TEHRAN, March 4--Director of the film ’Love Without Barrier’ said that the belligerence and hostilities dominant in the world today have prompted the cinema industry to portray the oppression of children and women.
The film, which was screened on Tuesday in the opening ceremony of Philippines International Women Film Festival, was warmly received by the experts.
Pouran Derakhshandeh, a scriptwriter and stage director told IRNA by telephone on Wednesday that organizers of the event had selected ’Love Without Protection’ for screening in the inaugural ceremony because it focused on the oppression of children in times of violence.
Meanwhile, the films ’Lost Time’ and &#8217Deadlock’ both directed by Derakhshandeh will also be screened at the four-day event.
The Iranian female director further noted that such festivals provide a good opportunity for exchanging views and becoming familiar with the problems prevailing in other communities.
Derakhshandeh is also due to hold two educational workshops for young Filipino filmmakers.
Films from Iran, Mexico, France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, China, India, Austria and Philippines will be screened in the festival.

Boroujerdiha House in Kashan, Isfahan province

TEHRAN, March 4--Concurrent with the Japanese Art Expo, the Boroujerdiha House will be re-built with prefabricated components and serve as the residence of Iranian artists in Aichi city, CHN reported.
The house, which is located in the Sultan Mohammad District of Kashan City, boasts of a ventilation system symbolizing the city.
Director of the Handicrafts Organization’s Exhibitions Department Vida Tavahhodi said that the prefab sections of Boroujerdiha House will be shipped to Japan this month.
Boroujerdiha House is one of the most beautiful residences from the Qajar era.
It was constructed in the mid-nineteenth century under the architectural supervision of Ali Maryam while other artists including Sani Ol-Molk and Kamal Ol-Molk decorated it.
Based on documents, it took 18 years to complete the construction.
According to Tavahhodi, Iranian artists have so far woven 30 carpets, which will be presented to Japanese officials.
Information and Communication Technology Ministry’s High Council for Issuing Stamps has approved the publication of commemorative stamps featuring the expo, she said, adding that several Iranian groups will take part in the event. The first group of artists will leave for Japan on March 20. Iranian artists will be based in the replica of Boroujerdiha House to present their works to Japanese art buffs, Tavahhodi said, adding that they will appear in the event in local costumes.
Japanese Art Expo will be officially inaugurated on March 25.

TEHRAN, March 4--A group of archeologists from Copenhagen Museum, Denmark, are currently on a two-month study tour at Iran National Museum to examine the coins from the Islamic era and compare them with coins belonging to the Viking civilization.
According to CHN several hundred years ago Danish experts came across one hundred thousand coins in addition to some tools which did not belong to the civilization of Denmark and other Scandinavian nations.
They thought that the Iranians had established ties with the Europeans and they went to Spain to track down the origins of the coins.
They also visited Russia, the Caspian Sea states to learn about the origins of the coins and are now in Iran to study the traces of Viking civilization at Iran National Museum.
Nadia Hapt, chairperson of the Danish team, said that she hopes to prove the theory of the influence of Eastern culture on Scandinavian civilization including that of Denmark.
Elaheh Asgari, who is in charge of the section of seals and coins at Iran National Museum said that the Danish experts have determined that the coins belonged to the Vikings, but, there are also many Islamic coins among them.
The Vikings, an ethnic group from northern Europe, were mainly seafarers. They first inhabited northern Scandinavia and from there went to Britain and France. The discovery of a sunken ship attributed to the Vikings indicated that they discovered Iceland and Greenland as well as North America.
British archeologists have also unearthed the bodies of six Viking men and women which they say date back to 10 AD.

TEHRAN, March 4--The halls of Iran National Library have been named after great Iranian scientists from different periods of history, reported IRNA.
The new building of Iran National Library, which was inaugurated by President Mohammad Khatami on Tuesday, has seven halls which have been named after seven renowned figures of science and art.
The hall of manuscripts, precious books and scripts was named after Kharazmi, the hall for treatises was named after Khajeh Nasir Tousi and the hall for books on arts was called Kamal Ol-Molk Hall.
Meanwhile books dealing with science and technology have been placed in a hall named after Mohammad Zakaria Razi, books on human science can be found in Hakim Bou Ali Sina (Avicenna) Hall, the hall of Iranology and Islamic Studies was named after Sohrevard and the hall of reference books and bibliography was named after Ibn Nadim.
The construction of the new building of Iran National Library began in 1996. The eight-storey building has an area of 97,000 square meters.
Iran National Library has a collection of 100,000 manuscripts.
The new building which is located in Abbasabad, northern Tehran, has a unique architecture and modern equipment.
The library currently holds more than one million books in Persian, Arabic, English, French, German, Russian and other languages.
Many newspapers, weeklies, bulletins, published since the Qajar era are maintained at Iran National Library.

TEHRAN, March 4--Three Iranian children and young adults ranked first, second and third in Hong Kong Painting Competition.
The painting competition was held by Polung Kook Cultural and Artistic Center on the occasion of International Rice Year in 2004 which was themed ’Rice Is Life’.
First prize was given to Keyvan Ebadi, an eight-year boy from Tehran. Behshid Pestehchian, a 13-year girl from Isfahan received the second prize while an eight-year Tehrani girl, Sara Miqani, was awarded third prize.
Polung Kook Center was established 125 years ago in Hong Kong.
All paintings and news related to this event is available on the website www.kanoonparvaresh.com