Cinema has been a part of Iran for nearly its entire history. Though the work of Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is no longer extant ...

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) has accused Iran's Islamic Republic government of manipulating the ...

Marion Cotillard, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Juliette Binoche were among the signatures calling out "the organized crimes ...

With the rise of avant-garde filmmakers in the 1960s, Iran’s New Wave emerged, marked by the works of pioneers like Ebrahim Golestan, Farrokh Ghaffari, Hajir Darioush, and Forough Farrokhzad. Later, ...

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

“One is not born a woman, but becomes one.” Nearly eighty years after this statement by Simone de Beauvoir, it’s still true that womanhood is not a biological or natural given, but a product of ...

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” an Oscar-nominated movie filmed in secret in Iran, highlights the Iranian film world’s groundbreaking new work, inspired by the women-led protests in 2022. By Farnaz ...

Jafar Panahi discusses the protests in Iran, fighting against censorship, and the risk of prolonged cycles of violence.

The death of a towering Iranian filmmaker is the loss of an artist whose work carried his homeland's myths, language and memory despite years of exile and censorship Iranian filmmaker Bahram Beizai ...

The director's 'It Was Just An Accident' is a highlight at this year's festival taking place at MFAH, Rice Cinema and Asia ...

The rise of a post-hijab aesthetic and rejections of linear narratives and techniques have given way to a new Iranian underground cinema. Here's a deep dive into its evolution. With the rise of ...