Iranian Director
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Iranian docmaker wins IDFA top award
TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – Iranian documentarian Mehrdad Oskouei's "Sunless Shadows" which focuses on women in Iran won the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA) Award for best directing.
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‘Reza’ wins at Barcelona Asian Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – The Iranian movie ‘Reza’ written and directed by Alireza Motamedi won the best film award at the 7th Asian Film Festival Barcelona (AFFBCN) in Spain.
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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.