Iranian Cinema

“Sunless Shadows”, a movie directed by Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei, has won great acclaim at the 2019 International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA).

Iranian actress Behnoush Tabatabai, who recently appeared in an Iranian theatrical adaptation of musical film "Mary Poppins", has in an Instagram post called on her American counterpart in the movie, Julie Andrews, to come to Iran to watch the play.

Iranian animated movie “The Last Fiction” is among the thirty-two animated features submitted for consideration in the Best Animated Feature Film category of the 92nd Academy Awards.

A group of Russian Orientalist professors, who are in Iran to participate in cultural activities, believe the Iranian cinema has had a huge impact on the world cinema.

Iranian movie "Orange Days", directed by Arash Lahouti, has won the Best Film Award at Pyongyang International Film Festival in North Korea.

The Afghan movie “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha”, directed by Sahra Karimi and championed by Angelina Jolie. is on the list of the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards.

The Finnish Film Week is going to be held in three Iranian cities from September 28 to October 4, with nine feature films and seven short films to go on screens.

15 Iranian short films will compete at the Iran Fest section of 16th International Sedicicorto International Film Festival due to be held in Forli, Italy.

The Iranian film “6.5 per Metre” which is presented to international film events under the title “Just 6.5”, has got a warm reception at the 76th edition of the prestigious Venice Film Festival.

“Finding Farideh”, a documentary film directed by Azadeh Mousavi and Kourosh Atayi, has been selected as the Iranian cinema’s representative and official submission to 2020 Academy Awards after several decision making sessions.

The Iranian documentary “Beloved” by Yasser Talebi has received its fifth reward from international film festivals.

A collection of interviews by famous American film critic Godfrey Cheshire III with late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has been published in the United States in the form of a 188-page book entitled "Conversations with Kiarostami".

For the first time in Iran, a film has been screened for the visually impaired people at Tehran’s Charsou Cinematic Complex.

The breathtaking drama “When the Moon Was Full” directed by Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar has topped the country’s box office.

The feature film “Tehran; City of Love” directed by Ali Jaber-Ansari is going to represent Iran at the Munich International Film Festival in Germany.

Ramin Kousha, the composer of the Iranian drama “The Warden”, says the soundtrack album of the film would be presented at an international level.

An advisor to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has invited all politicians to watch the HBO’s latest TV series Chernobyl.

Iranian animation producers have managed to attract great attention to their works at the World’s Content Market in Moscow, which recently came to an end.

The third edition of the European Film Week 2019 is set to be held in eight Iranian cities as of June 8.

Prominent European film distribution company Wild Bunch has bought the copyright to distribute and sell the Iranian hard-hitting thriller "Six and a Half per Meter."

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi has expressed his gratitude to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for allowing his film Muhammad: The Messenger of God to go on screens in Turkey.

Famous Iranian director Majid Majidi will receive a special award known as Plaque of Loyalty from the 2nd SufiSin Festival in Konya, Turkey, said the only Iranian member of the International Mevlana Foundation.

The 37th edition of Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) was concluded at Vahdat Hall in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Thursday with the winners being announced during the closing ceremony.

The Senegalese-Lebanese juror of the 37th International Fajr Film Festival says the atmosphere of the event shows we are dealing with a festival that is “genuine” and does its job well.

Italian director, screenwriter and actor Italo Spinelli believes that the focus of cinema is moving from the West to the East, and Iran’s Fajr International Film Festival is the best place to watch Oriental movies.