Documentary Films

"The Unseen" goes to S Korea's DMZ filmfest.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – The Iranian " The Unseen" anime-documentary will be screened at the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea.

‘Exodus’ to participate at Intl. Human Rights FilmFest.

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – Bahman Kiarostami’s documentary 'Exodus' will be screened at the fourth edition of the Taiwan International Human Rights Film Festival in September 2020.

Iranian documentary ‘Khatemeh’ goes to Italy, Spain festivals

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Khatemeh’ (The End in Persian) has been accepted into international festivals in Italy and Spain.

'The Trucker and the Fox' to go on screen at Flahertiana Intl. Film Fest.

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Iranian documentary 'The Trucker and the Fox' by Arash Lahooti will be screened at the 20th edition of International Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana in Russia.

‘Copper Notes of a Dream’ to go to New Zealand’s Doc Edge festival

TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) – Iranian documentary 'Copper Notes of a Dream' by Reza Farahmand will go on screen at the Oscar-qualifying Doc Edge Film Festival 2020, which will be held online in Auckland, New Zealand, from June 12 to July 5.

'Gracefully' to go on screen at Sheffield Doc/Fest

TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – Iranian documentary, 'Gracefully" by Arash Es'haghi will be screened at Sheffield Doc/Fest in the UK.

Two Iranian docs win at US' TAC film festival

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – Two Iranian documentaries, ‘Hafez und Goethe’ and ‘Vars’, have won awards at the 17th Archaeology Channel International Film Festival (TAC) in the US.

‘Galena’ to go on screen at Sheffield Doc/Fest

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – Iranian documentary “Galena” by Ezzatollah Parvazeh will take part at Sheffield Doc/Fest in the UK.

Iranian documentary to vie at US’ Southeast Regional filmfest.

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Directed by Iman Bayatfar, ‘To Be Is Better Than Not To Be’ will compete in the long documentary section of the 2020 Southeast Regional Film Festival.

‘Eyes and Hands’ wins at Hot Docs festival

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Eyes and Hands’, directed by Panahbarkhoda Rezaei, has won the ‘Honorable Mention’ award of the Hot Docs – Canada’s prominent international documentary festival.

‘The Unseen’ to go on screen at Krakow Film Festival

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Iranian Animation Documentary ‘The Unseen’ by Behzad Nalbandi will take part in the 60th edition of Krakow Film Festival (KFF) in Poland.

‘The Old Man and the Singer’ to go on screen at Visions du Réel Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Iranian documentary, ‘The Old Man and the Singer’ by Amir Osanlou took part at the Visions du Réel Film Festival in Switzerland.

‘The Unseen’ to go on screen at 35th DOK.fest München

TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘The Unseen’ by Behzad Nalbandi will take part at the 35th International Documentary Film Festival Munich in Germany.

‘Life Among War Flags’ to go on screen at Visions du Réel Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – Iranian documentary, ‘Life Among Warring Flags’ directed by Mohsen Eslamzadeh, will take part at the Visions du Réel Film Festival in Switzerland.

US’ TAC Intl. Filmfest. to host two Iranian documentaries

TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – Two Iranian documentaries, namely ‘Hafis und Goethe’ and ‘Vars’, will take part at the 17th Archaeology Channel International Film Festival (TAC) in the US.

Iranian documentary to be screened at Mammoth Lakes filmfest.

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Democracy on the Road of Saveh” directed by Touraj Kalantari has been accepted into the 2020 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival in the US.

‘The Silhouettes’ to vie at Visions du Réel

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Iran/Philippines production ‘The Silhouettes’, directed by Iranian filmmaker Afsaneh Salari, will take part at the 51st edition of Visions du Réel International Film Festival in Switzerland.

Two Iranian docs to vie at Millennium filmfest. in Belgium

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Iranian documentaries ‘No Place for Angels’ by Sam Kalantari and ‘The Marriage Project’ by Hesam Eslami have made it into the competition section of 12th Millennium Documentary Film Festival in Belgium.

‘I Have To Fly’ to go on screen at Asian Women's Filmfest. in India

TEHRAN, Mar. 01 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘I Have To Fly’ directed by Ghazaleh Razavi, has been accepted into the screening program of the 16th IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival in New Delhi, India.

‘Khatemeh’ goes to AmDocs filmfest. in US

TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Khatemeh’, directed by Hadi and Mehdi Zarei, has been accepted into the screening program of the 9th American Documentary and Animation Film Festival and Film Fund (AmDocs) in the US.

‘Kiarostami and His Missing Cane’ to be presented at Berlinale film market

TEHRAN, Feb. 22 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Kiarostami and His Missing Cane’, about the world-renowned filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, will be presented for the first time at the film market of the 70th edition of Berlin International Film Festival in Germany.

'Asho' goes to Thessaloniki Doc. fest. in Greece

TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – Iranian short documentary ‘Asho’, directed by Jafar Najafi, has been accepted into the competition program of the 22nd edition of Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in Greece.

By: Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet

Political, social dramas lead Fajr Film Festival

TEHRAN, Feb. 01 (MNA) – The 38th edition of the Fajr Film Festival, which features the major productions of the Iranian cinema every year during February, will be dominated by political and social dramas.

By: Samaneh Aboutalebi

Iranian docs enrich international understanding of Iran: DocPoint exec

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Kati Juurus, the artistic director of DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival has said that the screening of Iranian documentaries in such international events can expand public understanding of Iranian society.

‘Family Relations’ to go on screen at DocPoint Filmfest. in Finland

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Family Relations’ directed by Nasser Zamiri, will be screened at the 19th DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival in Finland.

Three Iranian docs to go on screen at US’ Big Sky filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Three Iranian documentaries, ‘Asho’ by Jafar Najafiand, ‘Asak’ by Mehdi Zamanpour, and ‘Sunless Shadows’ by Mehrdad Oskouei, will be screened at 17th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in the US.

‘Beloved’ wins awards in 3 intl. film festivals  

TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Beloved’, directed by Yaser Talebi, has snatched awards from three international film festivals in Spain, France, and China.

38th Fajr Film Festival unveils documentary lineup

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – The names of ten documentaries selected to vie at the 38th edition of Iran’s Fajr Film Festival have been announced by the documentary selection committee of the festival.

Isfahan, the heartland of art and culture screens Cinema Vérité films

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – Films of the13th edition of Iran International Documentary Film Festival, known as Cinema Vérité are still being screened in different cities of Iran including Isfahan which is one of the most spectacular cities of Iran from the viewpoint of tourist attractions.