Why Iran is Terrified of its People CANNES 2025 :: Cannes welcomes 19 contenders for the Palme d’Or The festival presents a blend of safe bets and new faces in the competition, with three former winners, nine filmmakers having previously taken part and seven new entries. It all started with a record number of 2,909 features from 156 countries.." A Castle With Red Walls :: In Memory of a forever banned filmmaker A documentary about an Iranian filmmaker, whose more than 100 films have been banned in Iran both before and after the 1979 Islamic revolution. He died on October 2019 and didn't manage to see any one of his banned films screened publicly.. Staying :: Mani Haghighgi's new documentary released after 30 years "I was outside Iran during the missile attack on Tehran, in the final days of the war, and I considered this a great loss in my life experience. I thought I would talk to a number of prominent Iranian painters who had decided to stay in.." CPH:DOX 2025 :: Review: 'Facing War' :: NATO chief Stoltenberg navigates his final year NATO chief Stoltenberg navigates his final year, balancing Ukraine support promises with rising European war fears. His diplomatic skills face tests in maintaining alliance unity, especially with leaders like Erdogan and Orban.. "Blue" :: Eleonora Puglia's directorial debut :: starring Rocco Siffredi Eleonora Puglia's directorial debut Blue follows Luce, a young student who faces difficult choices while navigating the deceptive world of the internet, particularly erotic websites and social media. The film addresses the dangers of the digital realm.. ‘6 A.M.’ Review: A Time-Ticking Thriller in Which the Protagonist’s Freedoms Prove Illusory Iran's beloved satirist Mehran Modiri switches with mixed results. He writes, directs and performs in the intense but increasingly contrived social issues movie ‘6 A.M.’ in which a small incident escalates into a big tragedy.. The Oscars 2025 :: Can ‘The Girl with the Needle’ win an Oscar? Denmark is in the running this year for best international film at the Oscars. But the acclaimed film — which highlights a real-life child killer and delves into abortion — might be too political for the Academy... The Oscars 2025 :: 97th Academy Awards :: In the Shadow of the Cypress :: Q&A with the directors "In the Shadow of the Cypress" has ridden a challenging road to being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short. Made in Iran out of the pockets of directors Shirin Sohani.. BERLINALE 2025 Awards :: Dag Johan Haugerud’s Dreams (Sex Love) bags the Berlinale Golden Bear The 75th Berlinale has been brought to a close by the traditional awards ceremony held at the Berlinale Palast, which saw the triumph of Dag Johan Haugerud’s Dreams (Sex Love).. IFFR 2025 :: Igor Bezinovic’s ‘Fiume o morte!’ Wins Tiger Award Igor Bezinovic’s hybrid documentary “Fiume o morte!” was awarded the Tiger Award, the top prize of the International Film Festival Rotterdam on Friday evening. “We live in a very intense period and I hope that the good guys will win”.. IFFR 2025 :: Sunshine Express :: Tiger Competition Nominated for the prestigious Tiger Award at the 2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Amirali Navaee's Sunshine Express is a sumptuous allegory, examining how totalitarian systems sustain themselves through collective complicity... IFFR 2025 Review: The Crowd :: Sahand Kabiri The Crowd shows the young filmmaker Sahand Kabiri’s sense of rhythm (and that’s not just the ambient techno needle drops) as well as his brazen willingness to fly in the face of the rules and regulations of Iranian censorship.. Roberts: Film and TV Awards :: Full of Love :: The Danish film of the year Stine Stengade took home the evening's first award for Full of Love for her outstanding performance in a supporting role, but that was only the beginning for Christina Rosendahl's film, which received six additional awards.. GOLDEN GLOBES 2025 :: European (co-)productions sweep the Golden Globes Emilia Pérez triumphs with four statuettes and The Brutalist follows with three, with Flow shining bright as the surprise winner of the animated picture category.. ‘Nostalgia’ :: Mario Martone’s Neapolitan Thriller :: An Unsentimental Look at Returning Home This cautionary tale about reconnecting with family and first love is best when it's at its cruelest. “Our past is a labyrinth.. But there are these little voices that still call you from time to.. EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2024 :: Emilia Pérez sweeps the European Film Awards The film by Jacques Audiard has dominated proceedings with five wins; other winners include No Other Land, Flow, Armand and Souleymane's Story.. Vahid Vakilifar :: Director of Rhinos Conquered The Middle East (2024) The director, whose films have appeared at festivals like Rotterdam, Tribeca, San Sebastian, Karlovy Vary, and Antalya, embraces a style distinct from the traditional approach of Iranian cinema.. K9 :: Sailing Against the Tide :: Vahid Vakilifar, An Independent Filmmaker Vahid Vakilifar's fourth film, K9, is an intoxicating visionary sci-fi that believes in the power of light despite the darkness consuming the world. Even in the bloodiest images there is at least a glimmer of hope.. Movie Review :: Daddio (2024) Dialogue can lie, but faces tell the truth. Stories are told through faces. It takes enormous trust on the part of a director to allow this to happen, to let the faces do most of the heavy lifting. A two-character film with wall-to-wall dialogue. Dakota Johnson's and Sean Penn's faces fill.. ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ ‘The Room Next Door’ Lead European Film Award Nominations The 37th European Film Awards, which take place annually in the lakeside Swiss city of Lucerne, have unveiled their nominations for 2024. Unsurprisingly, the list is led by French.. VALENCIA 2024 :: Review: A Bathroom of One's Own “I have never known why people like the smell of napalm in the morning. Nor why it is strange that I like the smell of the bathroom. You know, that dense, sometimes fruity aroma, but for me the bathroom is the only place where I can..” New York 2024 Review :: NO OTHER LAND Chronicles Living Under Occupation A co-production between Palestine and Norway, the film was selected for the Panorama section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere, winning.. "My Favorite Cake" :: film directors accused of "Spreading Corruption" in a new case In addition to "Propaganda Against the Regime", they have also been accused of two new charges, including "spreading corruption through the production of vulgar films and spreading.. ‘All We Imagine as Light’ and ‘April’ Lead Nominations for Asia Pacific Screen Awards Two films by women directors, Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light” and Dea Kulumbegashvili’s “April” lead the nominations for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.. Trump Campaign staff Calls "The Apprentice" Malicious Defamation US presidential candidate Donald Trump's legal team are reaching out for Ali Abbasi, "The Apprentice" Danish-Iranian film director. The story of Trump is also the story of the development of the perception of reality in our.. Azar Nafisi's READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN is now a film! The autobiographical story of a fearless teacher who secretly gathers seven of her female students to read forbidden Western classics in revolutionary Iran. It is directed by Eran Riklis, written by Marjorie David.. Could ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Cause the Academy to Rethink How Countries Select International Oscar Candidates? Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s politically-charged thriller is becoming.. TOKYO 2024 :: EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Roya Sadat’s historical drama film Sima’s Song The movie, premiering at Tokyo, tells a tale of friendship and ideological clashes as two women navigate the complexities of Afghanistan's shifting political landscape.. TOKYO 2023 :: Film Review :: Maria by Mahdi Asghari Azghadi :: A captivating thriller noir “Maria” is a captivating thriller noir that remains interesting from beginning to end, while making a very intriguing comment about the impact of cinema.. Tokyo film festival reveals 2024 Line-up with strong Asian presence The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) today revealed the lineup for its 37th edition, which includes world premieres of features from China, Japan and Hong Kong among its competition strands.. WARSAW 2024 :: The 40th Warsaw Film Festival :: Main programme This year’s edition of the Warsaw Film Festival, unfolding between 11 and 20 October, will present 84 feature films, amongst which 26 world premieres, 18 international premieres, 6 European premieres, 5 Eastern European.. TIFF 2023 :: Farhad Delaram :: Director of Achilles Writer-director Farhad Delaram made this film as the bloody crackdown on protesters began in his home country. His feature debut is a testament to the magnitude of collective cracks that - when amassed - can tear down walls.. VENICE 2024 Awards LIVE: The awards of the 81st Venice Film Festival The list of winners is being unveiled at the festival's closing ceremony. “Cinema is in great shape.” These were the words of Isabelle Huppert, the chair of the jury, which has handed the Golden Lion to director Pedro Almodóvar.. VENICE 2024 Orizzonti Extra :: Nader Saeivar :: Director of The Witness “The new generation wants to win using forgiveness and beauty”. VENICE 2024: The Iranian director explains how he intended to commemorate the women’s movement and its non-violent forms of protest.. VENICE 2024 International Film Critics’ Week • Milad Tangshir • Director of Anywhere Anytime “I wouldn’t just remake a timeless masterpiece – I’m not crazy”. The director explains how a regular bicycle can, for some people, mean the difference between survival or simply not.. VENICE 2024 :: International Film Critics’ Week :: Awards Vietnam's Don’t Cry, Butterfly wins the Grand Prize at Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week. US title Homegrown scooped the prize for Best Technical Contribution, while Jethro Massey’s Paul & Paulette Take a Bath snagged the Audience Award.. VENICE 2024 Out of Competition • Thomas Vinterberg • Director of Families Like Ours The acclaimed director talks about his choice of subject, his creative process and whether there’s a Danish film wave still out there. “You could say that we inspired COVID, rather than..” Venice 2024 :: ‘The Witness’ :: Director Talks Iran Situation, Working With Jafar Panahi (EXCLUSIVE) “The Witness,” premiering at the Venice Film Festival, has sold to Benelux, France and No.mad Entertainment. Directed by Nader Saeivar, and co-written by Saeivar and Jafar.. VENICE 2024 Out of Competition • Amos Gitai • Director of Why War What fuels the human need to destroy and kill? Why do people go to war with each other? The Israeli director offers a kaleidoscopic film essay on war, fuelled by a historic exchange of letters between Einstein and Freud.. TIFF 2024 :: Offers a stellar lineup of highly anticipated films Another September, another Toronto International Film Festival. This year feels particularly special, like there’s something in the pre-festival air. Perhaps it’s because of the stellar lineup, with other festival heavy hitters.. TIFF 2024 :: Seven Days :: Haft Rooz :: WORLD PREMIERE Written by Mohammad Rasoulof — also at the Toronto Film Festival with The Seed of the Sacred Fig — directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi and shot by Mathias Neumann, Seven Days perfectly captures the personal costs of the struggle for.. Alain Delon, a universal icon :: A legend of French cinema and a key figure in the global film industry “With the passing away of Alain Delon, France has lost one of its universal icons”. The French Presidency paid tribute to the star in a statement released on the very day of.. Oscars: Germany Submits Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ For International Feature Film Race Germany has selected Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy.. LOCARNO 2024 Awards :: Toxic wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno The festival has elevated two courageous Lithuanian directors, Saulė Bliuvaitė and Laurynas Bareiša, to the highest podium, along with the equally radical Kurdish-Austrian director Kurdwin Ayub.. LOCARNO 2024 Piazza Grande • Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig The Iranian director fills us in on the background to his Cannes-awarded film as well as on the current political situation in Iran. 'The regime is a minefield. All it wants at the moment is to..' LOCARNO 2024 :: Semaine de la Critique :: Review: A Sisters’ Tale Iranian director Leila Amini films her sister, an aspiring singer, across seven years, in a country where public singing by women is banned. The restrictions on women’s rights in Iran, and the waves of unrest against them.. VENICE 2024 :: FIRST LOOK :: Families Like Ours “Countries disappear, love remains.” The country which perishes is Denmark in a not-too-distant future. A grandiose and intimate family drama about a nation forced to say goodbye to the homeland.. VENICE 2024 :: Venice selects 21 films to compete for the Golden Lion Great returns, some confirmations and a few surprises, both in competition and out, in the varied line-up of this year’s Venice Film Festival. Alberto Barbera has promised many more surprises during his press conference.. ‘The Things You Kill’ Best Friend Forever Acquires Alireza Khatami’s Thriller Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever has acquired international rights of Alireza Khatami’s “The Things You Kill.” A timely, gripping narrative that elevates.. Universal Language :: A Whimsical Fusion of Tehran and Winnipeg By converting his drab hometown into an exotic land filled with nostalgia, Matthew Rankin seems to be seeking out the universal language of cinema itself. He quits his meaningless job in a Québecois government office and sets out.. EDINBURGH 2024 :: “A SHRINE” Selected for 77th Edinburgh IFF The festival will feature the world premiere of “A SHRINE” directed by Abdolreza Kahani. This film, a collaborative production between Canada, Iran, and France, is set to compete for the highly esteemed Sean Connery Prize.. KARLOVY VARY 2024 Proxima :: Review: Nothing in Its Place How far are people willing to go for their political beliefs, and how much can the ideology of a group influence the behavior of an individual? Nothing in Its Place holds up a mirror to more than one revolution.. KARLOVY VARY 2024 :: Noaz Deshe :: Director of Xoftex :: Interview "I wanted to document the progression of the mental state of stateless people in a refugee camp." The director tells us more about his new film, in which he portrays refugees filming satirical sketches and preparing for a zombie.. KARLOVY VARY 2024 