EXCLUSIVE: DreamLab Films has boarded sales on satirical Iranian picture Head to Head (Sar beh Sar) about a film production ...
War & Revolution. The one-off doc goes undercover and inside Iran, with testimony from journalists and civilians during the ...
In late March 2012, when Iran was under threat of attack by the Obama administration, the World Socialist Web Site published a perspective on the Iranian film A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi.
With no end in sight to the ongoing war in Iran — both Iran and the U.S. this week seized ships trying to move through the Strait of Hormuz — the country's filmmakers say they feel both "under attack" ...
The Iranian film for next year’s Oscars has stirred controversy at home both over the choice of a downbeat movie and for taking part in the Hollywood spectacle at a time of tense Tehran-Washington ...
In Rome on the evening of April 4, as Iran was being pounded by U.S. and Israeli missiles, a large crowd celebrated the Persian new year in the Eternal City’s Alcazar club dancing to Middle East beats ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lights, camera ... artificial intelligence? Dreams of Violets, a feature-length movie inspired by the protest violence and ...
The Iranian film crew behind "Roya", which recounts the torment and trauma of a political prisoner in Tehran's Evin prison, urged the Iranian people "not to be forgotten" at the film's German premiere ...
Iranian screenwriter and director Asghar Farhadi, who won Oscars with “A Separation” and “The Salesman,” will be honored at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, which runs Aug. 14 to 21. The filmmaker ...
As chosen by the directors Mira Nair, Jafar Panahi, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Akinola Davies Jr. By Lovia Gyarkye A scene from Satyajit Ray’s “Jalsaghar” (“The Music Room,” 1958). The Criterion ...
Voices inside the country decry the toll on civilians and cinema, while exiled filmmakers warn they’ve been shut out of Iran’s future. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief With no end in sight to ...