Alex Gibney talks about working with Salman Rushdie to make the documentary "Knife" about Rushdie's 2022 violent attack.

"It Was Just an Accident" from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is nominated for the Best Foreign Film and Best Original ...

Directed by Iranian filmmaker and activist Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident follows Vahid, an auto shop worker who hears a man enter his store and is convinced, based on the customer’s squeaky ...

In January 2026, a video circulated online showing an Italian TV program using an image from the American mobster film ...

Weeks into an internet blackout in Iran, NPR speaks to a protester who is still online and a U.S.-based activist who is trying to get more Starlink terminals into the country to get more people online ...

It feels only too appropriate that Sinners scored a record 16 Academy Award nominations Thursday morning while One Battle ...

As the festival prepares to move to Colorado, filmmakers and cinephiles gather to celebrate its founder and the future of ...

Iranian Cinema Body Says Government Has Hijacked Death Of Slain Filmmaker Javad Ganji Amid Fresh Oppression Of Cinema ...

Police have clashed with protestors and journalists outside the Iranian Embassy in London. A reporter claimed he was repeatedly "struck with batons" and "forced to the ground for filming", and that ...

As the protests unfolded, the Iranian director was in Los Angeles to promote his latest film, “It Was Just an Accident,” a fixture of awards season.

Iran’s security forces have carried out mass killings of protesters after nationwide protests escalated on January 8, 2026.