Competition :: Review: Xoftex Xoftex is the name of a Greek refugee camp for Syrian and Palestinian asylum seekers. To pass the time, camp inhabitants such as Nasser make satirical short films and prepare to make a zombie film. Noaz Deshe explains how he.. Shanghai IFF 2023 :: A Review of 'Cause of Death: Unknown' The first film by Ali Zarnegar receives an overall acceptable score. The writer and director's extensive experience, including his frequent involvement in short cinema, writing.., has had a positive impact on the film's quality.. Bahar Lellahi :: 40-year-old Iranian Female filmmaker Murdered in Prison Bahar Lellahi, an Iranian director and screenwriter from the Northern city of Amol and a resident of Tehran, was killed at the Islamic Republic's detention center and was secretly buried in a cemetery near the city of Karaj.. Dead of Night :: A standout feature by Farhad Vilkiji “Dead of Night”, a standout feature by Farhad Vilkiji, marking his directorial debut, delves into the struggles of an Iranian intellectual navigating political and personal challenges, promising a poignant exploration of human resilience.. BERLINALE 2024 Encounters :: Interview :: Matías Piñeiro Matías Piñeiro’s experimental, hour-long film 'You Burn Me', an interesting work based on texts by Cesare Pavese and Sappho about the relationship between two women, was included in this year’s Berlinale Encounters program.. Super Size Me :: A terrific cheeky stunt :: small wonder Morgan Spurlock never matched it 'Super Size Me' director Morgan Spurlock dies aged 53. 'Super Size Me' was his masterpiece – a documentary which really did have an effect and challenged the way we think about food.. Cannes 2024 review :: 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' - A powerful rebellion in the name of art & freedom Mohammad Rasoulof examines Iran's contemporary tensions through the internalization of turmoil by a family of four. It's a suspenseful and bold call to arms for those.. Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Wins Palme d’Or at 2024 Cannes Film Festival Sean Baker’s Anora has won the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, which wrapped Saturday night (May 25). It marks Baker’s second time in Competition, following 2021’s Red Rocket.. Cannes 2024 :: ‘Grand Tour’ :: Review :: In Search of Lost Time Closer in spirit to an essay film like "Sans Soleil" than to a conventional love story, this lushly abstract travelogue is as gorgeous as it is impenetrable. Miguel Gomes’ Beguiling Colonial Romance Travels from Saigon to Shanghai in.. Cannes 2024 :: ‘All We Imagine as Light’ :: A Sensual Triumph India’s First Cannes Competition Title in 30 Years Is a Sensual Triumph. Payal Kapadia captures the way two women in Mumbai move through the world with bracing intimacy. It is both dreamlike and like waking up from a dream.. Cannes 2024 :: Mohammad Rasoulof Speaking to IndieWire Rasoulof Made It to Cannes for ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ but His Perilous Journey Out of Iran Isn’t Over. "I consider making works of art as my right, and there’s no reason why I wouldn’t fight for this right.".. Cannes 2024 :: Donald Trump Origin Tale ‘The Apprentice’ Gets 11-Minute Ovation At Its Cannes World Premiere The Trumps were on the red carpet this evening at the Cannes Film Festival — sort of — as Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice world premiered in competition. There was lots of hugs.. Cannes Film Festival 2024 :: Francis Ford Coppola Finally Talks Megalopolis The Oscar-winning legend has been the subject of deafening rumors about his self-financed new epic. For the first time in public, he finally got to tell his story... UPDATE :: I exist to narrate :: Mohammad Rasoulof writes about his forced departure from Iran By publishing a post on his personal Instagram page, he announced his forced departure from Iran. His writing, which you can read here, is a testament to the many artists who were driven.. The Phoenix (Simorgh) is finally online! The Phoenix (Simorgh) is a short film Written & Directed by Nora Niasari. It follows Mr Farid, an exiled Iranian actor, who teaches drama to reluctant asylum seeker teenagers inside an Australian Detention Centre.. Films Boutique boards Mohammad Rasoulof’s Cannes Competition title Berlin-based Films Boutique has secured world sales rights to Mohammad Rasoulof’s 'The Seed Of The Sacred Fig' ahead of its premiere in Competition at Cannes, and has closed a distribution deal in France.. Nika's Last Breath :: BBC World Service Documentaries Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester. An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran's security forces, a leaked document understood to have been.. Cannes Film Festival 2024 :: Michel Hazanavicius & Mohammad Rasoulof Movies in Competition Lineup Cannes Film Festival has added some international titles to Competition Lineup: Hazanavicius‘ 'The Most Precious of Cargoes' and Rasoulof‘s 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig'.. 'Biological Terror?!' :: Speculations about Alidoosti's unknown disease According to some sources, Taraneh told her colleagues that she passed out during her interrogation by IRGC intelligence agents and then, realized that she was injected with an unknown ampoule, after which she felt dizzy.. Taraneh Alidoosti's mother: Pray for her! Her disease is severe! The celebrated Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti's mother has announced that her daughter is suffering from an illness of "unknown origin". Earlier, there were reports that Taraneh Alidoosti was ill and hospitalized.. ‘The Apprentice’ :: A dive into the underbelly of the American empire The drama charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn. A first look at the forthcoming film from Ali Abbasi, set to premiere at Cannes.. STOCKFISH 2024 :: Review: Tove’s Room A new biopic about Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen and her tortured marriage to the sadistic news editor Victor Andreasen. We’re in Copenhagen in 1969, and the entire action of this tense, neurotic – yet very intriguing – kammerspiel takes place.. American Fiction :: Movie Review Jeffrey Wright gives a knockout performance in this edgy, Oscar-nominated comedy. Cord Jefferson marries broad humour with affecting familial dysfunction and biting observations on race. This season’s edgiest comedy arrives with richly deserved Oscar nominations for.. CPH:DOX 2024 :: Review: Silent Trees Zwiefka – whose last film, Vika! has enjoyed a healthy festival run and is still travelling the world – now trains her lens on a completely different topic: the story of a Kurdish refugee girl stranded in the no man’s land between Belarus and Poland... CPH:DOX 2024 :: Review: Immortals Immortals is a dystopian film that turns into an ode to fragility, and it shows the contrasting feelings of those who allowed themselves the luxury of hoping that David might kill Goliath. Maja Tschumi’s film is built around the hopes and broken dreams, but most of all the.. Exiled Iranian Filmmakers Call Out AMPAS Over Omission Exiled Iranian Filmmakers (IIFMA) has written to AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) to protest the omission of murdered Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui from the In Memoriam segment of the Academy Award.. Oscar 2024 :: How to Watch Every 2024 Oscar-Nominated Movie It’s time to fire up your Letterboxd, roller-skate out of the real world, and head