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Iranian movies line up for Kerala festival – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – A lineup of seven Iranian movies will be screened at the 26th International Film Festival of Kerala, India. All the films will be showcased in the World Cinema category of the festival, which will take place from March 18 to 25 in Thiruvananthapuram. “Ballad […]
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Iran’s “Absence”, “Two Dogs” honored at Bengaluru Intl. Film Festival
March 13th, 2022 
Awake Goy Iran’s “Absence”, “Two Dogs” honored at Bengaluru Intl. Film Festival – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – The 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival awarded the Iranian films “Absence” and “Two Dogs” during its closing ceremony held in the Indian city of Bengaluru last Thursday. Directed by Ali Mosaffa, “Absence” won a runner-up film prize in the Asian […]
Antipodes Greek Culture Festival in Melbourne Postponed
January 22nd, 2022 Awake Goy The Lonsdale Street Greek Music Festival has been postponed. Credit: Greek Centre For the second year in a row, the Antipodes Festival/Lonsdale St Greek Festival has been postponed due to the pandemic. The Festival was scheduled for 5 and 6 March. Traditionally taking place in the historic Lonsdale St Greek Precinct it is Melbourne’s largest […]
Major Performers Dump Sydney Festival Over Israeli Sponsorship
January 9th, 2022 Awake Goy Above Photo: Sydney’s famous Opera House on New Year’s Eve. Jaimi Joy / Reuters. At least 30 major artists, performers and organizations have pulled out of the Sydney Festival in Australia over a $20,000 sponsorship deal with the Israeli embassy. Comedian Tom Ballard stated that “I love the Festival and I love telling jokes, but standing up for human […]
“The Morning Son”, biopic about Imam Khomeini, to open Ammar film festival
January 5th, 2022 Awake Goy “The Morning Son”, biopic about Imam Khomeini, to open Ammar film festival – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – The 12th edition of the Ammar Popular Film Festival will open on Saturday by screening “The Morning Son”, Behruz Afkhami’s biopic about Imam Khomeini. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the previous edition was organized online, but this year’s […]
Mesopotamian Kings Were Slapped in the Face in the Ancient Akitu Festival
January 2nd, 2022 Awake Goy The Akitu festival was one of the oldest Mesopotamian festivals, dating back to the middle of the third millennium BC. It was during this twelve-day ceremonial event, which began at the first New Moon after the Spring Equinox in March/April, that a unique tradition took place in order to humble the king and remind him […]
LA Greek Film Festival Calls for Entries; Announces 2022 Dates
December 25th, 2021 Awake Goy Orpheus Awards Hosts Christos Vasilopoulos and Chryssa Loucas at the LAGFF. Credit: LAGFF The 2022 LA Greek Film Festival is officially accepting submissions for 2022. The LAGFF announced on Tuesday that the upcoming festival will be held from May 9 to May 15, 2022. The festival’s organizers also described this coming year’s hybrid event format, […]
Iranian celebrations, music festival one step closer to UNESCO register
December 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy Iranian celebrations, music festival one step closer to UNESCO register – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Iranian celebrations and festivities of Yalda, Chaharshanbeh-Suri, Mehregan, and Sadeh as well Regional Music Festival of the country are closer to being inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage list, ISNA reported on Wednesday. The reason behind this is their recent registration on […]
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No Comments »Fars province to host daffodils festival
December 1st, 2021 Awake Goy Fars province to host daffodils festival – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – A flower festival dedicated to the daffodils is planned to be held in Khafr county, southern Fars province, on December 8, the provincial tourism chief has announced. The festival, which will run for four days, aims at promoting travel attractions and tourism potentials, Hadi Shahdoust […]
Opet Festival Extravaganza Marks Reopening of Avenue of Sphinxes
November 27th, 2021 Awake Goy Egypt hosted the re-enactment of the ancient Egyptian Opet festival last night. The grand ceremony was held to mark the reopening of the 1.7-mile-long (2.7 km) road which links the Temples of Karnak in the north and Luxor in the south, once called the Path of God. Paved in sandstone blocks, the 3,400-year-old road is […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: avenue, extravaganza, festival, marks, reopening, sphinxes No Comments »“The Recess”, “Sky Sun, Tile Sun” to compete in Utopia Film Festival
