July 10, 2021 Anton Chekhov (Russian writer)

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

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License Holder: Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Managing Director: Touraj Shiralilou Summer Persian language course Editor-in-Chief: Kambakhsh Khalaji Editorial Dept. Tel: +98 21 88755761-2 kicks off in Pakistan Editorial Dept. Fax: +98 21 88761869 Subscription Dept. Tel: +98 21 88748800 ICPI Publisher: +98 21 88548892, 5 Advertising Dept. Tel & Email: +98 21 88500617 - [email protected] Summer Persian language course started in Pakistan’s capital Website: www.irandaily.ir Islamabad with the presence of Iran’s Cultural Attaché in Islamabad newspaper.irandaily.ir Ehsan Khazaei and representative of Saadi Foundation with an aim Email: [email protected] Iran Cultural & Press Institute to develop and expand Persian language. Printing House: The new course opened on July 8 at Iranian Embassy in Pakistan Address: Iran Cultural & Press Institute, #208 Khorramshahr Avenue Tehran-Iran and will last three months, IRNA wrote. Iran Daily has no responsibility whatsoever for the advertisements and promotional material printed in the newspaper. Benelux distributor Cineart pre-buys Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’

Memento Films International, the ‘Where Is Anne Frank?’ and climate doc- French production and sales outfit that umentaries ‘Animal’ by Cyril Dion and has collaborated with Farhadi on three ‘Bigger Than Us’ by Flore Vasseur. of his films (‘The Salesman,’ ‘A Separa- The company has also picked Em- IRNA tion,’ and ‘Everybody Knows’), shopped manuel Carrere’s Directors’ Fornight title the project to buyers in Berlin, circulating ‘Between Two Worlds’ and Critics’ Week Students of the course will learn Persian at the basic level through an English-language version of Farhadi’s films, ‘Rien A Foutre’ from Emmanuel books published by Saadi Foundation. original Farsi script. Marre and Julie Lecoustre and ‘Une Khazaei, spoke about the benefits of learning Persian language, Farhadi screened all his works, includ- Jeune Fille Qui Va Bien’ by Sandrine and referred to the status and background of the Persian language ing ‘The Past,’ ‘The Salesman’ and ‘Ev- Kiberlain. and the cultural, historical and linguistic commonalities between erybody Knows’ at the Cannes Film Fes- “We always have quite a few [Cannes the two Muslim countries of Iran and Pakistan. tival. titles] but this year there were more,” He added, “Learning Persian language will make you familiar According to screendaily.com, Cineart explained Marc Smit, Cineart’s co-CEO with Iranian culture and civilization and also help understand the films include six Competition films: alongside Stephan De Potter. beautiful concepts of Persian literature and poetry.” Nabil Avouch’s ‘Casablanca Beats,’ Far- “We pre-buy a lot and we tend also to Khazaei said because of the linguistic commonalities and script hadi’s ‘A Hero’, Joachim Lafosse’s ‘The focus on these big auteurs. That usually is of Persian and Urdu, learning Persian is not a problem for Urdu Restless, Jacques Audiard’s ‘Les Olym- what Cannes is all about,” Smit noted. speakers and they can learn it sooner than others. pades,’ Joachim Trier’s ‘The Worst Per- He expressed confidence that director- He said the existence of a large number of Persian manuscripts shahrvandonline.ir son In The World’ and Nanni Moretti’s driven art house titles will still find cin- in Pakistan also shows the interest of the Pakistani people in the ‘Three Floors’. ema audiences post-pandemic. “But we Persian language. enelux distributor Cineart, which di, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Nader Shahsa- Cineart has also secured titles in Un also have very good VoD deals in place, Khazaei said famous people and poets guide nations through has offices in Brussels and Am- vari, Fereshteh Sadre-Orafaee and Sarina Certain Regard (Teodora Ana Mihai’s ‘La from premium VoD to transactional and their thoughts, adding that Rumi, Ferdowsi, Iqbal Lahori, Sa’di and Bsterdam, is in Cannes with 17 ti- Farhadi star in Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’. Civil’); Cannes Premiere (Mamoru Hoso- subscription VoD and also pay TV and Hafez do not belong to one land but to the entire world. tles including Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’ The world sales of ‘A Hero’ began by da’s ‘Belle,’ Eva Husson’s ‘Mothering free TV. The theatrical release is still at He also read few verses of Pakistani philosopher, poet, and politi- in Official Selection already in the bag, a Paris-based Memento Films International Sunday’ and Arnaud Desplechin’s ‘Trom- the heart of what we do but a large per- cian Muhammad Iqbal Lahori in Persian. mixture of pre-buys and pick-ups. in February during the European Film perie’) as well as Valérie Lemercier’s centage of our business comes from what Professional Iranian actors Amir Jadi- Market in Berlin. ‘Aline The Voice Of Love,’ Ari Folman’s happens after the theatrical release.” Iran’s folk musician Armenian envoy highlights Jalali-Kandelousi dies at 56 expansion of cinematic cooperation with Iran Arts & Culture Desk

Arts & Culture Desk Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation and the Armenian center signed an agreement in 2017 to expand cinematic Armenian Ambassador to Iran Artashes Toumanian has called cooperation. for the development of cinematic cooperation based on an ex- Tabesh added that this kind of cooperation could be an isting cinematic agreement between the two countries. appropriate ground for future collaborations in filmmak- The Armenian envoy made the remarks in a meeting ing. with Director of Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation Alireza He pointed to both countries’ successful cinematic in- Tabesh in Tehran to discuss ways to boost cooperation be- dustry, adding that Iran has been highly successful in tween the foundation and the National Cinema Center of terms of cinematic diplomacy, and, on the other hand, the Armenia. presence of Armenian films and cineastes in international Tabesh pointed to the cinematic deal with Armenia festivals, such as the Fajr International Film Festival has

which was signed a few years ago, noting that ‘Yeva,’ di- been impressive. IRNA rected by Iranian-Armenian Anahid Abad, is the first suc- Pointing to the 2021 Yerevan International Film Fes- Armenian Ambassador to Iran Artashes Toumanian (2nd L) and cessful experience of joint film production between Arme- tival, the Armenian ambassador called for further col- Director of Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation Alireza Tabesh (2nd R) nian and Iranian cinema, which was highly welcomed in laboration and participation of Iranian cinema profes- discuss ways to boost cinematic cooperation in a meeting held in international festivals. sionals in the event. Tehran on July 8, 2021.