off to movie land. The 2024 Oscar nominations have been officially announced, giving you a perfect watchlist for catching up on all the films you.. Berlin: Indie Juries Pick :: ‘Sex’, ‘Dying’ and ‘Cake’ Matthias Glasner's German family epic 'Sterben' (Dying), Iranian feature 'My Favourite Cake,' and Dag Johan Haugerud's Norwegian drama 'Sex' picked up multiple awards from the independent juries at the 74th Berlinale.. BERLINALE 2024 Awards :: Mati Diop’s Dahomey bags the Golden Bear The 74th Berlinale (15-25 February) was brought to a close tonight by the traditional awards ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, which saw the triumph of Mati Diop’s Dahomey, the winner of this year’s Golden Bear.. BERLINALE 2024 :: Competition Review: Architecton Several thousand years of architectural history are woven together in Kossakovsky's visionary blockbuster, which almost without dialogue - but with images as sharp as flint and a soundtrack as massive as a pillow - is a total cinematic.. BERLINALE 2024 :: Review: Afterwar An immersive and uncategorisable film, shot over a period of 15 years, was made in close collaboration with its four Kosovar protagonists. A dark chapter in modern European history draws to a close. Haunted by memories of the past and caught in an uncertain state of limbo.. BERLINALE 2024 Competition :: Review: My Favourite Cake All eyes were on writer-directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha – or, rather, their absence – at the world premiere of their new film, My Favourite Cake, which has just made its debut in the Competition section of.. NAVALNY (2022) :: Navalny’s Plight in a Russian Prison Highlighted The fact that this documentary movie involves one of the most brazen incidents of state sponsored assassination in memory means this is a unique document of a very singular man. After almost being poisoned to death in 2020.. CPH:DOX 2024 :: The line-up of the 2024 CPH:DOX competitions CPH:DOX unveils the films nominated across all six award categories. The selection features 66 films in competition, among which 47 are world premieres, 17 international premieres and 2 European premieres.. BERLINALE 2024 :: ‘My Favourite Cake’ Directors Deliver Powerful Message From Iran ‘My Favourite Cake’ Directors Deliver Powerful Message From Iran After Authorities Banned Travel to Berlinale: ‘Like Parents Forbidden From Looking at Their Newborn Child’.. Farshad Hashemi :: Director of 'Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others' :: Interview “I can’t predict the future, but I know this is just the beginning”. The winner of Göteborg’s Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award plays with fact and fiction in his debut film.. BERLINALE 2024 :: EXCLUSIVE :: Trailer for Berlinale Panorama entry 'My Stolen Planet' The German-Iranian co-production is a diary-style narrative by Farahnaz Sharifi, from her childhood to the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom uprising.. Farshad Hashemi's film wins The Ingmar Bergman Debut Award at Goteborg Film Festival The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award goes to Farshad Hashemi's feature debut 'Me, Maryam, The Children And 26 Others'. The prize consists of a stay at The Bergman Estate on.. ‘Eternal’ :: Rotterdam Review :: A soulful exploration of love and regret How can you commit to the future when life on earth seems so finite? It is a question that haunts the central character in writer/director Ulaa Salim’s admirably offbeat romance Eternal.. IFFR 2024 Tiger Competition :: 'Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others' Farshad Hashemi's feature debut, Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others, which has just world-premiered in IFFR's Tiger Competition, will inevitably inspire associations with Iranian cinema's tradition of intertwining.. Berlinale Calls for Iran to Allow Directors to Attend Festival The Berlin Film Festival has called on Iran to allow directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha to leave the country to attend the world premiere of their new film My Favorite Cake.. "My Favourite Cake" :: to premiere in the Berlinale Competition Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s My Favourite Cake to premiere in the Berlinale Competition. Last year, the pair were banned from travelling in relation to their film.. Asghar Farhadi, Iranian filmmaker :: “I saw how powerful women are” In a new interview with french newspaper Le Monde, Farhadi reveals he won't be making any new films in Iran, for the time being, as an act of resistance against the regime.. IPADOC 2024 :: Review :: Son of the Mullah Nahid Persson pays tribute to Rouhollah Zam, an exiled Iranian activist and journalist with a tragic fate, with a moving film about the pursuit of regime opponents. “I had a beautiful life before I left Iran”.. ‘Gunda’ :: Berlin Review :: Intensely moving and quite genuinely unique Anyone who never thought they could imagine the feelings of an animal will have their mind changed here. Viktor Kossakovsky’s extraordinary film is every bit as resonant as Bresson’s ’Balthazar’ or Bela Tarr’s ’Turin Horse’.. BERLINALE 2024 :: “Sons” by Gustav Möller :: Selected for main Competition BERLIN. “The Guilty” director Gustav Möller's prison drama “Sons” will be celebrating the World premiere in the International Competition strand of the Berlinale as the first Danish-language film in eight years.. BERLINALE 2024 Competition :: Encounters The Berlinale (15-25 February) has announced the full line-ups of its Competition and Encounters sections. Twenty films will vie for the Golden and Silver Bears, including two debut features.. La chimera :: A fairy tale with a social conscience and plenty of humor Alice Rohrwacher's film is clever, ambitious, and funny throughout, but it also works as an intelligent meditation on our attitudes toward life, love, and death. Get used to her name, because she will be sticking around well after.. Iran: PEN International Calls for investigation over Baktash Abtin’s tragic death PEN International holds the Iranian authorities fully responsible for the death of the prominent writer, poet, and filmmaker Baktash Abtin and calls for an urgent investigation into.. GOLDEN GLOBES 2024 :: 'Anatomy of a Fall' wins two Golden Globes Justine Triet’s film shone bright at the ceremony, at which the main winners were Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, which also boast European participation.. Tótem :: A dazzling, vibrant child’s-eye view of jubilation and tragedy Lila Avilés’s latest film is filtered largely through the perspective of a seven-year-old girl who experiences the ups and downs of life in a day with her big and beautiful family.. A co-production between Mexico, Denmark and.. Welcome to Online Film Home! Landmark Resolution: UN Human Rights Council Expands Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Center for HUMAN RIGHTS in Iran A Castle with Red Walls A documentary about a forever banned Iranian filmmaker A documentary movie about a veteran Iranian filmmaker, whose films have been banned and never been released in Iran neither before nor after the 1979 Islamic revolution. He died on October 2019 and didn't manage to see any one of his more than 100 banned films released and shown publicly... Mandan | Staying Mani Haghighgi's new documentary released after 30 years "I was outside Iran during the missile attack on Tehran, in the final days of the war, and I considered