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Animation on Masnavi Under Production
An animated film inspired by a tale from Masnavi, a masterpiece by the renowned Persian mystic and poet Rumi, is under production.
Directed by Avesta Farvardin, it features a free interpretation of the story titled ’Entangled Bird’, IRNA reported.
The five-minute film will be made using the three-dimensional technique.
The tale narrates the story of an idiot who awakes due to hunger but he finds no food. Loosing all hope, he suddenly hears the sound of a small bird in his courtyard and tries to hunt and eat it.
Sacred Defense Symphony Planned
The symphony ’Sing This Chapter with Me’ conducted by Majid Entezami will be performed at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall in September.
The event is to be held from September 25 until October 3 to mark the Sacred Defense Week (the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war).
According to IRNA, the symphony will feature pieces composed by Entezami for films centered on sacred defense.
The managing director of Roudaki Foundation, Asghar Amirnia, said that the symphony blends music and movement.
It features soundtracks, including ’The Day of Incident’, ’Khorramshahr Epic’ and ’From Karkheh to Rhine’.
The event will be sponsored by Roudaki Foundation and the Music Office of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry.
Entezami plans to compose the Symphony of Resistance by March.
Canada to Showcase Shiva Works
A collection of posters and illustrations by the celebrated Iranian graphic designer Qobad Shiva will go on display in an exhibition in Canada.
According to Mehr News Agency, the exhibit is part of the program ’Six weeks of Iranian art’ slated for February 25 in Toronto.
Shiva, one of Iran’s best-known graphic artists, will hold workshops and deliver speeches at various Toronto art centers.
Shiva will also attend the annual Design Research Conference to be held by the IIT Institute of Design, on Sep. 19 and 20 in Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
6 Plays in Germany
Six Iranian plays are participating in Mulheim International Theater Landscapes Festival in Germany.
These include ’Terminal’ directed by Siamak Ehsaei, ’Pinocchio’ by Ali Asghar Dashti and ’Victim’ by Sirous Hemmati and ’Cadence’ by Nima Dehqan, IRNA said.
’Cadence’ is about the after-death adventures of three people.
’Hassan and the Demon of the Narrow Road Behind the Mountain’ by Afshin Hashemi is also in the lineup.
The performance, with comic overtones, attracted a large number of audiences when staged at City Theater in spring.
It features a variety of Iranian performing styles, including traditional puppet performance as well as indigenous music.
The cast of the play includes Hedayat Hasehmi, Alireza Nasehi, Meisam Yousefi and Sara Aminian.
The festival runs through September 7.
Sa’dabad Exhibiting Teahouse Paintings
Sa’adabad Cultural Complex is holding an exhibition of teahouse paintings in Tehran.
The month-long event displays works by celebrated Iranian artists, including Ali Mohammad Modabber, Fathollah Aqasi and Abbas Boloukifar. Renowned Iranian storyteller Morshed Valiollah Torabi will also perform live on the sidelines of the event, Presstv reported.
The exhibition will run until the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan (October 1).
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