature film by director Mohammad Reza Kheradmandan ‘Twenty-One Days Later’ is in the cinemas and has been well received by the audience. A melodrama, it is about a teenager who has to…

‘Motherland’ directed and produced by Abolhassan Davoudi is currently on screen in 20 cinemas in Tehran. It narrates the relationship between family members of different generations, motherland…

‘Season of Narges’ is the second feature film by Negar Azarbaijani which was recently released across the country. The movie has a focus on women who are in particular situations and will never…

Renowned filmmaker Maziar Miri’s new production ‘Sara and Ayda’ is showing from last week. Sara and Ayda are two intimate friends. When the reputation of one of them is in danger,  both try…

Pakistan is set to establish a National Broadcasting and Film Commission for the revival of its film industry and would like to seek Iranian assistance for making the new body effective and…

Novel was the most sought after writing at the 30th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), held May 3-13, 2017 at ‘Shahr-e-Aftab (Sun City) exhibition center in south Tehran.

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Celebrated pop and classical crossover singer, composer and guitarist Shahram Shokoohi will hold a concert at Milad Tower in Tehran.

City Photo Museum in Tehran will show a collection of old photos from Rasht, capital of the northern Gilan Province.

A total of 39 historical photographs will remind visitors what the…

Renowned musician, composer and conductor Majid Entezami, 69, was honored at a ceremony in Tehran at the Art Bureau (Hozeh-Honari), August 15.

A large group of artists, cineastes and…

A theatrical adaptation of ‘The diaries of Adam and Eve’, a book by American writer Mark Twain is underway at Entezami Hall of Iranian Artists Forum (IAF). Titled ‘Because Your Voice Is Familiar…

‘Death Game’ is the name of a play written and directed by Maryam Amini,  underway at Jamshid Mashayekhi Hall. It is the story of a scientist who seeks to stop time. His wife knows that he…

Iranian theater director and screenwriter Hamidreza Naeemi is staging the play ‘Far East, Near East’ at Hall No. 1, Shahrzad Theater Complex. The script is written by Naeemi and deals with the…

The play ‘Dialogue of the Survivors’ written by Mohammad Zarei and directed by Milad Shajareh is being staged at Hall No. 2 of Shahrzad Theater Complex. Centering on an apocalyptic subject, the…

American actor Val Kilmer, 57, has signed on to star in ‘1st Born’, a comedy by Iranian filmmaker Ali Atshani.

The project centers on a newly married couple living in California, Iranian…

Over 800 films have been sent to the cinema section of the 6th Iran International Green Film Festival (IIGFF) slated for September.

According to the public relations office of the…

The 18th Traditional & Ritual Theater Festival will be held August 30-September 6 in Tehran. The event includes a research seminar slated for August 30-31.

 An exhibition of glazed tile paintings will open August 18 at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran.

The tiles are painted, glazed and baked by painter Farzaneh Kalantari. She has…

After a hiatus of two years, the Doll Museum reopened August 10 in Tehran.

The first such professional museum in Asia, the museum is an archive of over 800 dolls and puppets from Iran…