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Cinema

Iranian actor Amin Tarokh dies of heart failure aged 69

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Famous Iranian actor Amin Tarokh has died of a heart disease at a hospital in Tehran.
Cinema

‘World War III’ picked to represent Iranian cinema in Oscars

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The jury in charge of submissions for the Academy Awards has picked "World War III", directed by Houman Seyyedi, to represent the Iranian cinema in the 2023 Oscars.
Cinema

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi elected president of Zurich film festival’s jury

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Renowned Iranian director and two-time academy awards winner, Asghar Farhadi, has been elected as the president of the jury in the 2022 edition of Zurich international film festival.
Cinema

Iranian filmmaker Yousefinejad dies of stroke at 53

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Iranian writer and filmmaker Asghar Yousefinejad has died of a stroke in the city of Tabriz. He was 53.
Cinema

Iranian films win three awards in Venice Film Festival

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Two Iranian films directed by Houman Seyyedi and Jafar Panahi have won three awards from the 79th edition of Venice Film Festival.
Sport

Iranian actress Negar Javaherian climbs to summit of Mount Damavand

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Iranian Actress Negar Javaherian has climbed to the summit of the world’s fifth highest mountain, Mount Damavand.
Cinema

Famous Iranian director Manijeh Hekmat’s movie “19” to compete in Italy’s Religion Today film festival

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Famous Iranian director Manijeh Hekmat’s movie “19” will compete in the Religion Today film festival’s 25th edition in Italy.
Cinema

Iranian voice acting icon Manouchehr Esmaili passes away

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Iranian voice acting maestro Manouchehr Esmaili, known as ‘the man of a thousand voices’, has passed away in the capital Tehran at the age of 83.
Cinema

Iranian actor named on list of 25 best movie performances of ’90s

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A prominent international film industry and review website lists Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi as one of the 25 best in the 1990s for his brilliant performance in award-winning Iranian movie ‘Taste of Cherry.’
Cinema

Iran’s Ahangarani awarded in Dokufest 2022 short film festival

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Pegah Ahangarani, Iranian actress and filmmaker, has been awarded the special jury award of the 21st Dokufest international documentary and short film festival in Kosovo for her short film "I Am Trying to Remember".
Cinema

Iranian director Mani Haghighi’s Subtraction on Toronto Film Festival’s platform lineup

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The 47th Toronto Festival has announced its platform lineup and Subtraction, directed by Mani Haghighi and produced by Majid Motallebi, will represent Iran’s cinema in the event.
Cinema

4 Iranian films to be screened at Venice Film Festival

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The Venice Film Festival has picked four Iranian movies for screening. Iranian films have thus set a record in the festival.
Cinema

Oscar-winning director Farhadi to get “Maestri del Cinema” award in Fiesole

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The Roman Theater of Fiesole in Florence, Italy, will be granting its 2022 Fiesole Maestri del Cinema (Masters of Cinema) Award to the Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who will become the first Middle Eastern filmmaker to receive the title.
Cinema

Veteran Iranian actors pass away

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Two veteran Iranian actors who starred in many movies and dramas for several decades have died.
Cinema

Iranian actress Leila Hatami on Venice jury with Julianne Moore

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Iranian Actress Leila Hatami has been selected as a member of the 79th Venice film festival's jury alongside American actress Juliane Moore.
Cinema

Iranian movie ‘Summer with Hope’ wins award at prestigious Czech filmfest

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Iranian movie ‘Summer with Hope” has won the Crystal Globe award as the best film of the 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
Cinema

Iran movie Leila’s Brothers wins Honorable Mention in Munich Film Festival

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Iranian movie Leila’s Brothers has won an Honorable Mention from the Munich International Film Festival, where Broker by Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda won the prize for the best foreign film.
Theatre

“Night of Doubt” play, produced by prominent Iranian actor, banned

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Just a few days after the banning of Iranian movie Leila’s Brothers, which received an accolade at the Cannes Film Festival, a play produced by Navid Mohammadzadeh, the movie’s actor, has been stopped from being performed.
Cinema

Leila’s Brothers director: Movies shows how Iranians suffered under sanctions

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Iranian director Saeed Roustaei who is in Munich for a screening of his Leila’s Brothers feature film says his film shows how Iranian people...
Cinema

Iranian movie Leila’s Brothers banned

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Cinema Organization of Iran has announced it will not issue a screening license to the movie Leila’s Brothers that took part in the Cannes Film Festival for violating regulations.
Local

Iranians protest sacrilegious movie

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A large crowd of protesters gathered in southern Iranian city of Ahwaz on Thursday night to slam a movie that has been accused of insulting the eighth Shia Muslim imam, echoing earlier protests in the country that slammed the movie as a plot hatched by the enemies of Islam.
Cinema

Iran actress Niki Karimi among Tribeca jury members

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Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter Niki Karimi has been named as the jury member of the International Narrative Feature Competition section at the 2022 Tribeca Festival.
Cinema

Iranian filmmakers slammed for making “opposition gestures”

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The head of Iran’s Cinema Organization has strongly criticized Iranian filmmakers for their silence toward the US’s oppressive sanctions against the country at the Cannes Film Festival.
Cinema

Iran movie “Leila’s Brothers” wins Fipresci prize in Cannes

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Just hours before Cannes Palme d’Or prize announcement, the Iranian movie “Leila’s Brothers” won the Fipresci prize for best film in Cannes main competition.
Cinema

Asghar Farhadi denies plagiarism over ‘A Hero’

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Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has denied legal claims that he plagiarized his latest film, "A Hero", from a former student.
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