Iranian Director
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Farnoosh Abedi’s 'The Servant' goes to Rhode Island Festival
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – 'The Servant', a short animation written, directed and produced by Farnoosh Abedi will take part at the Rhode Island International Festival (RIIFF) in the US.
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Iranian director to judge IN THE PALACE film fest in Bulgaria
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – Iranian director Ali Asgari is appointed as a jury member at 17th IN THE PALACE international short film festival in Bulgaria.
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‘Golnesa’ wins award of excellence at Accolade Global Film Comp.
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – ‘Golnesa’ directed by Sattar Chamani-Gol has won the Award of Excellence at Accolade Global Film Competition in the US.
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By: Mahmoud Rahimi
Artists' community celebrates Masoud Kimiai’s 78th birthday
TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – The 78th birthday of Iranian director, screenwriter and producer Masoud Kimiai was celebrated on Monday evening in Milad Tower in Tehran in the presence of Iranian artists.
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Iranian director head of jury in SAARC Film Festival 2019
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – Iranian award winning film director Hassan Nazer headed the jury of the the 9th SAARC Film Festival (2019) which wrapped up in Sri Lanka on Sunday.
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‘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.
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‘Golnesa’ nominated in an intl. French festival
TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – ‘Golnesa’ directed by Sattar Chamani-Gol has been placed among the nominees of the best feature film award at the third edition of the Phencian International Film Festival in Lyon, France.
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Iranian director's photo collection to vie at NYIFIF
TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – The photo collection of Iranian director and photographer Fatemeh Fadaei-Darestani, dubbed 'Sea', has been accepted into the photography section New York International Films Infest Festival (NYIFIF).
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By: Behnam Tofighi
'Cinderella' played in Tehran
TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – The play 'Cinderella' by Iranian director Saeed Dakh went on the stage at the Fourth Wall Theater in Tehran.
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Doctor guilty in Kiarostami’s death, sentenced by court
TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – An Iranian official announced on Sunday that the court judging the case for Abbas Kiarostami’s death has issued its final verdict reprimanding the guilty surgeon.
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Italian Rieti & Sabina Filmfest. to host Iran's ‘We’
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – Iranian animation ‘We’, directed by Fatemeh Fadaei Darestani will go on screen at the 1st Rieti & Sabina Film Festival in Italy.
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Iranian short ‘I Love You’ to vie at Japanese event
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – Directed by Babak Habibifar, Iranian short movie ‘I Love You’ will vie at the competition section of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2018 in Japan.
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Iranian short to vie at NIFF in Nepal
TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – The newest short film directed by Iranian director Mehdi Fard Ghaderi is going to vie at the Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF).
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‘AVA’ receives 8 nominations from Canadian Screen Awards
TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – ‘Ava’, the first feature film by Sadaf Foroughi, received eight nominations from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
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By: Majid Hamed Haghdoust
Screening brackets for 36th Fajr Film Fest. drawn
TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – The ceremony to draw the brackets of screening for the 36th edition of Fajr Film Festival was held on Wednesday. The event which hosted renowned Iranian directors, actors, and screen-writers was held at Pardis Mellat cinema complex of Tehran.
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Iranian director to serve as jury member in french filmfest.
TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – Iranian director Kianoush Abedi will serve as a jury member at the 2nd Les Film de la Toile Festival.
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Iranian filmmaker joins Short Soup as juror
TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Iran’s Shah-Mohammadi has been appointed as a member of the International Jury Panel of 2018 Short Soup film festival to convene in Australia.
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‘The Little Black Fish’ to appear on stage in Iran
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – ‘The Little Black Fish’, a play based on one of the most celebrated Iranian stories, will appear on stage in Iran after having been performed in the US.
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‘Kupal’ wins at FICMA film fest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – ‘Kupal’ written and directed by Kazem Mollaie won the best film award in the international section at 2017 FICMA film festival, Mexico.
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‘Midday Adventures’ to go on screen at IFFI
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – ‘Midday Adventures’ will be screened at 2017 International Film Festival of India in Goa.
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‘Release from heaven’ wins at Italian filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – ‘Release from heaven’ was awarded the best animation award at Oniros film awards.
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‘Kupal’ wins jury award at KIFF
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – ‘Kupal’ by Kazem Mollaie won the jury award at the 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival.
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‘Where Are We Going?’ to vie at Ukrainian Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – Documentary short film ‘Where Are We Going?’ by Reza Majlesi will compete as finalist at Zaporizhia film festival, Ukraine.
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2 Iranian shorts to go on screen at Russian event
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – ‘The Wind Carried the Striped Pajama of Dad’ by Mohammad Sadeghi and ‘the Refugee Camp’ by Saeed Naghavian will be screened in the 22nd Radonezh film festival.
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Iranian director joins jury panel in Slemani Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – Iranian director Reza Darmishian will join jury panel at the competitive category of short films in the 2nd edition of Slemani International Film Festival in Iraq Kurdistan.
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Iranian director joins jury at Tokyo Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – Iranian writer-director and producer Reza Mirkarimi joins the competition jury at next month’s Tokyo International Film Festival where American actor Tommy Lee Jones will head the jury, Variety reports.
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Kolkata filmfest. to honor Abbas Kiarostami
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – Concurrent with celebrating the 400th death anniversary of William Shakespeare, the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will also pay respect to Polish director Andrej Wazda and Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
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Herat film fest. honors Iran’s Rakhshan Bani E’temad
TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) – Iranian renowned female director, Rakhshan Bani E’temad, was awarded at the 4th International Women's Film Festival in Herat city of Afghanistan for a life-long contribution to women’s cinema.
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By: Mahmoud Rahimi
Photo Exhibition of late Abbas Kiarostami
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Photo Exhibition of internationally-acclaimed late Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami is open to the public since July 15 to August 19 at Boom Gallery in Tehran.
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By: Mahmoud Rahimi
Ceremony commemorates late Abbas Kiarostami
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Iranian prominent director Abbas Kiarostami who died at 76 in France on July 4, was commemorated on Tuesday evening with the presence of artists and filmmakers in the hall of Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.