Film Festival

‘Light Sight’ picked as semifinalist at 2018 Student Academy Awards

TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – Iranian 3D animated piece ‘Light Sight’ directed by Moslem Tabatabaee has made it into the list of semifinalists at the 45th Student Academy Awards.
2018-07-18 11:34
‘Temporary License’ gets 6 nominations at US' Love filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – Iranian film ‘Temporary License’ directed by Afshin Hashemi has been nominated in six categories at the 6th Love International Film Festival in the US.
2018-07-17 17:30
‘Nobody’ finds way into 4 intl. film festivals

TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – Iranian animated short ‘Nobody’ by Elham Toroghi has been accepted into the competition programs of four international film festivals in Albania, US, Italy and Slovakia.
2018-07-17 15:01
Australia to host 7th Intl. Persian Filmfest

TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – The 7th edition of Persian International Film Festival will be held in Australia’s Sydney and Melbourne from August 30 to September 9.
2018-07-17 14:57
‘Duel’ goes to S Africa’s Durban Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – Iranian short film ‘Duel’ by Mohammadreza Kheradmandan will go on screen at the 39th Durban International Film Festival in South Africa.
2018-07-16 13:58
Iranian film picked as semifinalist at Los Angeles CineFest

TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Iranian film ‘That Woman Arrived’ directed by Abbas Mahyad has been picked as semifinalist at CineFest Los Angeles, USA.
2018-07-15 20:03
‘The Secret of Butterflies’ to vie at Italy’s Salento filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – The 3D animated Iranian film ‘The Secret of Butterflies’ directed and produced by Ali Tanhaee will take part in the 15th Salento International Film Festival in Tricase, Italy.
2018-07-15 14:48
‘I Love You’ goes to Korea’s SESIFF

TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Iranian short ‘I Love You’ directed by Babak Habibifard has made it into the main competition section of the 2018 Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival (SESIFF) in South Korea.
2018-07-15 11:03
LA’s Diversity filmfest. to screen 4 Iranian shorts

TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Four Iranian short films including ‘Limit’ by Javad Daraei and ‘Forouzan’ by Mirabbas Khosravinejad have been accepted into the competition program of 5th Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival (LADFF), US.
2018-07-15 10:06
‘Kelileh & Demneh’ goes to Russian filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Iranian animated film ‘Kelileh & Demneh’, directed by Alireza Tavakkoli, will take part at children film competition section of the 13th ‘In the Family’ Film Festival in Yaroslavl, Russia.
2018-07-11 11:06
‘With Me’ to vie at US’ Brainwash Movie Fest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Iranian short ‘With Me’ directed by Azadeh Ghochagh has been accepted into the competition section of 24th Brainwash Movie Festival in Oakland, US.
2018-07-11 09:14
Cinema Iran celebrating 5th anniv. in Munich

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – From 11 to 15 July, Munich is celebrating Iranian cinema at the Carl Amery Hall at Gasteig with a diverse program including feature films, documentaries, discussion rounds, art and literature about and from Iran.
2018-07-10 17:06
‘Bitter Sea’ to vie at S Africa’s Durban filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – Short film ‘Bitter Sea’ by Iranian filmmaker Fateme Ahmadi will compete at the 39th Durban International Film Festival in South Africa.
2018-07-08 12:37
‘Alphabet’ goes to 2 intl. film festivals

TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – Iranian short animation ‘Alphabet’ directed by Kianoush Abedi has been accepted into the screening programs of two international film festivals in Italy and the US.
2018-07-08 11:34
‘Nobody’ picked as semifinalist at US’ Ibestff

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – Iranian animated short ‘Nobody’ by Elham Toroghi was picked as semifinalist at the 2nd Indie Best Films Festival (Ibestff) in US.
2018-07-07 14:49
‘Bystander’ goes to Romania’s Arkadia Shortfest

