Five of the Iranian films ... number of films each year in various regional languages. Asian Film Foundation has taken the initiative to create adequate awareness and appreciation of Asian cinema.

Costa Gavras, Miike Takashi and Mohammad Rasoulof have joined the roster of speakers at International Film Festival Rotterdam ...

While January 1st is widely recognized as New Year in many parts of the world, several countries observe theirs on different ...

Discover the diverse New Year celebrations around the world, from the Chinese Spring Festival and Islamic Hijri New Year to ...

“Hello Anna” by Mohammad Hossein Soleimani Fard, which is a joint production of Iran and New Zealand ... The general theme of this year’s edition of the Dhaka International Film Festival is “Better ...

Jew-killing sadist Yahya Sinwar always looked and sounded like a compromise between a man and a corpse. His Hamas boss, ...

For Yalda Night, a Persian celebration ... New York Magazine, and on NPR, among others. Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe Yalda), marks the longest night of the year in Iran and ...

The new interim Syrian ... Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an Iranian detained in Italy who was wanted by the U.S. In a year marked by wars, extreme ...

GENEVA (Switzerland) - World Economic Forum launches its annual Global Risks report (0900 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - International Grune Woche (Green Week), food and agriculture trade fair (0900 GMT) ...

An absurdist dramedy about an alternate-universe Winnipeg and a dystopian thriller about a famine-ravaged world are among the ...

In a traditional Persian wedding, the bride and groom exchange ... a concept I often returned to when planning my own wedding earlier this year. I hoped the day would celebrate not only the ...

People gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir ... ousted President Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8 after a 13-year civil war. Iran spent billions of dollars propping up Assad during the ...