AP A movie about a young girl whose fantasy world helps her escape the hard realities of growing up in the countryside near Tehran in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution is Irans first-ever submission for the Academy Awards foreign film directed by a woman. But not everyone is celebrating. The mixed reaction to Narges Abyars film Nafas,...

Reuters - Irans first Oscar-nominated female director has challenged President Donald Trump to watch her film to see if its portrayal of ordinary Iranians experience of war and revolution will change his views of her country. The U.S. president has called Iran a terrorist nation for involvement in conflicts in the Middle East, and derided an international ...

Financial Tribune- Filmmaker Narges Abyar will attend a seminar on the representation of gender in cinema at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. At the event on May 8-9 at the Faculty of Information Sciences, Abyar will speak about the role of women in Iran cinema, Mehr News Agency reported. Spanish academia will present their papers ...

MNA Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar has won Best Direction Award for Breath at 12th Vancouver International Women In Film Festival in Canada. At the Closing Night Award Ceremony of Vancouver International Women In Film Festival on March 12th, theBest of the Festival awards werepresented, during which Narges Abyar won the Best Direction Award for ...

MNA Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar will judge the 15th Pune International Film Festival 2016 in India.Abyar was elected as a member of the jury at the Indian festival due on January 12-19 to judge the movies submitted in the competition section along with other members of the jury from Sweden, India, Poland, Serbia, Sri Lanka and Chile. Narges ...

Tehran, Feb 27, IRNA Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyars acclaimed drama Track 143 will conclude the days of Iranian cinema, which is currently underway at the Multiplex Cinema City in Sarajevo. Based on a book of the same title written by Abyar, Track 143 is about a great maternal sacrifice during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. It tells the story of ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) Celebrated Iranian war drama Track 143, directed by Narges Abyar, will attend Volokolamsky Rubej Film Festival in Russia. The movie tells the story of a mother waiting for her son who has been missing in Pre-operation Valfajr during the war. She looks forward to her son's return for many years until she finally receives his ...

Narges Abyars acclaimed feature film Track 143 will be screened at two film festivals in Russia and Japan. The film is an entry in the Aichi International Womens Film Festival (AIWFF) in Nagoya, Japan, slated for September 1-6, Mehr News Agency reported. A Russian festival will also screen the film. Kazan International Muslim Film Festival, September ...

Tehran, July 31, IRNA Acclaimed Iranian war drama Track 143 directed by filmmaker Narges Abyar won Audience Award for Best Film at Annual Reel Sydney Festival of World Cinema. The well-received moviein in Sidney, has so far participated in various film festivals including in South Korea, USA, India and Singapore, MNA reported. The movie premiered ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) Iranian drama Things Are Closer Than They Appear in the Mirror by female director Narges Abyar will be showcased in Europe. Abyars family drama Things Are Closer Than They Appear in the Mirror will be presented at another international appearance, this time in Europe. One of the producers of the feature film Mohammad ...

Tehran, Dec 25, IRNA - Iranian movie Track 143 has been screened in eight international festivals, said the flicks producer on Wednesday. Mohammad-Hossein Qassemi added the movie belongs to the genre of Sacred Defense (pertaining to Iraqi imposed war during 1980-1988). He listed the festivals as the Busan International Film Festival (South Korea),...

[caption id="attachment_136437" align="alignright" width="177"] Iranian actress Merila Zarei at the 8th edition of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA).[/caption] Iranian actress Merila Zarei has been honored at the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) festival held in Australia. Zareiwon the APSAfor Best Actress for her role in the acclaimed Iranian ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) Director Narges Abiar and actress Gelareh Abbassi won the prize of Best Film and Best Actress for the film Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear at the Russian Silver Horse Filmfest. Narges Abiars first feature filmObjectsinmirrorarecloser thanthey appearparticipated at the 1stRussian Silver Horse Filmfest and was ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) 11 film titles from Iran will be showcased at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. 11 Iranian filmmakers including Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Kamal Tabrizi, Saman Salour, Narges Abyar and Neda Asef will have their films screened at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea from October 2 to ...

Iranian drama Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear by female director Narges Abyar has been selected to vie at the 30th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Abyars family drama will be presented at the International Showcase of the event. The film was also selected to contend for awards at the 2014 Middle East Now International Film ...