Documentary Films

‘Asho’ goes to Doc. Film Festival Amsterdam

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Iranian short documentary ‘Asho’, directed by Jafar Najafi, has been accepted into the competition program of 32nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in the Netherlands.
2019-10-16 15:53
'Beloved' wins six awards at intl. film festivals

TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Beloved’, directed by Yaser Talebi, has won six awards at international film festivals.
2019-10-15 18:33
Iran’s Cinema Vérité receives over 600 submissions for national section

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – As many as 687 documentaries by Iranian filmmakers have been submitted to the national section of 13th Iran International Documentary Film Festival, known as Cinema Vérité.
2019-10-13 08:47
German filmfest. to showcase 3 Iranian docs

TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Three full-length documentaries directed by Iranian filmmakers, including ‘None of Your Business’ and ‘Exodus’, have been accepted into the competition program of 62nd DOK Leipzig in Germany, one of the oldest documentary festivals of the world.
2019-10-12 14:23
‘Family Relations’ goes to 62nd DOK Leipzig Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – ‘Family Relations’ directed by Nasser Zamiri, has made its way to the main competition lineup of International Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film at the 62nd DOK Leipzig in Germany.
2019-10-12 14:05
Some 6k documentaries submitted to 13th Iran’s Cinema Vérité

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Nearly 6,000 documentaries from over 100 countries have been submitted to the secretariat of 13th Iran International Documentary Film Festival, known as Cinema Vérité.
2019-10-09 11:57
‘The Wind’ goes to Festival of Ethnological Film in Belgrade

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – Hamid Jafari's documentary ‘The Wind’, which deals with spirit possession beliefs in southern Iran, has been accepted into the competition program of 28th International Festival of Ethnological Film in Serbia.
2019-10-01 08:51
‘Asak’ wins best film at Golden Saffron filmfest. in Turkey

TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Asak’, directed by Mehdi Zamanpour, has won the best film award at the 20th edition of International Golden Saffron Documentary Film Festival in Turkey.
2019-09-30 17:30
‘Copper Notes of a Dream’ goes to DMZ Docs in S Korea

TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – Iranian documentary 'Copper Notes of a Dream' by Reza Farahmand has made it into the competition program of 11th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea.
2019-09-16 13:54
'Beloved' wins NETPAC award at Ulju filmfest. in Korea

TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Beloved’, directed by Yaser Talebi, has won the NETPAC Award at the 2019 Ulju Mountain Film Festival in South Korea.
2019-09-15 08:56
‘No Place for Angels’ tells story of Iranian women's hockey team

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – Sam Kalantari’s documentary ‘No Place for Angels’ tells the gripping story of the national Iranian women’s hockey team for the first time.
2019-09-14 11:22
‘Khatemeh’ goes to Florence Film Awards in Italy

TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Khatemeh’, directed by Hadi and Mehdi Zarei, has been accepted into the screening program of Florence Film Awards in Italy.
2019-09-08 13:40
Iranian artists take part at ‘Women to Women’ program in Taiwan

TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – The annual New Narratives Film Festival in Taiwan organized a special program this summer called ‘Women to Women’, featuring works by a number of Iranian artists.
2019-09-02 12:31
By: Behnam Tofighi

Closing ceremony of 11th Independent Documentary Cinema Celebration

TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) – The awarding ceremony for the 11th Independent Documentary Cinema Celebration was held at the National Library Conferences Center on Thursday.
2019-08-23 11:05
‘Beloved’ goes to EBS filmfest. in South Korea

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Beloved’, directed by Yaser Talebi, has made it into the competition program of 16th EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF) in South Korea.
2019-08-19 14:52
Oscars: Iran selects ‘Finding Farideh’ for intl. feature category

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran has selected the documentary ‘Finding Farideh’, co-directed by Azadeh Musavi and Kurosh Atai, as its entry for the best international feature category (formerly foreign language film) in the 92nd Academy Awards.
2019-08-19 09:50
‘Finding Farideh’ goes to Flahertiana filmfest. in Russia

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Finding Farideh’, co-directed by Azadeh Musavi and Kurosh Atai, will compete at the 19th Flahertiana International Documentary Film Festival in Russia.
2019-08-14 08:47
‘Lotus’ goes to Environmental Filmfest. in Australia

TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Lotus’ directed by Mohammadreza Vatandoust has made it into the competition program of the 10th Environmental Film Festival in Australia.
2019-08-13 10:05
Iran’s ‘Beloved’ receives Kranjska Gora’s special award

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Beloved’, directed by Yaser Talebi, has received the special award of the 4th edition of Kranjska Gora International Film Festival in Slovenia.
2019-08-06 15:48
Iran’s ‘Beloved’ opens Kranjska Gora Filmfest. in Slovenia

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Beloved’, directed by Yaser Talebi, was screened as the opening film of the 4th edition of Kranjska Gora International Film Festival in Slovenia.
2019-08-04 09:13
Kiarostami’s ‘Exodus’ to vie at Japan’s Yamagata Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – Bahman Kiarostami’s documentary ‘Exodus’ has been selected to take part at the 16th Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Japan.
2019-08-03 09:10
‘Lotus’ screened at Canada’s Gimli Film Festival

TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Lotus’ directed by Mohammadreza Vatandoust took part at the 19th Gimli Film Festival in Canada.
2019-07-29 16:14
‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ wins 3 awards at Moldova filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ directed by Reza Farahmand won three awards at the 14th International Documentary Film Festival ‘CRONOGRAF’ in Moldova.
2019-07-28 09:39
'Copper Notes of a Dream' goes to Locarno Semaine de la critique in Italy

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Iranian documentary 'Copper Notes of a Dream' by Reza Farahmand will take part in the 30th Semaine de la critique (Critic’s Week), an independent section organized by the Swiss Association of Film Journalists in cooperation with the Locarno Film Festival.
2019-07-20 15:49
‘Jalil and Khalil’ wins at Queen Palm fest. in US

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Jalil and Khalil’ directed by Roholla Akbari has won an award at Queen Palm International Film Festival in California, US.
2019-07-07 16:20
Iran’s ‘Beloved’ nominated at Estonia’s Pärnu filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Beloved’, directed by Yaser Talebi, has been nominated for Estonian People's Award at the 33rd Pärnu Film Festival in Estonia.
2019-07-01 16:56
'Beloved' wins awards in China, Tatarstan

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Beloved’, directed by Yaser Talebi, has won awards at two international film festivals in China and the Republic of Tatarstan.
2019-06-26 13:24
‘Owsia’ to vie at Spain’s Science Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – Iranian short documentary ‘Owsia’ by Alireza Dehghan has been accepted as the finalist in the competition section of Spain’s Science Film Festival.
2019-06-16 16:34
‘Mysteries of the Lake’ wins at Phoenix Filmfest. in Australia

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Mysteries of the Lake’ by Armin Isarian has won the Best Documentary Film award at the 5th Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne in Australia.
2019-05-26 13:08
‘Light, Shadow, Life’ goes to Italian documentary filmfest.

TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Light, Shadow, Life’ by Shahriar Pourseyedian has been selected to compete in the competition section of the 14th Sole Luna Doc Film Festival in Italy.
2019-05-21 09:42