American filmmakers, for the most part, enjoy luxury and freedoms when making movies in the United States that filmmakers in ...

Co-directed by Israeli-Iranian duo Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir, the sports drama Tatami will make its San Diego debut at the Media Arts Center on Friday. First premiering at the Venice Film Festival in ...

Headlines out of Iran often focus on economic and political strife, and earlier this year the country’s war with Israel. But ...

A film from Iran that has been kept secret so far to ensure the safety of its delegation, along with Dakota Johnson, Stellan Skarsgård, Peter Sarsgaard and Vicky Krieps, has joined the lineup for the ...

Director Jafar Panahi spoke with NBC News about how his time in prison shaped his new film, which debuted in limited release ...

This key figure in the Iranian New Wave, whose latest film was just submitted by France for the best international feature Oscar competition, reflects on his cinematic critiques of Iranian society, ...

Iranian director Soheil Beiraghi is coming to Karlovy Vary Film Festival to present the independently made drama “Bidad.” But he won’t be joined by his cast and crew. “They decided not to come. I ...

“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 French film critic-turned-filmmaker Jacques Rivette once said that “every film is a documentary of its own making.” In the case of the Iranian film “Bidad,” or “Outcry,” it’s a work as much about ...

The Iranian star, honored with a Locarno award during the Swiss festival’s opening night, also talked about Netflix, Iranian film and tales, her love for France, and trying to just exist. By Georg ...