Art And Culture

Iranian short animation ‘For Freedom’ directed by Ahmad Khosh-Niyyat is to be screened at the short film section of the first Bute Street Film Festival, in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire,…

Factory TT, an art education platform with branches in Iran and Germany, has organized a program ‘Beyond the Exhibit 3.14’ in Bergen, Norway.

The event is slated for March 2-April 15 and…

Book City Institute has organized a meeting in Tehran to discuss ‘How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being.’

To be held on Tuesday, the meeting will be a debate on a…

Mani Haghighi’s ‘Pig’ had its world premiere on February 21 at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale (February 15-25).

Four films by Iranian filmmakers will be shown at the 6th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival, slated for March 7-10.

Based in the capital Kathmandu, the festival intends to…

Iranian-American architect Mohsen Mostafavi is a member of the jury of the 11th World Architecture Festival, November 28-30 to be held in the Netherlands.

The venue will be the RAI…

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of National Library and Archives of Iran next week, Gloria Pérez-Salmerón  president of the International Federation of Library Associations and…

Book City Institute has organized an expert meeting on ‘Outlook of Iranian Studies in Turkey’ for February 26. The meeting is hosted by the cultural center of the institute located on Ahmad-…

Fusion band Nioosh will perform at the weekend at Mahak charity hospital and rehabilitation complex in Darabad neighborhood, north Tehran.

Like earlier performances, the concerts will…

Fusion band Chaartaar will perform Sunday and Monday at the Milad Tower Convention Hall. 

The band has planned four concerts on the two days. Two of the concerts are sold out and…

A concert by rock band Haag is slated for February 26 at Azadi Tower.

Haag will perform a number of its new pieces and also a selection from ‘Buoyancy,’ an album the band released two…

Mashhad, capital of Khorasan Razavi Province, will host the first scientific conference on drama therapy on March 10.

Drama therapy is the intentional use of drama or theater to achieve…

Traditional Iranian singer Sediq Tariff is to perform two charity concerts in Kermanshah and Hamedan in western Iran to support the quake-stricken people of Kermanshah Province.

Two new albums by composer and tar and setar virtuoso Keivan Saket have been released.

Both albums are solo performances; one on tar and the other on setar. They come with the titles of…

The first International Symposium on New Research in Language and Literature is to be held two weeks later in Tehran by Danesh Pazhouh Cultural Scientific Institute, a confab organizer based in…

The 15th Image of the Year and Tassvir Film Festival was inaugurated at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Wednesday.

Bengali Indian polymath and poet Rabindranath Tagore is to be commemorated next week at Molavi Theater in Tehran.

Slated for February 24, the event is organized jointly by Tehran College…

Social drama ‘Invitation’ directed by Mehrdad Farid hit the screens of cinemas across the country on Wednesday.

The film is the story of a man who robs the pilgrims who have come to the…

Feature film ‘Block 9, Exit 2’ written and directed by Alireza Amini is currently on screen. 

On screen at cinemas is Amir Ahmad Ansari’s debut feature film ‘Rabidity’.

Written by Amirali Mohsenian, the action and crime drama is the story of two friends, Shahrokh and Siavash, who…

The 68th Berlin International Film Festival, also known as Berlinale, is underway with the feature film ‘Pig’, written, directed and produced by Mani Haghighi as the only Iranian entry in the…

National Library of Iran will be hosting the unveiling of a Persian translation of the book series that cover discourses and interviews of religious and political leader Imam Musa al-Sadr during…

A trip to the historical village of Pa-Deh in Semnan Province and its historical and natural attractions is planned for Friday.

The one-day tour will start from 5:30 am and end after…

Zhiwaar Tour has organized a half-day visit to Doulab Cemetery, a historical cemetery on Tehran’s eastern flank.

The cultural tour is slated for Friday, from 9:30 am to 1 pm. The graves…

A visit to Halimejan Forest in Rudbar County, Gilan Province, is organized by Arand Tour. 

The one-day tour is planned for Friday. A bus will leave Argentina Square at 5 am for the…