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License Holder: Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Managing Director: Touraj Shiralilou Editor-in-Chief: Kambakhsh Khalaji ’s ‘Weekend’ awarded Editorial Dept. Tel: +98 21 88755761-2 Editorial Dept. Fax: +98 21 88761869 Subscription Dept. Tel: +98 21 88748800 at Paris ÉCU festival ICPI Publisher: +98 21 88548892, 5 Advertising Dept. Tel & Email: +98 21 88500617 - [email protected] Website: www.irandaily.ir Arts & Culture Desk newspaper.irandaily.ir Email: [email protected] Iran Cultural & Press Institute Iranian film, ‘Weekend,’ directed by Ario Motevaqeh, received the Printing House: Best Non-European Independent Dramatic Short Award at the ÉCU Address: Iran Cultural & Press Institute, #208 Khorramshahr Avenue -Iran — The European Independent Film Festival in Paris. Iran Daily has no responsibility whatsoever for the advertisements and promotional material printed in the newspaper. The film depicts the story of the Moniri and Kheradmand fami- lies, who go to the park for a picnic. But after finishing their meal, it is revealed that they are there for something else, ISNA reported. ‘Weekend’ was previously screened at several international events including the 43rd Kortfilmfestivalen-Norwegian Short Film Festival, the 18th Ischia Film Festival in Italy, the São Paulo Interna- tional Film Festival, the Philosophical Film Festival in Macedonia, ’s Lahore to renew sister city agreements the Tryon International Film Festival in the US. It won the Best Graveyard Shift Short Award from the 51st Nash- ville Film Festival in the US, the Best Short Fiction Award for Artis- tic Events of the Sedicicorto International Film Festival in Italy and the Gold Prize of the IFVA (formerly the Hong Kong Independent with Iran’s Mashhad, Isfahan Short Film and Video Awards), and the Long-Short Film Award at the 2020 edition of the KinoDrome International Motion Picture and Screenplay Festival in the US. delegation of Pakistan’s and ultimately strengthen the peo- Lander Haverals’ ‘Quatre Mains’ from Belgium won the Best Eu- Indus Foundation for ple-to-people relationships. ropean Independent Film, while ‘Isolated People’ by Jun Wang from A Human Development Haidar Rizvi pointed to the China won the Best Non-European Independent Dramatic Feature. and the director of Cultural Cen- common cultural, historical and Motevaqeh was born in Tehran, Iran in 1990. He studied theater ter of the Islamic Republic of civilizational heritage between in high school and later cinematography at Soore University. As a Iran in Lahore decided to renew Lahore, the capital of Punjab cinematographer he shot 42 short films, including ‘Magralen’ (Gen- sister city agreements of Lahore Province, with the great Iranian eration Kplus Berlinale 2019) and ‘Endorphin’ which won the Spe- with the Iranian cities of Mash- cities of Isfahan and Mashhad. cial Mention award in the Leopards of Tomorrow section, Locarno had and Isfahan. He added there is a great po- International Film Festival 2013. Sajjad Haider Rizvi, executive tential for cultural, educational, He has written three screenplays and two plays, and ‘Weekend’ is director of the foundation met and tourism exchanges between his debut in film directing. with Iranian Director of Khana-e- Lahore and the two Iranian cities. The festival is dedicated to the discovery and advancement of the Farhang Jafar Ronas in Lahore on Ronas voiced the readiness of very best independent filmmakers from around the world, showcas- Saturday, IRNA reported. Khana-e-Farhang in cooperation ing films that demonstrate quality, innovation, and creativity in both Both sides decided to develop with the Indus Foundation to re- form and content. cultural, educational and tourism vive the sisterhood agreements ties and renew sisterhood agree- within the framework of the ECO ments between Lahore and Isfa- Cultural Institute. DC Web fest awards han and Mashhad. He said that in the first step, Haidar Rizvi said that this communication will be estab- NGO could work in the field of lished with the international de- Iranian short ‘Pass’ educational cooperation between partments of the three municipali- the two neighboring countries ties. Iranian short film ‘Pass,’ within the framework of the ECO IRNA The Indus Foundation is a gov- directed by Elika Abdollahi agreements. Executive director of the Indus Foundation for Human Development Sajjad Haider Rizvi (2nd R) meets with ernmental organization working grabbed the Gold Writing He pointed to the importance Iranian Director of Khana-e-Farhang Jafar Ronas (C) in Lahore on April 17, 2021 to discuss sister city agreements in the field of human resource award at the Digital Shorts of the activities of Iranian Khana- between Lahore and the Iranian cities of Mashhad and Isfahan. management. One of the founda- section of the 9th edition of e-Farhang in introducing the rich tion’s goals is to provide educa- the DC Web & Digital Media Iranian culture and civilization to grown dramatically in Pakistan, and neighboring countries. it could accelerate cooperation of tional facilities and cultural ser- Festival in the US. the people of Pakistan. it has not been able to properly He added that skilled experts the higher education institutions, vices to Pakistani citizens and to ‘Pass’, aiming to reduce He noted although information bring the nations of Iran and Paki- and researchers are cooperating including universities and cultural pave the way for expanding rela- social harms, is about two technology in the last 20 years has stan closer together, as Muslim with the Pakistani foundation, and institutions of the two countries, tions with neighboring countries. friends who get stuck in a weird situation due to an