| Iranian films line up for Italian festival |
| 2009/11/07 04:22 |
| Source: MNA |
| Italian festival Asiaticafilmmediale is screening several Iranian films during the event that will run until November 7 in Rome.
“The White Meadows” by Mohammad Rasoulof and “About Elly” by Asghar Farhadi will go on screen during the event.
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| Tehran gallery to pay tribute to father of modern painting in Iran |
| 2009/11/07 04:22 |
| Source: MNA |
| The Barg Gallery will host a commemoration ceremony for Jalil Ziapur, the father of Iranian modern painting on November 10.
Artists Parviz Kalantari and Tuka Maleki will deliver speech on the art of the artist during the event.
Ziapur (1920-1999), also a known as a prominent . . . |
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| TV series director Rasam dies at 52 |
| 2009/11/07 04:21 |
| Source: MNA |
| Veteran Iranian director Masud Rasam died of leukemia on Sunday at Tehran’s Laleh Hospital. He was 52.
He directed several popular TV series including “The Green House”, “The Couples”, and “The Red Pearl”, “The Little Man” and “Un-confidential” and “The Green Land”.
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| Niavaran to host exhibition on women in the fine arts |
| 2009/11/07 04:20 |
| Source: MNA |
| After a ten-year hiatus, the Niavaran Cultural Center will host the 6th Manifestation of Feeling Exhibition beginning November 26.
The fortnight’s exhibit will highlight the place of women in fine arts. The previous five editions were dedicated to the art of painting, the secretary of the exhibit Gholamali Taheri . . . |
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| Iranian photographer won golden medal at American exhibit |
| 2009/11/07 04:19 |
| Source: MNA |
| Iranian photographer Ali Samei won the PSA Gold Medal at the North Jersey International PJ Exhibition.
The award is presented by the Photographic Society of America which is the world’s largest patron of international photographic exhibition.
His photo “Mourning” won the golden medal and an Honorable . . . |
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| Tehran Symphony Orchestra observes moment of silence for Meshkatian |
| 2009/09/25 05:03 |
| Source: MNA |
| The Tehran Symphony Orchestra held a moment of silence on Tuesday night for the late Iranian musician Parviz Meshkatian, who passed away 24 hours earlier.
The orchestra, conducted by Majid Entezami, went on stage at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall to perform the Resistance Symphony in commemoration of the 29th anniversary . . . |
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| Rome to host Iran’s Bismillah exhibit |
| 2009/09/25 05:02 |
| Source: MNA |
| Selected works from Iran’s 6th Bismillah Festival will go on display in Rome from October 7.
The 6th Bismillah Festival was held at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center in late August.
The exhibit was scheduled to start September 18 but was postponed due to a time conflict . . . |
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| Fakhreddini’s Persian Gulf Symphony released on CD |
| 2009/08/22 10:13 |
| Source: MNA |
| Farhad Fakhreddini’s the Persian Gulf Symphony has recently been released on CD.
Composed and conducted by Farhad Fakhreddini, the symphony was played during the International Congress on the Persian Gulf in May 2009.
The work was inspired by the poem “My Land Iran” by Ali Ghazanfari . . . |
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| Beizaii to donate awards and memorabilia to museum |
| 2009/08/22 10:12 |
| Source: MNA |
| Titan of Iranian stage and screen Bahram Beizaii will donate a collection of his awards and memorabilia to the Film Museum of Iran in the near future. The articles will be put on public display on a special stand, the museum announced in a press release.
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| Iranian films to be screened at Canadian festivals |
| 2009/08/22 10:12 |
| Source: MNA |
| Iranian films will be competing at various Canadian film festivals in the upcoming months.
“Niloofar” by Sabine El Gemayel and Ramtin Lavafipur’s “Be Calm and Count to Seven” will go on screen at the First Films World Competition Section of the Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF).
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