A New Age of Iranian Cinema Is on Display at the Oscars
The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” an Oscar-nominated movie filmed in secret in Iran, highlights the Iranian film world’s ...
Emily Atef Tapped To Direct Untitled Farah Diba Pahlavi, Last Empress Of Iran, Feature Film
EXCLUSIVE: French-Iranian filmmaker Emily Atef (More Than Ever, The Stranger In Me) is attached to direct the untitled ...
The film that was so controversial, its director had to flee the country
Set during the women’s uprising in Iran, The Seed of the Sacred Fig is courageous indictment of that country’s system.
Juliette Binoche, Pedro Almodóvar & Mohammad Rasoulof Join 3,000 Signatories Of Petition In Support Of Iranian Filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha
Juliette Binoche, Pedro Almodóvar and Mohammad Rasoulof have joined a campaign in support of persecuted Iranian filmmakers ...
Pedro Almodóvar, Ali Abbasi and More Film Figures Fight Prosecution of Iranian Directors
The international film community is in uproar after Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha, directors of the 2024 Berlinale ...
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Powerful new film inspired by Woman, Life, Freedom movement
Inspired by the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, a new film by a North Shore-based filmmaker tells the powerful story of an ...
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Exiled Iranian actresses celebrate ‘truly magical’ Oscar nomination for ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig won a special prize at the Cannes film festival last year ...
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Oscars nod 'truly magical' for Iranian film's young stars
Berlin (AFP) – Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" won a special prize at the Cannes film festival last year and is hoping to go one better at the Oscars on Sunday.
Iranian exiles in the US seek multimillions for years of brutal torture by notorious security chief
Exclusive: Three former dissidents are accusing the Shah of Iran’s “chief torturer” – who later relocated to Florida and ...
Iran’s Oscar-Nominated Filmmakers Could Miss Ceremony as Government Pulls Campaign Funding: ‘We Are More Than Furious Towards Our Country’
Iranian filmmakers Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, the creative duo behind the Oscar-nominated animated short “In the ...
Visa Problems and A Lack of Government Financial Support Jeopardize Iranian Filmmakers’ Oscar Campaign
Iranian filmmakers Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, the creative duo behind the Oscar-nominated animated short “In the ...