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Yorgos Lanthimos, Florian Zeller and Juliette Binoche are among more than 800 film professionals who have signed a joint ...

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French actresses Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard and Camille Cottin as well as Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos have joined ...

As we stand here, the state of Iran is gunning down protestors and a savage massacre continues, blatantly, on the streets of ...

"It Was Just an Accident" is an Iranian movie confronting tyranny and corruption. Now, director Jafar Panahi is facing ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, the Palme d'Or winner whose searing drama "It Was Just an Accident" is a top contender in the ...

Asghar Farhadi remembered the filmmaker and playwright, who died due to complications from cancer, as his "great teacher." By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast Prominent Iranian film and theater ...

Widespread tributes have been shared for Bahram Beyzai, a giant of Iranian cinema and theatre, who has died aged 87 in the US. The front pages of Iranian newspapers mourn his loss, with opposition ...