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – Iranian short animation ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi has been accepted into the main competition section of 5th Arkadia Shortfest in Romania.
2018-07-07 13:38
‘Foot Writing’ doc. to vie at India’s Whatashort filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Foot Writing’ directed by Sa’adatali Saeidpour has been accepted into the documentary section of 4th Whatashort Independent International Film Festival in India.
2018-07-07 12:22
Italy’s Ischia filmfest. to screen 2 Iranian films

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – Iranian feature ‘Kupal’ directed by Kazem Mollaie and short film ‘Limit’ by Javad Daraei have made it into the competition program of Ischia Film Festival in Italy.
2018-07-04 16:16
‘Weavers of Imagination’ goes to APA filmfest. in US

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – Iranian documentary feature 'Weavers of Imagination' directed by Mohammad Sadegh Jafari will compete at the 26th American Psychological Association Film Festival in San Francisco, US.
2018-07-04 14:30
Sharifinia wins award at Cyprus Intl. Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iranian actress Mahraveh Sharifinia has won the Leading Actress Award in the Cyprus International Film Festival 2018.
2018-07-02 16:06
‘Kupal’ wins Best Cinematography at Nigeria's Realtime filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jul. 2 (MNA) – Iranian feature ‘Kupal’ directed by Kazem Mollaie won Best Cinematography award for Majid Gorgian at the 3rd Realtime International Film Festival (RTF) in Nigeria.
2018-07-02 13:19
‘Retouch’ wins 5 more intl. awards

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iranian short film ‘Retouch’ directed by Kaveh Mazaheri has added to its already impressive record five more awards from international film festivals in Armenia, Argentina, France, Cyprus and Italy.
2018-07-02 09:45
‘No Date, No Signature’ awarded at Brussels Intl. Filmfest.

TEHRAN, July 01 (MNA) – Iranian feature movie ‘No Date, No Signature’ directed by Vahid Jalilvand has won the Best Film Award at the Brussels International Film Festival.
2018-07-01 10:22
‘Gaze’, ‘Umbra’ to vie at Portugal’s Curtas Vila do Conde fest.

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Two Iranian shorts, ‘Gaze’ by Farnoosh Samadi and ‘Umrba’ by Saeed Jafarian, have been accepted into the competiotn section of 26th Curtas Vila do Conde Film Festival in Portugal.
2018-06-30 12:09
‘Amber’ to vie at UK’s Golden Script Competition

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – ‘Amber’ written by Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter Iman Davari has been accepted into the competition program of the 2nd Golden Script Competition in the UK.
2018-06-27 16:01
‘Run, Rostam, Run’ finds way into 3 more intl. film festivals

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Short animated piece ‘Run, Rostam, Run’ by Hossein Molayemi has been accepted into the competition section of three more international film festivals in South Korea, Ukraine, and UK.
2018-06-27 10:33
‘Weavers of Imagination’ wins Grand Jury Prize at HAAPI filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – Iranian documentary feature 'Weavers of Imagination' directed by Mohammad Sadegh Jafari has won the Grand Jury Prize at the 14th Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival (HAAPI) in US.
2018-06-24 14:17
‘Saad's Olive Tree’ goes to Kazakh filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – Iranian short film ‘Saad’s Olive Tree’ by Ahmad Zayeri has been accepted into the competition section of International Film Festival ‘Yertis Cinema’ in Kazakhstan.
2018-06-24 12:41
‘Are You Volleyball?!’ wins Best Editor at Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest

TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Iranian short ‘Are You Volleyball?!’, directed by Mohammad Bakhshi, has recived Best Editor award for Esmaeil Alizadeh at the 3rd Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest in Romania.
2018-06-20 11:28
Iran’s ‘Mermaid’ wins Jury Special Award at SCO Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – Iranian feature movie ‘Mermaid’, directed by Amir Masoud Aghababaeian, received Jury Special Award at the first International SCO film festival.
2018-06-18 14:27