this a great loss in my life experience. I thought I would talk to a number of prominent Iranian painters who had decided to stay in Tehran for that period, so that perhaps through their words I could gain a better understanding of that intense and unique experience..." The World Premiere of Rhinos Conquered The Middle East At 61st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Iranian feature film Rhinos Conquered The Middle East by Vahid Vakilifar (director of Gesher /2010, Taboor /2012, Jonas /2016, K9 /2022) at the world premiere had been selected for 61th Antalya Golden Orange film festival in Turkey between October 10-12, 2024... On the occasion of the death anniversary of Rufia Iranian Cinema's Farrokh Lagha Mah Jahan Solouki (April 3, 1930 - August 15, 2023), with the stage name Rufia, was a famous Iranian actress. She was one of the most beautiful female Iranian actors of her time in the 1950's. Rufia died on August 15, 2023 at the age of 93 in Canberra, Australia... Bahareh Lelahi :: 40-year-old Iranian Female Filmmaker Allegedly Murdered in Prison Evidence Links Security Forces to Film Director's Murder. A 40-year-old filmmaker, Bahareh Lelahi, is allegedly murdered in prison. Bahareh, a film director and screenwriter, and one of the detainees of the Woman Life Freedom uprising, disappeared in February 2024 and was buried in Karaj cemetery without her family's knowledge... Death Without Cause... :: A Review of 'Cause of Death: Unknown' It had its world premiere at the Shanghai IFF on June 2023 The first film by Ali Zarnegar receives an overall acceptable score. The writer and director's extensive experience, including his frequent involvement in short cinema, writing numerous plays, and hosting photo exhibitions, has had a positive impact on the film's quality... Iran: PEN International Call for investigation over Baktash Abtin’s tragic death PEN International holds the Iranian authorities fully responsible for the death of the prominent writer, poet, and filmmaker Baktash Abtin and calls for an urgent investigation into the medical negligence that led to his death... Bita Farrahi :: Beloved Iranian Actress Passes Away at 65 An Illustrious Career Renowned Iranian cinema and television actress, Bita Farrahi (21 March 1958 - 25 November 2023), passed away due to heart and lung complications at Tehran’s Day Hospital. The news of her death was announced today on 25 november... Absence | Naboodan (2022) A film by Actor, Writer & Director Ali Mosaffa From award-winning filmmaker Ali Mosaffa, ABSENCE tells the story of an Iranian man who journeys to Prague on a quest to learn more about his father's past as a communist expatriate in Czechoslovakia, where he finds himself in the shoes of a third man who is almost dead and happens to be his half-brother... Behrouz: A Legend on Screen Documentary | Biography In the history of Iranian cinema, one name stands out as the most popular, the most celebrated and by far the most sought­after actor of his day: Behrouz Vossoughi. An actor whose popularity cuts across class, cultural and social boundaries of his society. With over 90 films in his past, he has set the standard for acting for generations of Iranian actors to come.. Iranian Cinema Exposed to more Open and Explicit Attacks The attacks on Iranian cinema has become more open and explicit than ever before. Not a day goes by, or even an hour, without bad news from this cinema making headlines... Mahaya Petrosian's note to Farimah Farjami Veteran actress passes away At the same time as the news of the actress Farimah Farjami's illness and lying in a coma was published, Mahaya Petrosian, who co-starred with her in The Last Act, wrote in an instagram note: Beautiful and brilliant Farimah, your career is full of films and lasting and exceptional roles. I wish you loved "yourself" the way the "camera" and art lovers loved you.. Death of a Filmmaker & The End of an Era in Iranian Cinema Veteran filmmaker Kiumars Pourahmad (1949-2023) was one of the successful examples of Iranian ‘professional’ cinema, a storyteller who kept standing as far away from the ideological concerns of post-revolution Iran as possible... The Longest Night Plenty of Hope, Infinite Hope, Just Not for Us I fell in love with cinema with this movie.. Yesterday was a bitter day. The unbelievable end of a filmmaker who made me fall in love with cinema. But yesterday, the same filmmaker who used to grab hold of heart of darkness and drag hope - however small - into the frame of his films, fell into despair... Cannes 2022 :: ‘Leila’s Brothers’ :: Film Review A sprawling, passionately performed social drama Iranian writer-director Saeed Roustaee's third feature follows a family struggling to stay afloat in a society marred by corruption and economic strife... 'TiTi' :: Film Review :: Tokyo 2020 Fresh moments amid the conventions Iranian director Ida Panahandeh directs actress Elnaz Shakerdoost in another taboo-breaking performance as a Roma surrogate mother. The film’s theme is the role selflessness plays in a person’s life — caring about other people and humanity at large versus one's own little orchard... Venice 2022 :: Horizons :: ‘World War III’ First trailer for Houman Seyedi’s Venice Horizons title After being cast in a movie, a day laborer has to secretly shelter his lover on the set or else risk losing her and all that movie stardom has promised him.. It is one of four Iranian films screening at the festival this year. Seyedi wrote, produced and edited World War III with Arian Vazirdaftari, whose own film 'Without Her' (Bi Roya) is also at Venice... Without her (Bi Roya) :: Orizzonti Extra :: Venice 2022 The story of someone actually losing her identity may seem surreal at first glance, but coming from a background where you’re blamed for who you are, it’s as realistic as it can get... Bench Cinema | Cinema Nimkat Set in an era when videos were against the law A movie set in an era when videos were against the law in Iran in the eighties. A man with the help of a group of cinema lovers decides to perform feature films in public places. Nasi spends months after release from prison, watching films and memorizes all the lines. He then travels around to perform the films as... SHAHRZAAD'S TALE The story of a lost era and a forgotten star A tale of an incredible female artist caught in three decades of political turmoil in the cultural landscape of contemporary Iran. Before the Iranian Revolution, Shahrzaad was a popular actress who performed in more than 50 movies, a female director who made the first feature film... Soley :: Light and Sound A poetic, musical film about exile, mysticism and music Arsalan Baraheni, a filmmaker living in Canada, portrays Soley's account of his life in exile. Soley (Soleyman Vaseghi) is a well known musician and singer who was forced to leave Iran after the revolution in 1979 when pop music got banned by the regime... SXSW 2022 :: THE LOCUST A Room of One's Own In our times, the life has turned into a talent show, putting spotlight on the winners.. Iranian director Faezeh Azizkhani’s second self-reflexive and cinephilic feature portrays a broke woman amidst personal crises and artistic frustrations... Atabai :: Movie Review A genuinely heartfelt, wise and tender emotional journey The story is about Kazem a middle aged man who lives in a village. He has left the university because of a former love but when two sisters enter his life he falls in love once again... 