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Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 SINCE 1979 NEWS Doc explores nostalgia for old days of Tehran street By: Afshin Majlesi TEHRAN — A documentary exploring the nostalgic recollections of residents on Si-e Tir Street in downtown Tehran was screened for journalists and critics at Milad Tower on Monday, the first day of the 34th Fajr Film Festival. In “Residents of a One-Way Street”, six elderly residents recount their memories of the old days on the street, which was called Qavam os-Saltaneh Street before the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in 1979. “The urban area is the focal concept behind all the films that I have ever made,” director Medhi Baqeri told the Persian service of IRNA after the screening of the film. “Residents of a One-Way Street” turns the spotlight on the people’s recollections of the events that occurred on the street and of historical buildings nearby, Baqeri explained. However, such approaches form bilateral relationships between the filmmaker and the residents who are willing to share their impressions, Baqeri added. The street located between City Park to the south and Jomhuri Avenue to the north was originally named after Ahmad Qavam (1876-1955) -- Qavam os-Saltaneh, a politician who served as prime minister of Iran several times. The documentary also chronicles the history of places including a mosque, a church, a hospital, a synagogue, a Zoroastrian fire temple, a bookstore, a sports club, a movie theater, a confectionary and Ahmad Qavam’s residence that currently is home to the Abgineh Museum. A production of Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center, “Residents of a One-Way Street” is competing with ten other documentaries in the Cinéma Vérité Section. “Blind Spot” directed by Mehdi Golestaneh and “It Occurred at Midnight” by Tina Pakravan, “A Very Ordinary Citizen” by Majid Barzegar and “Coquetry” by Seyyed Jalal Dehqani were among the movies that went on screen on Monday and Tuesday. Winners will be announced at the closing ceremony on February 11. NEWS IN BRIEF Tehran Symphony Orchestra to perform “Neynava” A d e R s T TEHRAN – Composer Hossein k Alizadeh’s 1983 hit “Neynava” will embellish the repertoire of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra Tehran at the 31st Fajr International Music Festival. The orchestra will perform under the baton of maestro Ali Rahbari at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on February 10. Ney (reed flute) virtuosos Siamak Jahangiri and Hossein Khoshchehreh are scheduled to join the orchestra for the concert. The 31st Fajr International Music Festival will be held in Tehran from February 10 to 20. Prayer Times Noon:12:18 Evening: 17:52 Dawn: 5:37 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 7:03 (tomorrow) Printed at: Kayhan - ISSN: 1017-94 Germany’s “Hamlet” crowned best at Fajr theater festival A d e R s T TEHRAN — William Shakespeare’s k masterpiece “Hamlet” staged by renowned German director Thomas Ostermeier won the grand prix of the international competition at the 34th Fajr International Theater Festival in Tehran on Monday. The play produced by the Schaubühne company was performed three times at Vahdat Hall during the festival. The play’s star, Lars Eidinger, received the best actor award for playing the role of Hamlet. Earlier last week, Ostermeier, who has staged “Hamlet” in several countries, said that the play underwent massive changes to be performed in Iran. Hosting Ostermeier’s troupe has cost the festival €75,000, half of which will be covered by the German Embassy in Tehran, the Persian service of MNA announced quoting an organizer of the event. The jury special award went to Iranian director Shahab Aagaahi for staging Henrik Ibsen’s “When We Dead Awaken”. Vahdat Hall hosted the closing ceremony, which began with a speech by the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Ali Jannati who said that theater is one of Iranian government’s main priorities. Iman Afsharian from Iran won the award for best director for an adaptation of Russian novelist Feodor Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”, which also brought the best actress award to Sudeh Sharhi. Makeup artist Maria Hajiha also was honored for her collaboration in the production. The award for best playwright was presented to Amin Ebrahimi from Iran for “A Song for You”. Best set designer award went to Reza Guran for Norwegian dramatist Jon Fosse’s “Nightsongs” (“Natta syng sine songar”) from Iran while Ehsan Falahatpisheh won the best costume designer award for “Journey to Far End”. The best composer award went to Ahmad Hamidian A scene from “Hamlet” for his collaboration in “The Scene of Sacrificing Sanmar”. Performances in the international competition were judged by a jury composed of Stefan Schmid from Germany, Jerzy Limon from Poland, Oleg Loevski from Russia, and Masud Delkhah and Farrindokht Zahedi from Iran. The winners in the national completion were also announced at the ceremony. Shahbeddin Hosseinpur was picked as best director for “The Lady’s Pistol” while writer/director Sanaz Bayan won the award for best dramatist for “Deliberately, Romantically, Ruthlessly”. Fariba Motakhasses received the best actress award for her collaboration in “The Lady’s Pistol” and “There Was No One to Awaken Us”. The best actor award went to Mohammadreza Solati for “Darkness” and “Cold Fever on a Hot Forehead”. Reza Mehdizadeh won the best set designer award for “Terror” and “There Was No One to Awaken Us”. “There Was No One to Awaken Us” and “The Lady’s Pistol” won Paridokht Abedin-nejad the award for best costume designer and “Terror” brought Saeid Zehni the best