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All Iran articles – Page 12
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NewsIran's Tales sold to Benelux, LatAm
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s controversial feature picked up the screenplay award at Venice.
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NewsIran's Tales selected for int'l festivals
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s feature, which upset Iranian censors, is in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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CommentJailed Mahnaz Mohammadi films moving interview
Filmmaker and women’s rights activist talks on camera the day before her prison sentence.
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NewsMohammadi starts prison sentence
Director re-imprisoned over the weekend in notorious Evin jail.
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NewsKino Lorber takes 'Manuscripts'
Kino Lorber has acquired US rights to Mohammad Rasoulof’s Iranian drama about state censorship, Manuscripts Don’t Burn.
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FeaturesEssy Niknejad, Laleh
US-based, Iran-born Essy Niknejad tells Jakob Fudge how he travelled back to the country of his birth to shoot the story of Laleh Seddigh, the 2006 Iranian racing champion who prevailed in a male-dominated sport only to be subsequently banned by racing authorities.
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CommentMahnaz Afshar, From Tehran To Heaven
Mahnaz Afshar, whose new feature From Tehran To Heaven, receives its European premiere at IFFR, is a movie star - Iranian-style.
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NewsRasoulof misses AFI, Stockholm
Concerns are growing for Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof who had his passport confiscated and was banned from travelling outside of his native Iran by local authorities in September.
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NewsIran blocks Rasoulof travel
Mohammad Rasoulof was due to present Manuscripts Don’t Burn at the Nuremburg International Human Rights Film Festival (NIHRFF).
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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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NewsKish Film Festival set to launch in April
The island festival will showcase films from Iran, Middle East and Central Asia.
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NewsMajid Majidi announces plans for $30m Mohammad project
Highly regarded Iranian auteur Majid Majidi is lining up the historical epic Mohammad, which at $30m is by far the most expensive and ambitious project ever to be assembled out of Iran.
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NewsWild Bunch takes international rights on Ghobadi's Persian Cats
Wild Bunch will handle international sales on Bahman Ghobadi’s No One Knows About Persian Cats.