19 | Nouzdah (2021) Manizheh Hekmat announced the banning of "19" According to Saba News Agency the director of "19" announced on her social network that the 80- minute movie was banned and censored.. After getting infected with COVID 19, a 57-year- old painter, single woman, Mitra, goes into a coma. With her last breaths, she begins travelling to different pieces of her memories through her unconscious... Winners of the 2022 ‘Sepanta Awards’ 15th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco We are proud to continue our mission to discover and support the next generation of Iranian filmmakers living and working around the world, while we honor the veteran filmmakers for their distinguished careers. Please join us to... ‘Botox’ :: Film Review Shanghai International Film Festival 2021 Revolving around two women — one autistic, the other a beautician who gives the film its title — who take matters into their own hands when a dramatic event suddenly removes their brother from the story, Botox is a hard film to second-guess.... Coming event: 15th Annual Iranian Film Festival San Francisco: September 17-18, 2022 Call For Film Submissions Open For the 14th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran. To submit your film, please... 180° Rule :: Khate Farzi Film Review | TIFF 2020 Inspired by true events and marking the beginning of a trilogy about secrets and lies, 180° Rule is the debut feature from writer- director Farnoosh Samadi. Samadi’s piercing family drama plunges into the pitfalls of tradition, providing a glimpse into the customary Iranian family structure... Careless Crime | Jenayat-e bi deghat (2020) On a very ordinary day, four ordinary people decide to set fire to a cinema packed with people. Forty years ago, during the uprising to overthrow the Shah's regime in Iran, protesters set fire to movie theaters as a way of showing opposition to Western culture... "Love Letters from the Middle East" K. Moradi and P. Azarbayjani‘s devastating Love Letters A trio of monologues about the plight of women affected by the upheaval in Afghanistan and Iraq. Featuring an Iraqi woman trying to negotiate a complicated immigration system in England, an Afghani burn victim looking for international financial assistance for reconstructive surgery, and the wife of an... Friendship The Documentary | Refaghat, Yek Mostanad A documentary regarding the artistic life of Googoosh "Googoosh is a legendary Iranian singer and actress whose career spans over 60 years across music and film, with her first appearance on stage being when she was just 3 years old. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, she played and starred in numerous successful blockbuster films and in 1968, she released... "African Violet" (2019) Humanity Blooms in All Its Complex Glory While some specifics of Iranian culture are on display, African Violet is universal in its approach to everyday people and their daily lives. The story begins simply enough, with a woman, Shokoo, discharging an older man from an assisted living facility... Suddenly A Tree :: Movie Review Personal narratives run deep at Persian Film Festival Suddenly A Tree, written and directed by Safi Yazdanian for big screen, is a completely different movie with a different style than his first feature What's The Time In Your World. Set during the Iran-Iraq War, Farhad (Payman Maadi) is arrested and imprisoned after trying to emigrate illegally with his partner... Winners of the 2020 'Sepanta Awards' Iranian Film Festival (IFF) San Francisco Family drama "Labyrinth" was the top winner at the 13th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco by receiving awards in four categories, including best film and best director. The winners were announced virtually last Friday. Also due to the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival ran virtually this year.... Dance With Me :: Movie Review A Refreshing and Poetic Film from Iranian Cinema A movie that stands well on its own feet as an independent film like brilliant movie such as Saeed Roustayi's Just 6.5 and Houman Seyyedi's Sheeple. A group of old friends reunites when one of them (Ali Mosaffa, The Last Step) falls gravely ill in this Iranian ensemble dramedy.... Tale of The Sea :: Film Review The Iranian filmmaker's most personal film to date 'Where I come from, metaphors have replaced reality.' One of Iran's major filmmakers is at the top of his game with this Ingmar Bergman-esque meditation on old age. One man's madness as a metaphor for the surreal lives of a whole nation... Coming: 14th Annual Iranian Film Festival San Francisco: September 18-19, 2021 Call For Entries Open for the 14th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran... In Remembrance of Farzaneh Taidi A Prominent Iranian Actress Dies in Exile at 75 Those of us who recall the pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema would remember her as a daring artist with a theatre background who preferred avant-garde roles such as “The eighth day of the week” for which she won the then prestigious Iranian Sepaas award... The Oath (Ghasam) (2019) A woman organizes a busload of relatives to testify against her sister's presumed murderer in Mohsen Tanabandeh's drama... 'Bahram Beyzaie' :: A Mosaic Of Metaphors Bahram Beyzaie is one of the great filmmakers of Iran with an impressive body of work. Thanks to Bahman Maghsoudlou, It's now time for the world to get to know Bahram Beyzaei... Lovely Trash | Ashghal-haye Doost Dashtani (2019) Following protests to the presidential election in 2009, an elderly woman has one night to clear her house of any politically troublesome belongings of her family... 'Shahla Riahi' :: First Iranian Female filmmaker and actress dies at 92 Actress Shahla Riahi, who presented herself as Iran's first female director in 1957 by making “Marjan”, died of Alzheimer's in Tehran on Tuesday. She was 92... "Paternal House" Kianoush Ayari's film was again banned! Kianoush Ayari's film "The Paternal House" was again banned. The conservative opposition has called it anti-Iranian and anti-religious. Proponents have praised the film, while some others consider the basement where the girl's body is buried as a symbol of secrecy in society... Axing | Darkoob (2018) Winner of the 2019 'Sepanta Awards' An addict woman has been told that she has lost her child, and her husband has abandoned her for starting a new life, she finds them and gets in the middle of their new happy life!... 