Tag: Iranian Cinema

Iran’s top cinema official announced the country would cancel a film week dedicated to Polish films in Tehran in protest against Warsaw’s plan to host an anti-Iran meeting organized by the US.

The 12th edition of Cinema Vérité, the international documentary film festival of Iran, wrapped up on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by a group of artists and officials.

Elena Subirà i Roca, the head of cultural affairs and planning at a documentary film festival in Spain’s Barcelona, says cinema is the best means for letting the world know about the wide range of women’s activities in the Iranian society.

The 12th edition of Iran International Documentary Film Festival, known as Cinema Verite, is underway in the Iranian capital of Tehran.

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala in India.

A host of Iranian film-makers have urged authorities to waive the requirement for obtaining a licence for producing their movies.

The 35th edition of Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) is underway in the Iranian capital, with the main goal of introducing the world’s best short films and creating a constructive competition between filmmakers from across the world.

Iranian actor and director Peyman Maadi has won the Best Director Award at the 6th Bosphorus (Boğaziçi) Festival of Istanbul for his movie “Bomb; a Love Story”.

Three Iranian features and a short film are going to be screened at various sections of the 32nd AFI Film Awards, which will be held in Los Angeles from November 8 to 15.

Manijeh Hekmat, a prominent Iranian filmmaker, in her latest work “The Old Road,” has addressed the social problem of violence against women, at a time when the issue has turned into a matter of discussion for thinkers around the world.