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NewsJafar Panahi to receive lifetime achievement award from the Rome Film Festival
EXCLUSIVE: Award will be presented at festival by Oscar-winner Giuseppe Tornatore.
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NewsPalme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi sentenced in absentia to one year in prison in Iran
Director is currently in the United States promoting Oscar contender It Was Just an Accident
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NewsWide takes on Panahi’s This Is Not A Film
Wide Management takes on Cannes selection from Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
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NewsInternational protests grow over Iran’s arrest of filmmakers and producer
Arrested filmmakers include This is not a Film co-director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and producer and sales agent Katayoon Shahabi [pictured] of Sheherazad Media International (SMI).
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NewsToronto documentaries include Broomfield's Sarah Palin film
Other selections include Werner Herzog’s journey to death row, Mark Cousins’ 15-hour opus and Berlinger & Sinofsky’s follow-up on the West Memphis Three.
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NewsTatsumi, Habibi scoop Dubai film festival awards
Eric Khoo’s Tatsumi was awarded with best film in the Muhr AsiaAfrica competition at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (Dec 7-14), while Susan Youssef’s Habibi took best film in the Muhr Arab section.
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NewsHollywood rallies in support of detained Iranian filmmakers
The Academy and cinema guilds have called for the release of six filmmakers arrested in Iran.
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Iranian sales agent Katayoun Shahabi released on bail
Accused of collaborating with banned BBC Persian Service, Sheherazad Media International chiefShahabi still faces trial.
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NewsIFC shopping spree lands Sister's Sister, 4:44, Incident
A flurry of Toronto deals emerged late on Wednesday (14) as UTA and Submarine sold Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister to IFC for North and Latin America, StudioCanal for the UK and Madman for Australia and New Zealand in a bundle of deals that amounted to approximately $1.5m.
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NewsSofia's Grand Prix goes to Brazil's Julia Murat, local filmmaker Bojanov receives four awards
Stories Only Exist When Remembered wins the Grand Prix for Best Film; Special Award goes to Magic Valley; Konstantin Bojanov wins Best Director and three more.
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