Twelve cinemas and cineplexes in Tehran, consisting of 22 halls with the capacity to accommodate over 6,000 viewers, will screen the movies competing in the 36th Fajr Film Festival (February 1-…
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Painter, video artist and animator Payam Mofidi, based in Montreal, won the second Vista Prize for the maquette of his installation art on January 11.
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The latest feature film of veteran director Ferydoun Jeirani ‘Asphyxia’ is to have its first international screening at Filmpalast Köln theater in Cologne, Germany, on Sunday.
Acclaimed…
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French chamber music Trio Chausson will hold a concert at Niavaran Cultural Center in north Tehran on January 17.
Classical pieces will be performed by Boris de Larochelambert on the…
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The 1st Conference of Asian Cultural Dialogue will open Saturday in Tehran and run through January 15 in Mashhad, capital of Khorasan Razavi Province, and Babolsar in Mazandaran Province.
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Concert Hall of Azadi Tower will host two performances by Damahi Band on January 17 as part of the Fajr Music Festival (January 10-20). Founded in 2014 by Dara Daraei, Damahi has a…
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Last May, after an untitled Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) picture of a skull sold at Sotheby’s for $110.5 million - shattering the record for the most expensive work of art ever sold at…
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The social drama ‘Bridge of Sleep’ directed by Oktay Baraheni is on the screen at several cinemas.
It is a free adaptation of ‘Crime and Punishment’ a novel by the Russian author Fyodor…
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On screen at several cinemas in Tehran is the directorial debut of Mohsen Mahini ‘Lovelance’ (a coined word combining love and ambulance).
The story is about a university student who…
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The 1961 comedy/drama ‘Viridiana’ by Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel will have a single screening at Baharan Educational Institute on Sunday.
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‘Lovely Bones’, a 2009 supernatural drama directed by Peter Jackson will have one screening on January 16 at Andisheh Cultural Center.
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Lian folk band from Bushehr in south of Iran will hold a concert in collaboration with a group of Chinese drummers during the 33rd Fajr International Music Festival (January 10-20).
The…
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Adult coloring books have, over the past two years, become one of the biggest sales phenomena to hit the modern publishing industry. Approximately 12 million adult coloring books were sold in…
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Smithsonian Institution will hold the 22nd Annual Iranian Film Festival: ‘Iran Inside and Out’ from January 12-February 23 at its Meyer Auditorium in Washington.
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Photojournalist and documentary photographer Fatemeh Behboudi will hold a workshop on photo documentation in the ancient city of Kashan, Isfahan Province on Thursday.
Her photography…
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Three short films made in Iran regarding environmental issues will be screened at the Green Image Film Festival in Japan, scheduled to be held March 23-25 at Hibiya Library & Museum…
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An adaptation of Eugene O’Nill’s (1888-1953) ‘The Hairy Ape’ is on stage in Tehran under the direction of Gholamreza Moshiri. The central character of O’Neill’s expressionist play is…
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Indian setar player Shahid Parvez Khan is to perform at Vahdat Hall on January 11.
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As part of the 33rd Fajr Music Festival (January 10-20), Sanam Music Ensemble, led by kamancheh player Hesam Inanlou, will hold a concert at Roudaki Hall on January 11.
Mozaffar Shafiei…
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Composer, pianist, guitarist and pop singer Alireza Assar, 48, will stage two concerts on Thursday in Isfahan.
The last time Assar appeared on stage in Isfahan was in the fall of 2010.…
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The feature film ‘The Salesman’ by renowned Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will compete with four other films in the ‘Films Not in English Language’ category at the 71st British Academy of Film…
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Seven films from Iran are in the line-up for Trenton Film Festival in the US slated for March 22-25.
The event in Trenton, the capital of New Jersey state, will be featuring films…
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Iranian Academy of Arts, affiliated to the Presidential Office, will conduct a training course in watercolor painting. According to the website of the academy, Honar.ac.ir, acclaimed painter…
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Scientists in India have discovered rock art that appears to depict a supernova and the surrounding stars, buried inside the wall of an ancient dwelling place. Thought to date from 3,600 BC, the…
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In a trip to Varamin and Pishva counties, 40 km southeast of Tehran, participants will visit historical structures of adobe and brick also have a firsthand experience in making pottery as well…
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