November 18th, 2021 Awake Goy “The Recess”, “Sky Sun, Tile Sun” to compete in Utopia Film Festival – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Iranian shorts “The Recess” and “Sky Sun, Tile Sun” will be competing in the Utopia Film Festival, which will open on Friday in Greenbelt, Maryland. “The Recess” tells the story of Sahar, a 17-year-old student who is determined to […]
“Driving Lesson” tops at La.Meko Intl. Short Film Festival
November 18th, 2021 Awake Goy “Driving Lesson” tops at La.Meko Intl. Short Film Festival – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Iranian drama “Driving Lesson” has won the main prize of the La.Meko International Short Film Festival in Germany. Directed by Marzieh Riahi, the film tells the story of Bahareh, a young woman who, according to Iranian law, must have a man from […]
Evil Symbolism at Astroworld Festival Where People Died From Cardiac Arrest
November 9th, 2021 Awake Goy The crowd did not die from being trampled. People fell down because they suffered cardiac arrest. Concertgoers were required to be fully vaxxed or have a negative test. Was there something at the concert (like a 5G weapon) that triggered these vaxxed people to collapse? Regardless, the festival looked absolutely evil. Share now! Source Views: […]
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November 7th, 2021 Awake Goy Syrians hold a horse race festival in the northern Syrian city of Raqa, former capital of the Islamic State (IS) group. “This venue has been closed for ten years,” says member of the festival committee Majed al-Saleh, “Everyone took part in the festival and enjoyed it”, he adds. Source Views: 0
Lights festival in Madrid celebrates UNESCO recognition
November 1st, 2021 Awake Goy Spain’s capital Madrid was lit up for LuzMadrid, part of the International Festival of Light. The city’s most famous sites were transformed by light-related art installations. It celebrates UNESCO’s decision to declare the city’s 16th-century El Retiro Park a World Heritage Site and features more than twenty innovative works by national and international artists. Source […]
Ajyal Film Festival to screen movies from Iran
October 28th, 2021 Awake Goy Ajyal Film Festival to screen movies from Iran – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – A lineup of six movies from Iranian filmmakers will be screened at the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar. A highlight of the lineup is Asghar Farhadi’s “A Hero”, Iran’s submission to the 2022 Academy Awards. The film is about Rahim, who finds himself […]
“The Wasteland” director Ahmad Bahrami on Carthage festival jury
October 28th, 2021 Awake Goy “The Wasteland” director Ahmad Bahrami on Carthage festival jury – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Ahmad Bahrami, the director of the acclaimed Iranian drama “The Wasteland”, has been selected as a member of the jury of the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. Winners of the narrative feature and short films will be selected by the jury, which […]
The Phaistos Disc: Spiral Secrets Suggest It’s a Festival Calendar
September 26th, 2021 Awake Goy In 1908, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier was working in southern Crete at an ancient Minoan palace located in the town of Phaistos. Digging amid the ruins he found a clay circular tablet that has eponymously become known as the Phaistos Disc. Dating to the Bronze Age, circa 1800-1600 BC, the Phaistos Disc contains an enigmatic […]
French actor Marion Cotillard wins award at Spain’s top film festival
September 19th, 2021 Awake Goy French actor Marion Cotillard has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award at Spain’s most important film festival. Spanish film favourite Penelope Cruz gave a tearful Cottilard a hug after the win was announced on Friday night in San Sebastian. After receiving her Donostia award, the star of La Vie en Rose spoke of the […]
Some thoughts on the Ganesh festival and related matters
September 11th, 2021 Awake Goy The Ganesh festival is celebrated country-wide with prayers and rituals, greetings are exchanged, and various food delicacies are prepared. When we relish the delicacies, it is appropriate to remember that every one of those preparations is based upon farm produce, be it grains, vegetables, fruits, or the banana leaves on which the feast is served. […]
