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

Despite a ceaseless battle against government censors, he was celebrated as one of his country’s greatest auteurs, winning ...

The landscape of Iranian cinema has long been defined by the struggle between creative expression and state suppression. For ...

“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 ...

TEHRAN – Barbican Cinema in London will host the program “Masterpieces of Iranian New Wave” from February 4 to 26, 2026.

Widespread tributes have been shared for Bahram Beyzai, a giant of Iranian cinema and theatre, who has died aged 87 in the US ...

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 ...

The death of a towering Iranian filmmaker is the loss of an artist whose work carried his homeland's myths, language and ...

Jafar Panahi thinks the new wave of protests challenging Iran’s authoritarian regime might bring “something different” this ...

TEHRAN – The 24th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) will host works by 13 Iranian filmmakers and two other directors ...

Even before Saeed Roustayee’s “Woman and Child” premieres at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, the Iranian director’s new work is sparking heated controversy that reflects deep soul searching within ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who won the top prize at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, is a twice-jailed arthouse cinema veteran whose films are banned in his homeland. The 64-year-old is a ...