Art And Culture

Three Iranian short movies made their way to the semifinals at the 39th Elche International Independent Film Festival in Spain.

South Korea will open a cultural center in Tehran next year, according to Seoul’s Ambassador to Tehran Kim Seung-Ho.

“We would like Iranians to know more about South Korea, than just TV…

The Iranian French-based film distribution company Noori Pictures will distribute globally the award-winning documentary ‘Zemnako’ directed by Mehdi Ghorbanpour.

Emmanuel Jal wants to start a peace revolution — and he’s opened a cafe in Toronto’s Moss Park where it can begin.

Jal Gua, which means “walk in peace” in the Naath language of East Africa…

Children and young adult book author Farhad Hassanzadeh, 54, has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Hassanzadeh was introduced to the International Board on Books for…

Iranian composer, tar and setar player Hamid Motebassem will start his national concert tour mid-August in Tehran.

The concert is titled ‘Saze-e Del, Avaz-e Del’ (Instrument of Heart, Song…

The 14th Golden Pen Awards closed in Tehran on Saturday, without conferring awards in any of its five categories.

The closest to the awards were commendation plaques given to the…

Tehran Symphony Orchestra will feature the symphonic composition ‘Ermiah’ and string orchestra ‘Dar Jangal’ (In the Forest) at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, on July 16 at 6 pm.

Cyrus the Great Scientific Seminar will be held in Tehran on October 26-27, under the auspices of the Afraz Cultural Association, Iranian Political Science Association and Iranian Sociological…

The 2-kilometer-long Hijab Street in central Tehran was closed on Sunday morning as thousands of people converged to attend the funeral of the prominent filmmaker Abbas Kairostami which began at…

A grisly murder committed 83 years ago by two sisters in Le Mans, France, inspired theater director Maryam Malmir in her new play named after the infamous killers.

Malmir’s latest show…

Syrian filmmaker Marcelle Aleid has asked exiles from her country to tell her about the unique object they took – or would have liked to have taken –as they fled their war-torn country.

It’…

Iranian Hanieh Sadat Kazemi, 18, can text in Korean on mobile messengers just like any other Korean.

While most Iranians use Germany-based Telegram to chat over smartphones, Kazemi uses…

Babel Tower and Mirrored Ziggurat are Shirin Abedinirad’s latest installations. As she continues to utilize mirrors in her installation pieces, she experiments with light and movement, resulting…

The Swedish female runner Kristina Palten who ran 1,840 km across Iran to break preconceived ideas about the country is working on a book and a documentary movie which will portray her Iran…

Iranian cartoonist, Mahboobeh Pakdel, who won the grand prize of the 18th edition of Porto Cartoon World Festival, organized by the Portuguese National Museum of the Press in April, says…

Good news for budding authors needing a little hand in writing that best-selling book! There’s now a formula for writing successful novels. Well, it won’t help you write the whole book, but…

A young Iranian violinist Amin Ghafari has been invited by the Austrian Academy of Allegro Vivo to perform at their 38th summer festival.

Considering the high standards of the Allegro Vivo…

Authorities, cultural officials, artists and world statesmen along with the media have offered condolences on the death of world-renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami who passed away in…

A science-based play titled ‘Transmitters’ is on stage at Tehran’s Iranian Artists Forum.

“The play is based on scientific research on the number of cells and chemical messengers in the…

A new initiative at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow aims to make the institution more hospitable to disabled visitors.

The program is uncharted territory for Russia, where…

As part of the ‘Summer Program for Books’ that starts from Wednesday, July 6, the Book House Institute in Tehran will offer discounts on all book purchases.

The month-long program is…

The Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory recently hosted the ‘Voice of East’ festival where Iranian ethnic music received special attention.

Iran cinema has seen great days regarding sales in the first three months of the current Persian calendar year that started in March, and three new released films are set to follow the same path…

Arasbaran Cultural Center in Tehran will feature a duet performance by two Belgian musicians on July 14.

The performance is an experimental concert of piano and violin by Liselotte Sels and…