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Iran’s House of Cinema threatens strike if arrested members remain in custody

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The Iranian House of Cinema has criticized the government for “frequently summoning and interrogating” its members on charges of supporting protests and riots in the country, threatening industrial action in case the trend fails to stop.
Cinema

Iranian films win main awards in Tokyo Film Festival

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The 35th edition of Tokyo International Film Festival has conferred its two main rewards to Iranian titles “World War Three” and “Butterflies Live Only One Day”.
Local

Eminent Iranian movie director’s passport seized upon arrival in Tehran

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Renowned Iranian movie director and actor Mehran Modiri, who had left the country a few days ago, has had his passport confiscated upon arrival in Iran.
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.
Local

Banned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi arrested

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Iranian authorities have arrested banned filmmaker Jafar Panahi summoning him to the justice department in Tehran.
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

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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.
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.
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