Tasnim Iranian director, producer and author Ziaeddin Dorri passed away at the age of 65 on Friday morning, hours after death of legendary actor Ezzatollah Entezami. Born in July 1953 in Tehran, Dorri had won great acclaim for directing popular TV series The English Briefcase and Pahlavi Hat. Mr. Dorri died at a hospital in Tehran due to ...

Based on a recent list issued by the film and television website The Playlist, Iran's acclaimed filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is ranked 13th, and is ahead of well-known figures, namely Steven Spielberg (ranked 25th in the list), Christopher Nolan (24), David Fincher (16) and Pedro Almodovar (15), in the 100 best and most exciting directors working today....

Tehran, July 10, The Iran Project Iranians celebrating Eid al-Fitr, Chinese, Iranian FMs discussing implementation of Iran nuclear program, blazing at a petrochemical plant in southwest of Iran and Tehran holding funeral ceremony for award-winning film director dominated the countrys media outlets in the past week (July 04July 10).   Politics  ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Funeral ceremony of the late Iranian internationally-acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami is held in Tehran on Sunday. A large crowd of people and Iranian artists, directors, actors and actresses took part in the funeral ceremony. Kiarostami diedlast Monday in France where he had been receiving treatment for cancer. The ...

The funeral procession of highly acclaimed figure in world cinema Abbas Kiarostami is currently being held in Tehran amid a massive crowd of film directors, actors, actresses, other artists and devoted fans. Kiarostami, while battling gastrointestinal cancer, died at 76 Monday, July 4, at his home in Paris.     By ...

Here is some photos of internationally-acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami �who has passed away in France where he had been receiving treatment for cancer.   By IRNA

Tehran, July 5, IRNA International media and prominent figures of cinema have extensively reacted to the death of acclaimed Iranian film maker Abbas Kiarostami, who died in a Paris hospital on July 4. 'The world may have lost its greatest filmmaker' Abbas Kiarostami, the New York cinema magazine The Film Stage has tweeted. 'Its not just the world ...

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) Abbas Kiarostami, award-winning Iranian filmmaker, died at 76 in Paris on Monday. Kiarostami, suffering from gastrointestinal cancer since March,had left Iran for Parisa few days ago,where he was receiving treatment. He had undergone a series of operations and succumbed to a stroke on Monday. Born in 1940 in Tehran,...

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) In a move to become more diverse, the Oscars invited 683 people to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Among the 683 invitees in a bid to honor vow to push for more diversity, almost half are women and nearly many from various races. The new invitees are heavily weighted to favor women (46 percent) and ...

Tehran, Feb 28, IRNA - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday offered condolences over the death of prominent Iranian Director Farajollah Salahshour. In a letter released on Saturday, Ayatollah Khamenei offered condolences to the Salahshour family. The Leader praised Salahshour for his renowned and lasting ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) Italys Cinema Povero (Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Povero) has invited Iranian director Yousef Kargar to judge the third edition of the event. Acclaimed director Yousef Kargar has bagged almost 10 awards at over 50 international film festivals for his recent short film Elegy, which centers on the story of an old man ...

Tehran, Nov 17, IRNA - Iranian comedian and director Reza Attaran is to serve on the jury for the 2014 Malatya Film Festival in Turkey. This will be the actors first experience as a judge in a foreign festival. Attarans Red Carpet will be also shown at the event. The festival will hold thematic screenings, question and answer sessions with filmmakers,...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian world-renowned director Abbas Kiarostami will head Cinfondation and Short Films jury of the Cannes Film Festival. The jury includes directors Nomie Lvovsky from France, Daniela Thomas from Brazil, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun from Chad, and Joachim Trier from Norway. Submissions by students from film schools across the world will ...

Some six Iranian screen productions are slated to be presented at the House of Cinema (Casa del Cinema) in the Italian capital city of Rome. Gold and Copperby Homayoun Asaadian,Saadatabadby Maziar Miri,Fireworks Wednesdayby Asghar Farhadi,Facing Mirrorsdirected by Negar Azarbaijani,Here without Meby Bahram Tavakkoli, andMr. Yusefby Ali Rafiei are ...

Two Iranian directors Rasoul Sadr-Ameli and Zohreh Zamani are serving at the jury panels of different categories at the13th Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh. Sadr-Ameli has been invited to judge at the Competition Australasian Film Section along with South Korean actor Kim Ji-Seok, German filmmaker Henrik Peschel, and Bangladeshi producer ...

[caption id="attachment_37732" align="alignright" width="180"] A scene from Majid Barzegar's 'Parviz'[/caption] Iranian filmmaker Majid Barzegars feature length movieParvizis set to represent the countrys cinema at the 13th edition of Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh. The movie is slated to contend for awards at the competition ...

The 17th edition of Fajr International Film Market is slated to be held in the Iranian capital city of Tehran on the sidelines of this year's Fajr International Film Festival. Over 30 countries have announced they will attend this years international film market, said the film market secretary Vahid Esfandiari. At this years market we tried to ...

The 32nd edition of Irans Fajr International Film Festival is planning to pay tribute to several eminent Iranian cineastes for their lifetime achievements. Iranian actor Mehdi Hashemi and the celebrated actress and stage director Homa Rousta are among those names that will be honored at this years festival. The selected cineastes are slated to ...

[caption id="attachment_58716" align="alignright" width="180"] A scene from 'Hush Girls Dont Scream'[/caption] Internationally acclaimed Iranian woman filmmaker Pouran Derakhshandeh has been honored at the opening ceremony of the 2013 Bangalore international film festival in India. The leading Iranian filmmaker Derakhshandeh was paid tribute for ...

Iran has produced a documentary on the countrys historical city of Isfahan and its sister cities, passing final stage in Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Directed by Morteza Atash Zamzam, the documentary was programmed to be made in TV series during three episodes. Three episodes of the series, which have already been filmed in the cities of Lahore,...