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Iranian female director Abyar to make ‘Chang’an, Chang’an’ in China

Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar is slated to make a film called ‘Chang’an, Chang’an’ in collaboration with two Chinese directors Jang Jung and Shirzad Yaqub in Xi’an city, north-central China.

Iran-Germany-Canada film ‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ awarded at US festival

A joint film of Iran, Germany, and Canada, ‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse,’ directed by Iranian director Javad Daraei and produced by Mehdi Koohzadeh, won the grand prize of the 17th edition of the Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival in Texas, the US.

NLAI director: About 2,000 Persian manuscripts kept in Austria

The head of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) said in a meeting with the Austrian ambassador to Tehran that about 2,000 Persian manuscripts are being kept at Austria’s National Library.

Iranian director Shams to stage ‘Shahnameh’ play in Italy

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Iranian director’s film ‘The Musician’ wins at US Tribeca Festival

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Veteran journalist Bolouri: Print media have dedicated readers despite prevailing online rivals

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Russia to send film crew to space, racing with Tom Cruise shoot

Russia said it would send an actress and a director into space to make the first feature film in the cosmos and also deliver an eccentric Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station (ISS).

South Korean director Kim Ki-duk dies of COVID-19, aged 59

The South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk died at 59 in a Latvian hospital, where he was being treated for COVID-19. The news was initially reported by Vitaly Mansky, director of Latvia’s Artdocfest film festival, later confirmed by Kim’s family in the Korean media. Kim was understood to be developing a film project set in the Baltic region when he became ill.

Prominent director Iris Ng to hold master class in Cinéma Vérité

The prominent filmmaker and cinematographer Iris Ng is slated to hold an online master class in the 14th Iran International Documentary Film Festival, known as Cinéma Vérité, which is scheduled to be organized totally online from December 15 to 22 in Tehran.