Cinema

Iranian director Majid Majidi has said that Muhammad aims to correct misconceptions about Islam in the world.

Several other infamous individuals including Netanyahu, Ariel Sharon and Osama bin Laden are also depicted in the film.

Seyyedi’s drama received the Best Cinematography and Best Film awards of the prestigious event’s Asian New Talent category.

The international section of the 33rd Fajr Film Festival has been inaugurated in Tehran.

The film is estimated to carry a cost of $5-6 million. Turkey says it can cover $3-4 million of the project and expects the Iranian side to pick up the rest of the tab.

Ahmad Irandoust, a towering Iranian bodyguard recalls his encounter with Steven Seagal behind the scenes of a movie where he challenged the muscled US actor to a fight.

Melbourne has so far bagged two awards at the Stockholm International Film Festival; it has received critical acclaim at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in Italy.

Motamed-Arya’s prize will go under the hammer and the proceeds will go to a campaign to shelter the homeless.

Culture chiefs from Iran and Italy sign a deal to promote bilateral cooperation in a variety of fields including archeology, music, translation and the movie industry.

Rainfall of Roof, an Iranian short film directed by Teymur Qaderi, wins the jurors prize of the Cour Joujours Festival.

Isfahan owes a lot to Zaven Ghokasian; without his efforts, cinema wouldn’t have survived in this Iranian city.

Face to Face with Asghar Farhadi, a book by Esmaeil Mihandoust, offers a vivid portrait of the renowned Oscar-winning Iranian film director.

Ali Jannati, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance has called Muhammad the Messenger of God as the best Iranian movie after the revolution, saying it is perfect in terms of theme, content and technical issues.

The movie director said the main aim behind his grand cinematic project is to denounce extremist moves by those who resort to violence in the name of Islam.

Iranian films admitted to the festival have made international headlines in recent year after winning much-coveted Golden and Silver Bears.

Jannati expressed readiness for expansion of bilateral relations between Tehran and Lisbon in different fields and for exploiting the two countries' cultural potential.

Social Learning Theory is a short film which takes a look at the negative and traumatic effects that watching public executions could possibly have on children.

Muhammad, which will premiere at the 2015 Fajr Festival, is a cultural symbol of Muslim unity.

Seminary students lead a simple and unassuming life. Unfortunately, the younger generation only knows clerics through TV.

Abbas Kiarostami, a famed Iranian filmmaker, is told by those fighting on battlefields about what happened during the Iraq-Iran war which touched the lives of so many people.

Merila Zarei has won the Best Actress Award at the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards for her role in the Iranian war drama ‘Track 143’ directed by female filmmaker Narges Abyar.

Cinéma Vérité, an Iranian international festival for documentary films, is intended to express the relationship between reality and truth.

Abyar was awarded the Best Film prize for her first feature film Objects in the Mirror Are Closer than They Appear and the film’s actress Gelareh Abbasi took the Best Actress award.

Parvaneh, a film by an Iranian director, has made it to the short list for the best Live Action Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards.

Scale, an Iranian short animation, has won the climate award of Munich International Festival of Film Schools in Germany.