composer award. Samin Salek won the best makeup artist award for “The Stories of Mianrudan”. Book series linking life to law unveiled in Tehran C U L T U R E TEHRAN — A book series linking life d e s k to law was unveiled at the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) on Monday. “Law and Life” comprising six books has been authored by Mohsen Esmaeili, one of the six lawyers of Iran’s Guardian Council. Published by Nashr-e Shahr Publications, the collection centers on law and its relations with life, media and civil life, the Persian service of MNA reported on Tuesday. The unveiling ceremony was attended by a large number of officials including NLAI Director Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijan, Head of Presidential Office Mohammad Nahavandian, and Department of Islamic Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Iran Director Mostafa Mohaqeq-Damad. In his short speech, Mohaqeq-Damad said, “People who are far from human rights and civil rights will not be happy. Ignoring rights and regulations in running a counPICTURE OF THE DAY Mohsen Esmaeili speaks during the unveiling ceremony of his book series “Law and Life” at the National Library and Archives of Iran in Tehran on February 1, 2016. (Mehr/Arshideh Shahangi) try is not a proper act.” “We need people like Esmaeili in our country that is both bound to religious principles and has mastery over his verbal skills,” Nahavandian next said. “Our society needs jurisprudents that can present solutions for development in the world of today, and we see this in individuals like Esmaeili,” he asserted. Expressing his thanks to the NLAI director for his efforts in organizing the event, Esmaeili said, “I am a lawyer, but I must say that law cannot solve the problems in society on its own. If law is not accompanied by morality, it would be like bitter medicine that people avoid using. “We are responsible for building up the world with things like law and morality, and both of them need the sovereignty of law, a law along with morality,” he explained. The ceremony was brought to an end by honoring Esmaiali for his lifetime efforts. MEHR/Ashraf Tabatabai Adele tops Billboard Tehran photo exhibit to spotlight Indian customs A d e R s T TEHRAN – A collection of k photos displaying aspects of customs, beliefs and life styles of Indian people will be showcased in an exhibition, which will open at the Persian Idea Gallery on Friday. The collection entitled “Shanthi” has been created by Iranian photographer Mohammadreza Qeidi, who has been living in India over the past few years. The exhibit will run until February 10 at the gallery located at 28 Allahverdi-Azar Alley, Kolahduz St., Shariati Ave. Fajr poetry festival holds meeting in Kabul C U L T U R E TEHRAN – The 10th Fajr d e s k International Poetry Festival organized a poetry session in Kabul on Monday. Iranian poets Nasser Feiz, Alireza Qazveh, Esmaeil Amini and Mohammad-Javad Shahmoradi recited poetry at the meeting. They will stay in Kabul for a few days to visit some Afghan cultural figures and to hold other meetings to discuss the status of Persian poetry in the world. Director Ebrahim Hatamikia (L) reads a newspaper in the lobby of Milad Tower’s theater in Tehran during the 34th Fajr Film Festival on February 1, 2016. His political drama “Bodyguard” is competing in the festival, which runs until February 11. An unidentified person can also be seen in the photo. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — British singer Adele regained the top spot on Monday on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 chart, while R&B star Rihanna’s latest record sold less than 500 copies after a million copies were given away for free, making them ineligible for Billboard charts. Adele’s record-breaking “25” is still seeing strong sales three months after its release with 116,000 total units sold in the past week, comprising album and song sales and streaming activity, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. Rihanna’s eighth album “Anti” was released on January 27 exclusively on online music platform Tidal, which charges users upwards of $10 a month. It was released on all other digital platforms, including iTunes and Amazon, two days after the Tidal exclusive. “Anti” sold under 500 albums but through a deal with Samsung, a million copies were offered free to fans who signed up for Tidal membership, making them ineligible for Billboard charts rankings, which does not count sales of albums priced under $3.49. It is likely to climb the chart next week after a full week of sales and release of the physical album in stores on Friday. Decades old British comedy show “Dad’s Army” gets cinema reboot LONDON (Reuters) — Popular British television show “Dad’s Army” gets a cinema reboot this week in a new comedy hoping to garner the same laughs the sitcom did nearly 40 years after it ended. The BBC show, running from 1968 to 1977, followed the antics of an incompetent Home Guard platoon in the fictional English town of Walmington-on-Sea during World War II. It is now a TV re-run stalwart. In the new film, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Gambon, Bill Nighy and Toby Jones, the platoon is faced with a spy threat. Jones, who plays the pompous Captain Mainwaring, said he was not originally interested in taking part in the reboot until other cast members were revealed. “‘Good luck with that, I hope it all works out for you. That sounds like a really bad idea to me. That’s my first response to that,” he told Reuters in an interview when asked about when he first heard about the project. “(Producers later said) ‘Well we have found these actors’ and that’s when I go ‘Ah alright, hang on I want to be part of it’”.