'Just 6.5' ('Metri Shesh-o Nim') (2019) One of the top titles presented at the Fajr Film Festival's Iranian Film Market, Just 6.5 (Metri Shesh-o Nim) walks the razor's edge of spiraling tension as ambiguous good-bad cop Samad (Payman Maadi) slyly maneuvers the kingly young drug lord Nasser (Navid Mohammadzadeh) into his trap... Tickets on Sale Now: 12th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran will present a record breaking 50 films at its 12th annual event. The films range from fiction, documentary, animation, short....to music video... Saedi: Freedom and Other Maladies (2016) The documentary film focuses on the last four years of Gholam-Hossein Saedi's life in Paris, at the peak of his suffering, painfully aware that he would die in exile. It depicts Saedi's restless passion and heartbroken demise based on letters that he wrote over the years... Kiarostami foundation Restores Movies for Worldwide Screenings TEHRAN – The Abbas Kiarostami Foundation announced on Wednesday that it has completed the restoration of a large lineup of his films for screening worldwide. The lineup includes all the short films he made for the Institute for... Film Review :: We Like You Miss Yaya Miss Yaya Is Absolutely Not A Comedy "We Like You, Ms. Yaya" is Abdolreza Kahani's 11th film. For the second time in a career that has been marked by repeated troubles with censorship, the director has chosen to work outside of Iran, and shot his film in Thailand... Cold Sweat (Aragh-e Sard) Screening in LA Like many Iranian films of late, this one depicts a society plighted by inertia and helplessness, especially for women treated as less than equal by the law. Even for a star athlete — and one has brought honor to her country — victory is forever out of reach... Film Review :: Sheeple An Iranian Crime-Family Drama of Explosive Originality Navid Mohammadzadeh is powerful as a nattering drug pusher sunk in torment in an Iranian crime-family drama of explosive originality. Well-deserving of exposure to international audiences who, however, will have to adjust their ideas about soft-spoken Iranian drama... BOMB, A LOVE STORY At UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema 'Bomb, a Love Story' is about love and war, or better to say, how cruelty of war helps blossoming of a love. 'Bomb, a Love Story' will be screened on May 10, 2019 – 7:30 pm at Billy Wilder Theater as part of UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema... Call for Entries Open for: The 12th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco The 12th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, a showcase for the independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the world, is inviting the filmmakers from all over the world to submit their films for the next edition taking place in September 2019 in San Francisco... UCLA Film Archive UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema 2019 UCLA Film Archive continues its long tradition of celebrating the best cinema from Iran and the Iranian diaspora with the latest edition of its annual survey of works by Iranian filmmakers, past and present... None of Your Business | Va Kas Che (2019) Kamran Heidari's latest documentary film A documentary film regarding the life and death of a popular southern Iranian guitar player, singer and poet, mostly known as Ebram. He was born 70 years ago in Bandar-Abbas and had suffered such a sad end that made it almost impossible for one to tell if... 'Two patches of clouds' (2018) Mehrshad Karkhani's seventh feature length movie According to the director, the subject of this movie is not only the lost things, but also the people getting lost, an issue that is rooted in the contemporary history of our country. Mehrshad Karkhani's new film will be screened in Art & Experience cinematic group... PIG | Khook - Film Review Mani Haghighi's Brilliant Dark Comedy This brilliant dark comedy should not come as a surprise, as Mani Haghighi, its writer and director, has been making a steady progress in his filmmaking. From Men at Work to Modest Reception and then A Dragon Arrives, he has shown interest in dark humor that puts the viewers on the edge of their seats... 'Tala (Gold)' (2019) Parviz Shahbazi's latest feature film 'Tala (Gold)' is a star-filled film at the helm of Parviz Shahbazi that is competing for Crystal Simorgh at the 37th Fajr Film Festival. Rambod Javan, the producer, is hopeful for 'Tala' to grab various nominations at the festival... Fajr Film Festival 2019 The 37th edition of the Fajr Film Festival The 37th edition of the Fajr Film Festival kicked off on January 30, 2019, and will run until February 11 in Tehran.Three films have been screened on the first day of the 37th Fajr Film Festival (FFF) in the Iranian capital Tehran... House of Paper (2017) A feature film by Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh The death of a fellow writer and the return of a lover from abroad inspires a famous journalist to return to work with his daughter as the two investigate the mafia and political corruption - an investigation which will put them both in grave danger... A Tribute to Hossein Erfani Voice of Bogart in Dubbed Movies One of the greatest Iranian voice actors Hossein Erfani died last year due to lung cancer. He was 76. Erfani was born on July 27, 1942 in Tehran. He acted in numerous films and series and for over five decades he dubbed voices of many renowned Iranian and international movie characters ... Majan (2017) Rahman Seifi Azad's First Feature Film 'Majan', meaning dear mom in some Persian accents, is a social drama about a couple who must deal with the challenge of raising their ill child. Shot in Tehran and north Iran, 'Majan' went on screen for the first time at the Iran Cinema Perspective section of the Fajr Film Festival in its 35th edition... Song of Exile (2016) A contemplation on longing and the 'Wound' of Exile 'Exile' is like standing naked before a rapidly alienating world. With his stories about alienation and longing, the Iranian writer Nasim Khaksar is constantly ripping open the wound called 'exile'. In the film the writer takes the reversed path he took almost 35 years ago... Rainy Seasons (2010) Set in the rarely seen world of Iranian middle class youth, this is a gritty urban drama of modern teenage life in Teheran today. Sina, a 16-year-old teenager from Teheran's middle class, experiences a new life on the verge of his parents' divorce... Parviz (2012) Iranian writer-director Majid Barzegar's second feature Under alien conditions, the normally mild-mannered Parviz begins to discover the more forceful aspects of his personality. In discovering the violent power he can yield he begins to show his father and the other residents that they cannot cast him out of their lives so easily... 12th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco Call For Entries Open for the 12th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran. Last year, the festival presented films ranging from fiction, documentary, animation, short, children, music video….to experimental... Parallel Shadows | Sayehay-e Movaazi (2016) Iranian writer-director Asghar Na'imi's third feature "Parallel Shadows" is a free adaptation from Fyodor Dostoevsky's "A Gentle Creature" directed by Asghar Na'imi and played by Shahab Hosseini, Abolfazl Pourarab, Samira Hassanpour and Hadis Foladvand. It tells the story of a single and depressed man cut off from his past, who is trying to find out... In Memory of Ali Moallem & Aref Lorestani Ali Moallem, film producer, publisher and managing director and editor-in-chief of Donya-ye-Tasvir (Picture World) magazine and Iranian comedian Aref Lorestani, the renowned TV actor died both of cardiac arrest in the same year... SHEEPLE | The Little Rusty Brains (2018) A True Master Class of Acting! The story of a gang of drug dealers in the south of Tehran who has sheltered many youngsters and orphans from the streets. Shahin and Shakoor who are brothers are leading the gang but when it is collapsed creates a crisis in their family and their lives... Vahid Jalilvand talks about "No Date, No Signature", Iran's Oscar Entery “No Date, No Signature”, directed by Vahid Jalilvand is Iranian entry for Best Foreign language Film Award. “No Date, No Signature” has been quite successful in film festival circuits by winning numerous awards... Another Time | Zamani Digar (2018) Iranian writer-director Nahid Hassanzadeh's first feature Directed by Nahid Hassanzadeh, 'Another Time' tells the story of Ghadir who is a chemical plant worker going through a hard time. After protesting against being unpaid for over a year, he is arrested during a demonstration and imprisoned without trial... Godfrey Cheshire's Interview with Legendary Iranian cinematographer Mahmoud Kalari When Asghar Farhadi's A Separation became the first Iranian film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film of 2012, it gave the world a look at the work not only of one of Iran's most acclaimed writer-directors but also of an Iranian cinematographer whose skills have contributed to dozens of important films of... A Canary, A Crow (2017) A woman, a man and a rifle in one house This is the directortial debut of prolific novelist and screenwriter Asghar Abdollahi. Through her husband's negligence a woman is blinded in one eye. Angry and ashamed, she refuses to venture outside. There is a chronic... 