July 4, 2021 André Bazin (French film critic) The cinema substitutes for our gaze a world more in harmony with our desires.

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License Holder: Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Managing Director: Touraj Shiralilou Arabic translation of late Kiarostami’s Editor-in-Chief: Kambakhsh Khalaji Editorial Dept. Tel: +98 21 88755761-2 Editorial Dept. Fax: +98 21 88761869 poems unveiled in Morocco Subscription Dept. Tel: +98 21 88748800 ICPI Publisher: +98 21 88548892, 5 Advertising Dept. Tel & Email: +98 21 88500617 - [email protected] Arts & Culture Desk Website: www.irandaily.ir newspaper.irandaily.ir An Arabic book titled, ‘A Night Strewn with Lightning,’ featuring Email: [email protected] Cultural & Press Institute the translations of poems written by the late Iranian filmmaker Ab- Printing House: bas Kiarostami, was published in Tangier, Morocco. Address: Iran Cultural & Press Institute, #208 Khorramshahr Avenue Tehran-Iran Iran Daily has no responsibility whatsoever for the advertisements and promotional material printed in the newspaper. Iran shuts down cultural centers in high coronavirus-hit cities

Arts & Culture Desk Headquarters for Managing and Fighting the Coronavirus. Movie theaters in the Iran’s red cities in- In addition, Tehran Museum of Con- cluding the capital Tehran were shut down temporary Art which is currently hosting ISNA once again as of July 3, following the in- ‘The Concealed over the Revealed’ (Vi- Translated by Iraqi poet Muhammad Amin al-Karkh and Moroc- crease in the number of people infected sual Engineering in Persian Painting) and can poet Rachid Ouhti, the book was unveiled on the sidelines of with the coronavirus and the beginning of ‘Persona’ (a collection of works by Andy the seventh edition of the Cap Spartel International Film Festival, the fifth wave of COVID-19 infections. Warhol), announced it is closed until fur- ISNA reported. This is not the first time since the be- ther notice due to the outbreak of the new The book was published by the Moroccan publisher Khemisset. ginning of the coronavirus pandemic that coronavirus wave. The director of the festival, Izzuddin Wafi, said, “It is our plea- movie theaters were closed. The unveiling of Andy Warhol’s book, sure that for the second time, a work by the late artist Abbas Kiar- Previously, theaters and cinemas were which was scheduled for July 4, was also ostami was present in our festival, and the poems of this great Ira- considered as category three businesses postponed. nian cineaste, which have been translated into French, English, and and their activities were closed in the cit- Tehran’s City Theater complex decided other languages have also been translated into Arabic. Fortunately, ies categorized as orange regions, but in to close its halls from Saturday too. the translation was well received, and the Cup Spartel is proud to late March, they were classified in the Iranshahr Theater Hall in the capital present, for the first time, all of the valuable filmmaker’s poems in category two jobs, which are closed in also announced postponement of its plays Arabic to literature and art lovers.” the red regions, according to the National until further notice. exhibitionmakers.com The Moroccan festival paid tribute to Kiarostami during its fourth edition in 2017. Tehran Int’l Short Film Festival Painting exhibition on cultural designated as qualifying event for Oscars exchange between Iran, Japan opens Arts & Culture Desk Short Film Festival will be held from October 19 to 24. A painting exhibition titled, ‘Iran, Japan Cultural Exchange,’ was “TISFF is the only festival with such longevity inaugurated yesterday by the Iranian Embassy in Japan for the first Tehran International Short Film Festival (​TISFF) that has been working based on its own cultural prin- time, with the participation of eight prominent Japanese artists. was approved by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ciples for the past four decades. A total of 127 festivals According to IRNA, the and Sciences as a qualifying festival for t he short throughout the world have been approved as a qualify- exhibition is being held film categories at the Academy Awards, also known ing event for the Oscars, 42 of which take place in the on the verge of the To- as the Oscars, said the CEO of Iranian Youth Cinema United States,” Mousavi added. kyo Olympics. It will run Society. “Some 6,000 titles have been submitted to the fes- through July 8. “We were informed through an Academy email on tival in recent years, which reflect the importance of According to Islamic Thursday that the TISFF is now approved as an en- the event. That is why we worked hard in the past two Culture and Relations Or- trance gate to the Oscars,” Seyyed Sadeq Mousavi said years to attain this status for the festival.” ganization, in this important on Saturday, IRNA reported. The Academy defines a short film as an original mo- cultural event, eight promi- The short film categories at the Oscars are Best Doc- tion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or nent Japanese painters have umentary Short Subject, Best Live Action Short Film, less, including all credits. There are some criteria a put on display 36 beautiful and Best Animated Short Film. short film participating in the Oscars must fulfill, in- paintings on Iran, created “The Oscars are probably the most important film cluding theatrical or festival release. during the past few months. awards in the world, with billions watching the cere- To be eligible for consideration by the Academy Artists participating in mony live each year. We had numerous correspondenc- through festival release, the short feature should be the exhibition are Soh Tsu- es with the Academy so that the TISFF would be ap- vetted by an approved competitive film festival – not kamoto, Jun Matsubara, proved as a qualifying event for the Oscars,” Mousavi only by being accepted into the festival but by winning Shigenobu Moriyama, said. Mehr news agency a qualifying award at the event. Hideko Murata, Takumi Also the TISFF secretary for the past four editions, “The TISFF is now the only festival in Muslim Sejima, Kidai Taguchi, Sy- Mousavi said, “I’m sure the achievement will see more Describing the festival as “a national treasure,” countries considered as a qualifying event for the Os- ouichirou Tsukuda, and Ka- films being submitted to the festival in the future.” Mousavi said the 38th edition of the Tehran International cars,” added Mousavi. IRNA zunori Yamauchi.

