Despite a ceaseless battle against government censors, he was celebrated as one of his country’s greatest auteurs, winning ...

The landscape of Iranian cinema has long been defined by the struggle between creative expression and state suppression. For ...

Jafar Panahi thinks the new wave of protests challenging Iran’s authoritarian regime might bring “something different” this ...

The Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker was sentenced last month to one year in prison for “propaganda activities” related to his ...

Widespread tributes have been shared for Bahram Beyzai, a giant of Iranian cinema and theatre, who has died aged 87 in the US ...

This article was originally published in June 2023. Thanks to a renewed interest in Iranian cinema among movie lovers, we are republishing it with two additional films. For centuries, poetry was ...

The Iranian star, honored with a Locarno award during the Swiss festival’s opening night, also talked about Netflix, Iranian film and tales, her love for France, and trying to just exist. By Georg ...

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi said Wednesday that protests which have gripped his country in recent days aimed ...

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association has stepped-up calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reappraise its relationship with Iran’s government-controlled Farabi cinema ...

Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari has long explored the quiet tensions and bureaucratic pressures of everyday life in Iran, from his acclaimed shorts to festival recognized features like “Disappearance,” ...

Watch: The true story of how 2,000 Jewish children were evacuated from Iran in the years following the violent rise of the ...

Co-directed by Israeli-Iranian duo Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir, the sports drama Tatami will make its San Diego debut at the Media Arts Center on Friday. First premiering at the Venice Film Festival in ...