Entertainment and Culture Blog /Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is back this year, celebrating its 40th anniversary with both in-person and virtual film experiences. Representing Iran are three films being featured this year: Hit the Road, Maya and Bone Marrow./VIFF ...
Culture and Entertainment Blog /Iranian director Majid Majidi, whose Children of Heaven (1997) was the first Iranian film to be nominated for an Academy Award, returns with Sun Children, Iran's submission for this year's Best International Feature Film Oscar (Not shortlisted). ...
Economy and Entertainment News, Kodoom.com /There is a new controversy in Iran over the promotion of a Trump partner business (DAMAC) in Dubai by famed Iranian actors and actresses./DAMAC is Trump's partner on an 18-hole golf course and club in Dubai./Seyed Javad Hashemi who ...
Entertainment and Culture Blog, Kodoom.com /Robert Hossein who died last week of coronavirus at the age of 93 was an accomplished French film actor, director and writer with an interestingly diverse cultural heritage. Although Hossein was himself baptized in a Catholic Church, his ...
Entertainment and Culture News Blog, Kodoom.com /This year the Venice Film Festival's MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress was awarded to Rouhollah Zamani for role in the Iranian film KHORSHID (SUN CHILDREN). Zamani along with Shamila Shirzad (pictured ...
Entertainment and Culture Blog, Kodoom.com Editorial /Like many other world-class film festivals being held this year during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is hosting their 39th film festival with a twist - most films can only be seen ...
Entertainment and Culture News, Kodoom.com /If you are a fan of captivating human stories and stunning visuals, you do not want to miss the chance. For the first and a limited time, African Violet (in Persian: Banafsheh Afrighayi) will be screened online across North America. ...
Culture and Entertainment News Blog, Kodoom.com /According to a report in Stacker by Molly Pennington (a PhD in Critical and Cultural Studies from the University of Pittsburgh) two movies by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and one movie by Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi, are ...
Entertainment and Culture News, Kodoom.com: /Iranian-British filmmaker Maryam Mohajer, who won the BAFTA (British Academy Film Awards) 2020 in the Best British Short Animation category for Grandad Was a Romantic, dedicated the prestigious award to the people of Iran because they ...
Politics and Entertainment News Blog, Kodoom.com /Iran has found some unexpected allies in the US, including (cast of) Luke Skywalker of Star Wars! Mark Hamill, in a surprising tweet written in Persian, satirically lashes out at Trump for his hypocrisy claiming (in Persian tweets) ...