ac- cident, ifilmtv.com reported. The cast list of the film Two Iranian photojournalists among Arts & Culture Desk includes Aziz Nemati, So- mayyeh Rahimi, Shadab Two Iranian photojournalists Newsha Tavakolian and Fereshteh Kokabi, Niha Sheikhi, and winners of Eslahi won at the 64th World Press Photo. Souran Rezvanizadeh. Tavakolian’s single photo, ‘Ceremony to Mourn Qassem Solei- The 11-minute flick, Ab- mani in Tehran,’ won third prize in the General News section. Eslahi dollahi’s directorial debut, won the third prize in the Sports photo collection section, with her has already been screened at twitter.com ‘Thoughts of Flight,’ a collection of flying sorrows from the life of a number of film events, in- Saeed Ramin, a practitioner of parkour, who, seven years ago, fell in cluding the Asoric Film Festival and the Tassvir Film Festival in Iran, as well as a parkour competition, injuring his spinal cord, IRNA wrote. the Concordia Film Festival in Canada. This year, in the 64th edition of the competition, 45 photojour- Launched in 2013, the DC Web & Digital Media Festival aims to integrate nalists from 28 countries, including Iran, Argentina, Armenia, Aus- art with technology. tralia, Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Ireland, Myanmar, Peru, The event “highlights the intersection of entertainment and technology, fea- the USA, Russia and Portugal participated in the event. turing the best of the indie spirit in digital content,” according to the official The World Press Photo of the Year award was given to ‘The First website of the fest. Embrace’ by Danish photojournalist Mads Nissen. The photo depicts 85-year-old Rosa Luzia Lunardi, who is em- braced by a nurse, at Viva Bem care home, São Paulo, Brazil. “The main message of this image is empathy. It’s love and com- Book reviewing Iran-France passion,” Nissen said in a comment released by contest organizers. “It’s a really, really hard, grim situation and then in that horror, relations published in that suffering, I think this picture also brings some light,” Nissen said at an online awards ceremony after being told he had won the award and the 5,000-euro ($6,000) prize that goes with it, AP wrote. Arts & Culture Desk worldpressphoto.org worldpressphoto.org Judges looked at 74,470 photographs by 4,315 photographers worldpressphoto.org ‘Ceremony to Mourn Qassem Soleimani in ‘The First Embrace’ by Danish photojournalist before selecting winners in eight categories including general ‘Thoughts of Flight’ by Fereshteh Eslahi ‘The History of the Relations Tehran’ by Newsha Tavakolian Mads Nissen news, sports, the environment and portraits. between Iran and France: Mid- dle Ages to the Present’, was published by the Center for In- ternational Cultural Studies at London Book Fair will be all-virtual the Islamic Cultural Relations Organization. The London Book Fair will be an all-virtual, online-only event not be able to offer the full value to participants that we want to The book is written by this year, with events that will bookend the month of June, with deliver.” Safoora Tork-Ladani, a French conferences taking place the week of June 7, and a further series According to publishersweekly.com, exhibitors can use a por- language faculty member at ISNA of flagship digital events will run from June 29-July 1, the dates tion of their fees paid for the in-person fair for an online exhibit the University of Isfahan. the in-person fair was to be held. The organizers had held out hope during this year’s fair or else they may roll them over to 2022, “The book studies 800 years of relations between Iran and France from the that moving the fair from its customary spring dates to the summer when the fair is scheduled to take place April 5-7. Middle Ages to the present time, observing the development of the relationship would allow them to hold in-person events. Unfortunately, the on- Ventris underscored that this year’s event, dubbed The Online during the Safavid era in the 17th century, as well as the immense enthusiasm going pandemic has made that an impossibility. Book Fair,” will be taken seriously and offer “real value” and will of the Pahlavi regime toward the European country,” the publisher wrote in the “Over the last few months, we have explored every scenario be marketed to the international trade, not just publishers and affili- book’s introduction. for this year’s Fair with our exhibitors, stakeholders and Advi- ates in the UK. Comparing the 40-year history of the two countries following the Islamic sory Board,” said Andy Ventris, director of the London Book “We want to do whatever we can to support the international Revolution in Iran, the book underlines the period as “the most controversial Fair, in a press release. “Given the complex challenges and con- publishing trade as we transition to a post-pandemic environment part of the relations,” according to the publisher. straints of the global pandemic, we wanted to give as much no- and The Online Book Fair will allow us to do that this year, but “France’s financial and military support for during the eight-year war tice as possible to exhibitors and attendees while making the best we look forward to celebrating the resilience and creativity of our with Iran and the country’s decisions favoring the United States’ policy during possible decision for the publishing industry. With the continued industry with you all in-person at the 2022 Fair in London.” the nuclear deal negotiations with Iran, are among the subjects examined in the uncertainty around international travel and vaccination rollouts, Commensurate with the move to online, this year’s event will be book.” it has become apparent that an in-person Fair for 2021 would free of charge for attendees. publishersweekly.com