All Iran articles
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NewsUK selects best international feature Oscar entry
Film won the L’Oeil d’or at Cannes for best documentary across all sections.
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Reviews‘Midday Meal’ review: An Iranian teacher fights to keep his school open in Majid Majidi’s engrossing and timely film
A nuanced performance by Mohammad Rahimi powers Majidi’s Busan competition premiere
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Reviews‘A Bit Of Light’ review: Ali Asgari’s profoundly affecting drama finds hope amid despair in contemporary Tehran
The Iranian filmmaker makes his Venice Competition debut with the story of a doctor pushed to breaking point
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Reviews‘Falling House’ review: Unsubtle Iranian family drama turns a condemned home into a symbol of patriarchal control
A Tehran family is pushed to breaking point in Mohsen Gharaei’s Venice Horizons premiere
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NewsAsghar Farhadi to return to Farsi language with next project
Farhadi also says he would look to the UK to shoot a future English-language production.
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NewsAshgar Farhadi to be honoured at Sarajevo Film Festival
The Iranian filmmaker will recieve the honorary heart of Sarajevo.
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NewsPegah Ahangarani’s ‘Rehearsals For A Revolution’ wins Cannes documentary award
Alexander Murphy’s Tin Castle receives a special mention from L’Œil d’or jury.
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NewsArtHood picks up sales for Iranian thriller ‘Living Twice, Dying Thrice’ ahead of Cannes ACID premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Directed by Karim Lakzadeh, the drama / thriller was shot clandestinely in Iran.
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NewsIranian government accused of confiscating exiled filmmakers’ assets
Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association says the regime is confiscating assets to silence dissent.
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NewsLaura Poitras praises documentary sector efforts to stand against Paramount-WBD merger
“I know behind-the-scenes a lot of documentary filmmakers were involved in that.”
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NewsAsghar Farhadi calls on filmmakers to speak out ahead of stronger US attacks on Iran
“Attacking a country’s infrastructure is a war crime,” said Iranian filmmaker.
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NewsMinerva Pictures boards Hot Docs title ‘A War On Women’, about Iran’s feminist movement
EXCLUSIVE: Doc uncovers how women’s struggle for equality has shaped the recent uprisings in Iran.
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NewsIranian filmmakers condemn arrest of documentary director Mozhgan Ilanlou
Ilanlou was reportedly violently arrested two days ago by plainclothes officers.
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NewsQatar’s Qumra lab moves online-only due to Iran war
Event focus will remain on private one-on-one mentorship.
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NewsIranian Independent Filmmakers Association warns that lives of jailed filmmakers are in danger
IIFMA says detainees are transferred to detention sites near strategic infrastructure and military bases.
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NewsIFFR’s Displacement Fund films receive rapturous reception as Mohammad Rasoulof makes plea for Iranian protestors
The first five films supported by the fund were screend at the festival.
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News‘It Was Just An Accident’ co-writer arrested in Iran after condemning regime
Jafar Panahi responds with statement: “Mehdi Mahmoudian is a witness, a listener, and a rare moral presence.”
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NewsIranian filmmakers call for help amid government’s brutal crackdown on protests
Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association said: “Another Tiananmen tragedy is forming before our eyes, with a magnitude ten times greater”.
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FeaturesJafar Panahi on ‘It Was Just An Accident’ and making films his way - “no matter if I’m banned or not”
It Was Just An Accident pivots from revenge thriller to a humanist study of modern Iran. Jafar Panahi tells Screen what drives his filmmaking choices.
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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