Iranian Cinema Body Makes Appeal As Two Directors Die In Regime Crackdown: “Another Tiananmen Tragedy Is Forming Before Our ...

“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 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 ...

This article was originally published in June 2023. Thanks to a renewed interest in Iranian cinema among movie lovers, we are republishing it with two additional films. For centuries, poetry was ...

On modernity and the making of a national cinema -- The making of an Iranian filmmaker: Abbas Kiarostami -- The sight of the invisible world: the cinema of Bahram Beiza'i -- Bahman Farmanara: twice ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, whose “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” was Oscar nominated, is considering making a film in another language. “If I’d want to make a film in Europe right now, or in the ...