Acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi said on Thursday he plans to return home after touring with his new film, “It ...

Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for improperly wearing her hijab. Many spent time at the notorious Evin prison ...

The film captures the friendship between an Iranian filmmaker and a Gaza City resident. They never actually meet but speak movingly via video calls. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan has responded to criticism regarding his participation in Iran’s government-run Fajr Film Festival, saying that it should not be considered a show of support for the ...

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or in 2014 for "Winter Sleep" among many other accolades, has come under fire from the Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) ...

Award-winning Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been given a prison sentence on charges of creating propaganda against the ...

For nearly his entire professional career, Panahi has been facing off against the Iranian government and criticizing it ...

This Iranian anthology film features 15 shorts on the theme of the Persian carpet; among the directors are Jafar Panahi, Bahman Farmanara, Abbas Kiarostami, and Dariush Mehrjui. In Farsi with ...

Nine months before she was killed by an Israeli airstrike, Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona started quoting Shawshank Redemption. “Hope is a dangerous thing,” she told Iranian filmmaker ...

"In the era of social networks, making films has become very difficult," said renowned Iranian actress and director Niki ...

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi received a one-year prison sentence and travel ban in Iran for alleged propaganda, coinciding ...