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Iranian musician and vocalist Farhoud Jalali-Kandelousi who A Leonardo da Vinci the size of a Post-it sells for $12.2m played an important role in reviving and establishing traditional celebrations and local rituals of Iran’s northern province of Mazan- A tiny Leonardo da Vinci sketch sold on posite” animals in inch by 5 inch sheet, showing the martyr- daran, died at the age of 56, due to a cardiac arrest. Thursday at Christie’s for £8.9 million with his art by combining dom of St. Sebastian on one side and sci- He was famous for his Parpirar albums (in four volumes), includ- fees, or about $12.2 million, a record price elements from differ- entific sketches on the other, was declared ing his local singing, and was widely received by the lovers of arts for a Leonardo drawing at auction. ent species. Scholars a “national treasure” by the French state, and culture of Mazandaran, IRNA wrote. Leonardo’s delicate silverpoint study have associated the which was permitted to offer to buy it at a He was also famous for playing lále va (a wind musical instru- ‘Head of a Bear,’ measuring just under 3 drawing of a bear fair market price during a 30-month period ment originally from Iran’s northern provinces which is translated inches by 3 inches, and thought to date from that sold on Thursday during which its export was banned. into ‘shepherd’s straw’). the early 1480s, was included in Christie’s with the famously But the sensational ‘Salvator Mundi’ sale He was also the director of arts and cultural center of Parpirar summer “Exceptional Sale” of high-value animated head of an in 2017 made the owner of the drawing re- which was established by the artist himself. historical works of art assembled from a ermine in Leonardo’s vise his expectations, according to Rodica Jalali-Kandelousi, who entered the University of Tehran in 1987 range of collecting categories, The New celebrated ‘Portrait Seward, owner of Tajan. to study social science, was one of the first people whose university York Times reported. of Cecilia Gallerani,’ Seward said that the owner decided to thesis was dedicated to the study of Mazandaran indigenous cul- Estimated to sell for £8 million to £12 dating from about cancel the auction planned for June 2019, ture. million, or $11 million to $16.5 million, the 1490, in the National at which Tajan hoped to achieve a price of Several Iranian officials including Iran’s Minister of Culture and drawing was bought by a single bid from Museum in Krakow. at least €30 million, or about $34 million, Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi, Deputy Culture Minister for Art an as-yet-unidentified buyer in the auction epa.eu The sale raised for the double-sided drawing. That July, the Affairs Mojtaba Hosseini, and Iran’s Music Office director Mo- room. There was no competition from any questions about the French state offered to buy the sheet for €10 hammad Allahyari condoled the death of the artist. telephone or internet bidders. The final with this most famous of Italian Renais- future of another drawing by the Renais- million, or about $11.8 million, just before Salehi wrote, “The extensive services and deep concern of Jalali- price of $12.2 million was marginally bet- sance artists have soared since the astound- sance master, that one owned by a retired the certificate refusing its export was set to Kandelousi in the field of indigenous and ritual arts and culture of ter than the $11.5 million given in 2001 ing $450.3 million given in 2017 for the doctor in France. expire. The offer was rejected, and the ex- Mazandaran will not be forgotten by art lovers.” for Leonardo’s slightly larger silverpoint ‘Salvator Mundi.’ In June, Christie’s sold The former doctor, an octogenarian port ban remains in place after having been “Jalali-Kandelousi made great attempts for the indigenous arts, study, the previous auction high for a draw- a 17th-century copy of the ‘Mona Lisa’ for known in legal documents simply as Jean renewed. culture, and music of Mazandaran. He linked his knowledge in so- ing by the artist. €2.9 million, or about $3.4 million. On B., is hoping to add the work to the small The drawing has now become the cial sciences with studies in the field of culture, music, and tradi- The drawing might have been small — it Thursday, just hours before Christie’s sale list of Leonardo drawings from private col- subject of a protracted legal dispute, in tions of Mazandaran and helped introduce the music and culture of is about the size of a standard square Post- of the drawing, Sotheby’s sold what may lections offered on the open market. which the owner and his family are seek- the area.” Hossieni wrote in his message. it note — but the sale on Thursday was well be a 20th-century copy of the ‘Mona Back in 2016, the Paris auctioneers Tajan ing to lift the export restriction, which Allahyari wrote, “Jalali-Kandelousi was among the valuable cul- viewed by many experts as possibly the last Lisa’ for £378,000 at a day auction of old identified a double-sided pen-and-ink would allow them to sell the Leonardo tural heritage of the northern part of the country, and he introduced opportunity to buy an original Leonardo masters. It had been estimated at £8,000- drawing that the doctor owned as a major on the international market. On Wednes- the subtleties of folk music with his hands and voice. He also made drawing from a private collection. £12,000. Leonardo discovery. Widely accepted as day, a Paris court adjourned the case until great efforts in managing cultural activities.” Prices for virtually any work associated Leonardo was known to create “com- a Leonardo by specialist scholars, the 7 ½ Oct. 27.