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Iran home to ancient festivals and celebrations

Iranica Desk

Minister: Fajr festivals to be held more gloriously than ever

Arts & Culture Desk

India restricts religious festivals over new COVID surge fears

Indian authorities are restricting major religious festivals that start this week and attract huge crowds, warning that a new COVID-19 wave had already begun in the financial capital Mumbai.

Iranian festivals will not be shut down, but will be improved: Minister

Arts & Culture Desk

Iran’s ‘Ballad of a White Cow’ to go to Scottish, Australian festivals

Arts & Culture Desk

Documentary festivals report 22% drop in selected films during pandemic

There was a 22% decline in films selected by European documentary festivals during the pandemic, according to research presented in Cannes, and films from underrepresented regions and continents, such as Africa, continued to receive little love from selectors.

Iran’s ‘Careless Crime’ to contend at Belgian, South Korean festivals

Arts & Culture Desk

Iranian documentary ‘Asak’ to compete at two international festivals

Iranian documentary, ‘Asak,’ is slated to compete at two festivals of the 15th edition of International Documentary Film Festival Vienna (Ethnocineca) in Austria, from May 6-13, and the 18th International Documentary Film Festival of Ukraine, which will be held from March 26 to April 4.

Indian festivals to host ‘Train That Night,’ ‘The Reversed Path’

Two Iranian films, ‘Train That Night,’ directed by Hamidreza Qotbi, and ‘The Reversed Path,’ directed by Abolfazl Jalili, will take part in the competition section of two Indian film festivals.

Iran’s cinema body stresses more film festivals online

Arts & Culture Desk

Iranian short film, ‘Doubt,’ to vie at two int’l festivals

Iranian short film, ‘Doubt,’ directed by Ali Tasdiqi and produced by Farhad Qadimi, will be screened at the 14th Bali International Film Festival in Indonesia and the 4th Threadbare Mitten Film Festival in the US.

Three int’l festivals to learn ‘Driving Lessons’ from Iran

Iranian acclaimed film ‘Driving Lessons’, directed by Marzieh Riahi, will be screened at three international film festivals in Spain, the United States, and Italy in August.

Popular spring blossom festivals canceled in South Korea

South Korea’s streets and villages famous for spring blossom festivals have been blocked or shut down for the coming weeks as part of a nationwide social distancing campaign in the midst of the protracted novel coronavirus outbreak.

Swiss festivals canceled, Greek event postponed amid coronavirus concern

Three international film festivals canceled or postponed their upcoming editions. Switzerland’s International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) and Think Cinema Lausanne (aka Rencontres 7e Art) have been canceled, and Greece’s Thessaloniki Documentary Festival postponed as concern intensifies in Europe about the spread of coronavirus.

Iran to give ‘Driving Lessons’ to world

Iranian acclaimed film ‘Driving Lessons’ by Marzieh Riahi is to compete in several world festivals this month.