Through sharp and often swift vignettes, Terrestrial Verses bubbles with the same pressure cooker atmosphere of the Iranian society it represents. How do you make a film about a soci… Read More

Early background Historically, Iranian cinema was largely an extension of poetry, but after the 1979 revolution, films have become an important cultural expression. Iranian films frequently… Read More

La conferma è arrivata dalla moglie del regista, cui per anni è stato impedito di lasciare il Paese Read More

Los Angeles, Feb 4 (IANS) Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been released from Tehran’s Evin prison, his wife Tahereh Saeidi announced in an Instagram post. However, Panahi i… Read More

The ethereal beauty of the largest and capital city of Bulgaria, Sofia, is evident in its 2000 years of heterogeneous Ottoman, Soviet, Roman and Greek history. Its extravagant history and gi… Read More

Mohammad Rasoulof is different from most filmmakers. He does not adapt written works—he writes his own original screenplays stitched together from what he observes and hears from Irani… Read More

Sepideh Farsi’s “La Sirène” (“The Siren”) is opening the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama strand. The program, which comprises 35 films from 30… Read More

Sabato è scoppiato un incendio nel carcere dove sono incarcerati Jafar Panahi e Mohammad Rasoulof e le guardie hanno usato anche i gas lacrimogeni per mantenere il controllo Read More

La vida y sus obstruccionesNúcleos familiares representados en el cine los hay por millares, pero pocos tan memorables como los plasmados en estos dos sobresalientes títulos qu… Read More

Iranian schoolgirls are pictured in the capital Tehran.— AFP/file Hundreds of cases of respiratory distress reported in three months. Poisonings come over five months into protests… Read More

Iran will pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty, state media reported Sunday, although it is unclear how this will apply to people… Read More

Filmmakers and critics rarely spend time in the same spaces, which is probably good for the mental health of the former and the physical health of the latter. But on Saturday night, they… Read More

With society asking for more inclusion across productions, many studios have heeded the call. Organizations like Time’s Up and production companies like LuckyChap are opening doors f… Read More