Two films from Iran have entered the final lineup of the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which opened in Japan on October 23.
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Iran finished fourth in the 2014 Asian Para Games, also known as the Second Asian Para Games, with 120 medals, including 37 gold, 52 silver and 31 bronze.
A total of 204 Iranian war…
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The 2nd International Islamic Arts and Cultural Festival in Putrajaya, Malaysia (PIIACUF) will host artworks from Islamic countries from October 30 to November 2.
Iran is taking part in…
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In a meeting with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak Hamad as-Sabah, on Thursday, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati said “Iran-Kuwait cooperation will help promote…
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Works by Iranian artists were sold high during the Christie’s ‘Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art’ sale at Jumeirah Emirates Towers, in Dubai.
Paintings from Iranian…
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An Iranian narration of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ went on stage at Piccolo Theatre in Milan.
Invited and funded by the Italian Piccolo Theatre Company, the 2-hour play by the Quantum Theatre…
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‘Marzban-Namé’, the 13th-century Persian prose work, is the inspiration for an animation movie of the same name, 13 episodes of which are ready for voice-over, director Behrooz Soltanifar said.…
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Hundreds of toys designed and produced by Iranian manufacturers, were exhibited at the 5-day 2nd National Toys & Games Exhibition which concluded on October 24.
The exhibition at the…
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Rumi’s Masnavi has been inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register lists.
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A joint production of Iran and Canada, the ‘Joy Village’ animation series has recently finished its production stage.
The series will be broadcast in 60 episodes, each lasting 7 minutes.…
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The…
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‘Frenzy for Two’ (original name, Delire e deux) written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rouhollah Iraji, is an abstract and interdisciplinary performance that portrays human anxieties.
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Ben Bradlee’s death at his Washington home of natural causes was announced by the Post, which reported late last month that he had begun hospice care after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for…
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Iranian movie ‘With Others’ (Ba Digaran) was awarded the Silver Gateway of India at the Mumbai Film Festival.
The 16th week-long Mumbai Film Festival came to a close on Tuesday (October 21…
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A concert of Qawwali music was performed at Tehran’s Milad Tower Monday night.
A group of officials and diplomats from Iran and Pakistan participated in the musical performance along with…
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Through the efforts of the Iranian Cultural Attaché in Indonesia, the 2-day Iran Artistic Cultural Festival was organized in Jakarta.
The opening ceremony in the capital was attended by a…
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The 1st International Literature Festival opened in the northeastern city of Trabzon in Turkey on Tuesday (Oct 21).
Literature professors, poets and artists from the host country, Iran,…
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When France’s left-leaning daily Liberation newspaper devoted a cover and two full pages last month to a book on geography, author Christophe Guilluy understood that his message was reaching a…
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The street theater ‘Shopeh’ from Mazandaran Province was one of the plays performed at the 9th Marivan Street Theater Festival.
Meaning ‘The Night Watch’, ‘Shopeh’ shows the people’s…
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The 8th Parvin E’etesami Film Festival kicked off at Tehran’s Artists Forum on October 20.
A number of filmmakers, actors and officials attended the opening ceremony of the festival, which…
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The Persian translation of ‘Mary Poppins’ written by Pierre Travers will be unveiled by Parian Publishers on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its film production, Farzad Farbod, translator…
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The Iranian-made electronic game ‘Parvaneh’ has been nominated for the world’s best game title of the year.
It was recently named ‘Game of the Year’ at the 4th Computer Games Festival…
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The 3rd Bisotoun Rock Climbing Festival began in the mountains surrounding the archeological Bisotoun city in Kermanshah Province on Sunday.
The opening ceremony was attended by the…
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Sidney Shapiro, a famed U.S.-born translator who was one of the few Westerners to gain Chinese citizenship and become a member of a high-level parliamentary body, died on the weekend in Beijing,…
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‘Richard III’ directed by Aida Abparvar, starring Mehran Ranjbar as its only actor, is on the stage until October 22.
While Shakespeare tells of the tragic rise and fall of…
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