Spain’s Islantilla Cinefórum Sylvia Plath’s letters to Ted Hughes to pay ‘The Visit’ to Iran among intimate items to be auctioned Iranian short film ‘The Vis- Mahin Sadri, Maneli Na- International Film Festival A cache of Sylvia Plath’s letters and not only desirable objects but offer an ‘The Hawk in the Rain,’ it helped it’ is to be screened at the far and Lili Farhadpour are in the US, the Seoul Inter- personal items – including her wed- insight into several elements of Plath’s launch his career. Under the Moon Interna- on the cast list of the short national Women’s Film ding ring, a captioned photo album life. The comical side of Plath’s personal- tional Film Festival (Islan- flick. Festival in South Korea, the and her drawings of Ted Hughes – are The letters also include Plath en- ity is also on show. There are her letters tilla Cinefórum) in Spain. ‘The Visit’ has gained the Figari Film Fest in Italy, the to be sold at Sotheby’s in a sale which couraging the then mostly unknown which reveal her contempt for life at Directed, written and pro- Bronze Earring Statue for ifva Awards in China, the provides unique insight into the life of Hughes to enter the prestigious Harp- Cambridge, and a cartoon that shows her duced by Azadeh Mousavi, Best Short Narrative at the Flickerfest International IMDB one of the most celebrated literary fig- er’s poetry contest. When Hughes disdain for domestic life with the poet the 14-minute film is about sixth edition of the Herat Film Festival in Austra- viting them to enjoy the ures in the English language. went on to win the competition in drawing a scene depicting herself as a Elaheh who is allowed to International Women’s Film lia, the Friss Hús Budapest most avant-garde audiovi- Sotheby’s is hosting the 55-lot auc- 1957, with a collection that included maid attacking a dinner guest with an axe. visit her husband, a prison- Festival in Afghanistan. Short Film Festival in Hun- sual proposals in the best of tion, which includes some of the most er, after six months, ifilmtv. The film has gone on gary, and the Iranian Film settings on the beach. personal Plath items ever sold, includ- com reported. screen at several notable Festival of Zurich in Swit- It is an initiative promot- ing intimate pieces such as the Plath She and her little daugh- global events, including the zerland, where it won Best ed by the Mancomunidad family Bible and letters between her- ter, Tara, have just one day Clermont-Ferrand Interna- Short Film Award. de Islantilla in collaboration self and Hughes, with whom she had to get ready for the signifi- tional Short Film Festival The Islantilla Cinefórum with various public and pri- one of literature’s most famous rela- cant event. in France, the Palm Springs is a hub for film lovers, in- vate entities. tionships, theguardian.com reported. Gabriel Heaton, Sotheby’s English literature and historical manuscripts ‘Sirab Shodam’ single released using Shajarian’s instrument specialist, said the sale, which opens on 9 July, is without precedent and the Arts & Culture Desk Sina Jahan-Abadi (), Azad Mirzapour ( and items sold by the Plath family show ), Mehrdad Nasehi (sorahi), Homayoon Nassiri (bendir and Plath’s creative development, her love The musical piece ‘Sirab Shodam’, composed by Iranian sound ), Hossein Rezaeinia and Negar Ezazi (), Ana- for Hughes and her sense of humour. engineer Aidin Olfat, was released. hita Harati (), and Omid Nikbin () are the musicians The 32 letters are made up of those Also the lyricist and vocalist in the single, Olfat used sorahi – involved in the project. written to Hughes in October 1956 a musical instrument invented by late legendary Iranian vocalist Olfat has also been accompanied by Nikbin and Nasehi as the and others she sent to her in-laws up sothebys.com Mohammadreza Shajarian – in his latest release, IRNA reported. backing vocalists. until 1961. Heaton says the letters are The picture shows a pencil sketch by Sylvia Plath entitled ‘Great Faux Pas’.