The New Yorker | Richard Brody: The nearly complete retrospective of the films of the late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, which runs through August 15th at IFC Center and will travel nationwide, is an extraordinary event. Kiarostami (who was born in 1940) rose to international prominence in the late nineteen-eighties; his fusion of fiction, nonfiction,...

IFP - Alireza Tabesh, the managing director of Irans Farabi Cinema Foundation, says the film High Voltage which is being jointly produced by Iran and Azerbaijan Republic can open a new chapter in bilateral ties between the two neighbours. Tabesh, who has travelled to Baku along with Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas ...

IFP - The 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival opened last night as the country celebrated the 120th anniversary of the Iranian Cinema. Renowned actor Reza Kianian cut into a cake on Wednesday to celebrate the birthday anniversary of cinema in Iran. The ceremony was followed by the national premiere of Iranian filmmaker Majid ...

Press TV - The 2018 Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) has announced the names of films playing in its Cup of Divination (Festival of Festivals) section. According to the Secretariat of the annual event, 11 movies from Argentina, Spain, Austria, Lithuania, France, Poland, Romania, Belgium, Bosnia, and South Korea are scheduled to go on ...

Iran Daily - The 36th Fajr International Film Festival (FIff) announced that Syria, Yemen and Myanmar will be the focus of the second edition of Broken Olive Branches section. The section will screen more than 10 feature films with the main topic being the conflicts in the three countries which will be brought to light through several entries in this ...

MNA A new digital encyclopedia on Iranian Cinema called 'Cicinema' will be launched concurrent with the start of the 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF36) in April. The announcement was made by the creator of the website Iraj Taghipour, who added that te encyclopedia on Iranian cinema will go online at www.cicinema.com and ...

Press TV - Information on the 2018 filmmaking workshops of the Fajr International Film Festival has been made available. The workshops series called Darol Fonoun is overseen by Iranian writer and director Maziar Miri. Miri said on Sunday that a decision was made by Reza Mirkarimi, who is presiding over the festival to pay special attention to ...

Press TV - Iran has unveiled the poster of the 36th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) scheduled to be held in late April on the 120th anniversary of introduction ofcinema in the country. The major artistic event is set to be held in the capital city of Tehran from April 19 to 27. The poster, which displays a photo from the time when ...

IRNA Cinema plays the most powerful role in changing the lifestyle, Iran's Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Massoumeh Ebtekar said. Cinema can help fight crises which 'threaten the future of humanity,' Ebtekar said on Friday at the closing ceremony of the 6th Iran International Green Film Festival (IIGFF) held in the Iranian capital. The ...

IFP - Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, the two-time Oscar-winning director of A Separation and The Salesman, has started principal photography on Everybody Knows, his new psychological thriller starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. Budgeted at 10 million euros ($11.8 million), the Spanish-language film is being produced by Alexandre ...

IRNA l Marziyeh Soleimani: The 3rd day of Fajr Intl. Filmfest. is underway in Tehran. The 35th edition of the Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) opened in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Friday with many cultural figures as well as guests from across the world.   ...

MNA Icelandic director and producer Fridrik Thor Fridriksson held a film directing workshop on Friday at the Talent Campus (Darol Fonoun) of 35th Fajr Film Festival at Felestin Cinema, Tehran. Addressing the film community, he said this was the second time that he was visiting Iran. I came to like Tehran during my first visit. I started making ...

Tasnim The 35th edition of the Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) opened in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Friday with many cultural figures as well as guests from across the world in attendance. The international section of the festivals 35th edition started its work today and will last until April 28 under the supervision of Iranian ...

IRNA The Fajr International Film Festival is going to start on Friday hosting about 350 guests, including filmmakers, sellers, and filmmaking students. The Fajr International Film Festival will be held from April 21st to 28th, 2017 in Tehran, under the supervision of well-known Iranian filmmaker, Mr. Reza Mirkarimi. The official website of the ...

IRNA The 35th Irans Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) will host 140 long and short movies from 58 world countries in the upcoming days. Iran with 35 and France with 17 films have presented the highest number of movies to the FIFF slated for April 21-28. Spain, Russia, Germany, Japan, South Korea and Turkey have taken part in the FIFF with ...

Tasnim Selected movies introduced at Irans Ammar International Popular Film Festival (APFF) will have their premier in Argentina later this month. According to the official website of APFF, Irans Independent Film Week will be held in Buenos Aires on February 23-25 by APFF in cooperation with Argentinas National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual ...

The Hindu- It has been a couple of decades since Iranian cinema has taken the world by storm. It should be no exaggeration to say that Iran, despite all the restrictions, makes some of the best films in the world. Where Are My Shoes?, which was screened on the fourth day of the Kozhikode International Film Festival, is another reminder about the ...

IRNA - The 35th edition of Fajr Film Festival opened in the presence of Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi-Amiri at Tehrans Milad Tower on Saturday evening. Addressing the gathering, head of Cinema Organization and deputy culture minister Hojatollah Ayoubi appreciated Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti who boycotted this year's Oscar ...

IRNA| Mojtaba Mohammad lou: The opening ceremony of the 35th Fajr Film Festival was held at Tehran�s Milad Tower on Saturday.  

AP| JAKE COYLE: Even as Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi layers his films with complexity - with characters whose intimacies are crowded by politics, society and the past - his command of narrative is utterly total. You get the impression he could direct his way out of any labyrinth, that his camera - cool and composed - could travel through ...