'Master actor' of Iranian cinema dies at the age of 94 Legendary veteran Iranian actor dies at 94 Ezzatollah Entezami, one of the most prominent actors of the Iranian cinema and theater, who was named 'master actor' in his memoirs written by Hushang Golmakani, died on Friday at the age of 94... Tickets on Sale Now: The 11th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran, which showcases independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the world, will present 48 films at its 11th annual event... Amir (2018) Karlovy Vary IFF 2018 - East of the West - Competition Amir is a film about contemporary Iran, about a generation whose private lives are determined more by the rules of society than by their own will. Nima Eghlima's feature debut is a film about a contemporary Iranian generation that is subject to so many rules there's no room for free will... Wake Up, Arezoo! | Bidar show, Arezoo! Just after the Bam earthquake of December 2003, a woman, Reyhaneh, emerges screaming from the rubble of her house, thinking that no-one else in there has survived. Director Kianoush Ayari's story of human tragedy and survival... The Time I came Back! (GHASHANG & FARANG )(2016) Bahram and Hamid are living with their mothers, Ghashang and Farang. Bahram is a film critic and Hamid, a dentist who is not well committed to his wife. This is why, his wife has left for France with the excuse of higher education.... Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips... Vida Ghahremani Legendary Iranian-American Actress leaves our world Today the legendary Iranian-American actress Vida Ghahremani passed away after battling cancer for many years. She went beyond taboos of her time to have the very first... Iranian Veteran Actor dies at 88 Nasser Malek-Motiei, Iranian Veteran Actor, who appeared in over 100 movies and TV series, in most of which he played the roles of virile characters, died at Tehran's Aatieh Hospital on Friday night, he was 88... Bridge OF Sleep | Pol-e Khaab (2016) Tehran-born writer-director Oktay Baraheni's first feature Oktay Baraheni's first feature, the social drama 'Bridge of Sleep', freely adapts Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and transposes it to contemporary Iran... Call for Entries Open for: The 11th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco San Francisco: The 11th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, a showcase for independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the world, is inviting the filmmakers from all over the world to submit their films to the next edition taking place in September 2018.. Bomb, A Love Story (2018) Payman Moaadi's Second feature film 'Bomb, a Love Story' is the story of those people who were not given the opportunity to fall in love, live, work and fulfil their lives as they deemed fit. The story of people caught up in the tyranny of time and place, but whose unfulfilled desires and dreams still haunt us... Dressage (2018) :: Film Review winner of a special mention in Berlin's Generation 14plus An Iranian teenage girl takes part in a robbery but the fun ends there in Pooya Badkoobeh's moral drama, which won a special mention in Berlin's Generation 14plus sidebar. This first feature by Pooya Badkoobeh, who has made a career directing TV commercials, plunges deeply into the muddled, exasperating world of teenagers.. Mohammad Ali Keshavarz Special Honor for His 88th Birthday Newly established Shahrak Cineplex in Tehran hosted a ceremony on Friday to honor the veteran actor Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz on the occasion of his 88th birthday. One of the most experienced and prominent living actors of Iranian cinema... Gholam (2017) Shahab Hosseini delivers a nuanced performance 'Gholam' is the debut feature from award-winning Iranian artist and filmmaker Mitra Tabrizian, in collaboration with Cyrus Massoudi. Shahab Hosseini offers a nuanced study in acting minimalism with this melancholy portrait of a man living in exile in London, never quite beyond the reach of his own troubled past... The Bright Day | Rooz-e Roshan (2013) One of the Best Iranian first feature films Farhoudi (Pantea Bahram), is a teacher who wants to prevent the father of a student from being unjustly sentenced for homicide: her mission is to convince the witnesses to testify in favor of the accused. She must prove that... Italy Italy | Italia Italia (2017) Screened at the 8th London Iranian Film Festival "Italy Italy" is full of cinematic and literary references. In spite of it's claim of being adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri's novel of the same name, there are also references to Khaled Hosseini's last published work, Dariush Mehrjui's "Hamoun", along with the presence of some figures from Iranian cinema... The Sale (2015) One of the 10 Best Iranian Films of 2015 Forough is a middle aged woman whose husband has temporarily married with another woman. Even though that was kept secret from her, but his action is considered legal in Iran. Now the husband is in prison, due to not being able to pay second wife's.. Mani Haghighi's new Film "Pig" to Compete for Golden Bear Award at Berlinale Directed and produced by Mani Haghighi, Pig will have its world premiere at the Berlinale. The story centers on Hasan, a filmmaker, who thinks he is the best in the country but has problems with making his new film... Subdued (2017) Story of a woman going through a nervous breakdown Nematollah's smart direction, the stunning cinematography by Farshad Mohammadi and Hatami's electric performance have all won raves for a film that has become one of the biggest box office and critical hits of the year in Iran... Israfil (2017) Screened at the London Film Festival Director Ida Panahandeh's follow-up to the brilliant 'Nahid' has screened at the London Film Festival and the Fajr Film Festival where it premiered. When Mahi's son dies in a car accident, Behrouz who has returned to Iran to sell his properties, attends the funeral. Their old romance catches up while... Night Train To Lisbon Annette Focks Search Search Online Film Home: fa en All Directors Titles Names Events Blog posts Cannes 2024 Choose an item to go there! African Film Festival NYWorld Cinema ProjectIIFMA Film CatalogueIFFDEFCCPH:DOXCannesBerlinaleIYCSCWBAmerican Film Institute Danish Film InstituteFilm MagazineFajr Film FestivalIrish Film InstituteMUBIi movieCarl Th. DreyerBahman FarmanaraBahman GhobadiTehran Int. Short Film FestCinemaemaCaffecinemaRotterdam IFFSight & SoundTIFFIFFRCPH Film FestivalIran OnlineIran NewsHoroscopeIching Links Home Archived news OFH Bright version Iran news Find a birthday!