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All Iran articles
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Reviews‘Past Future Continuous’ review: IDFA Envision winner is poignant, formally daring family portrait
Directors Firouzeh Khosrovani and Morteza Ahmadvand explore the link between a US-based woman and her parents in Tehran
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News‘A Fox Under A Pink Moon’ wins best international film at IDFA 2025
Iranian directors win the top two best film awards at IDFA 2025.
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Reviews‘A Fox Under A Pink Moon’ review: Strong Afghan migrant doc blends phone footage and animation
Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei’s IDFA competition title follows a young Afghan artist attempting to journey to Europe
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NewsFarnoosh Samadi’s Toronto title ‘Between Dreams And Hope’ scores US sale
EXCLUSIVE: Iranian drama is about a trans man and his partner travelling to a remote Iranian village to face his estranged father.
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News‘Sentimental Value’ among five films nominated for 2026 Lux Audience Award
Line-up for European prize includes films from Cannes and Berlin.
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Reviews‘Without Permission’ review: An exiled filmmaker returns to Iran in Hassan Nazer’s bold docudrama
Real Iranian children discuss love and hope in the British-Iranian director’s Busan Competition feature
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NewsBusan, LFF title ‘Singing Wings’ acquired for world sales
EXCLUSIVE: Hemen Khaledi’s documentary will also play at Zurich film festival.
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NewsJafar Panahi issues call to reform rules on international Oscar submissions
The Iranian filmmaker received the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award in Busan.
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Reviews‘Divine Comedy’ review: Ali Asgari skewers Iranian cultural restrictions in witty satire
Charming performances carry Asgari’s fifth feature about a fictional director attempting to screen his latest film in Tehran
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FeaturesWhy Sepideh Farsi’s childhood in Iran compelled her to make Gaza doc ‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk’
The Cannes ACID premiere is now screening at the Edinburgh film festival.
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NewsTrue Colours boards Toronto premiere ‘Between Dreams And Hope’ and Venice feature ‘Orfeo’
EXCLUSIVE: Rome-based sales outfit True Colours takes on sales for films by Iran’s Farnoosh Samadi and Italy’s Virgilio Villoresi.
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NewsJafar Panahi named Busan’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year
The Iranian filmmaker won the Palme d’Or at Cannes with ‘It Was Just An Accident’.
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FeaturesFive African directors to watch in Locarno
Screen profiles the filmmakers chosen to screen their exciting short films in Locarno Open Doors.
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News‘The Apprentice’ director Ali Abbasi on looking for contemporary stories: “We are living in extremely exciting, crazy times”
Abbasi conducted a director’s masterclass at the Galway Film Fleadh.
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FeaturesGözde Kural talks Afghanistan-set ‘Cinema Jazireh’: “Every partner had to be convinced one by one”
Turkish director’s sophomore feature, which world premieres at Karlovy Vary, is a co-production between Turkey, Iran, Romania and Bulgaria.
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Reviews‘Bidad’ review: A female singer fights to be heard in potent Tehran-set drama
Iranian filmmaker Soheil Beiraghi’s fourth feature premieres in Karlovy Vary competition
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NewsKarlovy Vary reveals secret Iranian feature ‘Bidad’ for Crystal Globe competition
Festival had withheld details of film until director Soheil Beiraghi and the members of his crew could safely travel out of Iran.
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NewsJafar Panahi’s Cannes-winner ‘It Was Just An Accident’ scoops Sydney Film Prize
The 72nd Sydney Film Festival broke attendance records.
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NewsIran calls for “explanation” of French minister’s comments after Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or win
A diplomatic row has erupted over a comment posted by French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot on X.
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NewsJafar Panahi’s Cannes title ‘It Was Just An Accident’ sells to North America, international territories
Neon planning North America theatrical release later this year.