Duality,” the new hybrid feature written, directed and produced by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Nezamdoost world-premiered this ...

Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for ...

With the rise of avant-garde filmmakers in the 1960s, Iran’s New Wave emerged, marked by the works of pioneers like Ebrahim Golestan, Farrokh Ghaffari, Hajir Darioush, and Forough Farrokhzad. Later, ...

The Iranian film “Ropewalker Memories” directed by Hamed Rajabi won an award at the 5th Rojava International Film Festival, ...

The 43rd Fajr International Film Festival will take place in Shiraz from November 26 to December 3, showcasing 45 selected ...

After years of being banned from leaving Iran, filmmaker Jafar Panahi is enjoying his tour of the United States -- visiting ...

While the festival won’t be held on either the Jewish or Persian New Year — Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox in ...

TEHRAN (AFP) -- The outpouring of tributes for Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, who died Monday, has reminded the world of Iran’s huge impact on art-house cinema despite restrictions on its artists ...

Assembled from cellphone footage shot by its subject Soraya, Mehrdad Oskouei's 'A Fox Under a Pink Moon' is a valuable ...

Though Iran is in the throes of a deep economic crisis, battered by hard-line politics and a mismanaged pandemic, it’a shaping up to be a great year for Iranian cinema. Paradoxically, Iran’s cinematic ...

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 ...