All Iran articles – Page 7
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News
Films Boutique boards Mohammad Rasoulof’s Berlin competition title ‘There Is No Evil’ (exclusive)
It’s unclear if the Iranian auteur will be allowed to attend the film’s premiere.
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Features
Iran’s Massoud Bakhshi talks Sundance drama ‘Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness’
Blacklisted in Iran, the director talks about the challenges of making his second feature.
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Reviews
‘Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness’: Sundance Review
Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi focuses on one woman to highlight wider issues within a patriarchal society
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Producers of Iranian Sundance title ‘Yalda’ issue statement denying withdrawal claims
Director will not attend festival due to flare-up in tensions between US and Iran.
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Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf criticises “shameful” UK government over passport row
The wife and daughter of the London-based filmmaker have been denied passports.
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IDFA gets off to a powerful start with Mehrdad Oskouei’s ‘Sunless Shadows’
Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia talks female representation, Edward Snowden event, the future of the EDN and Saudi Arabia.
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Reviews
‘Sunless Shadows’: IDFA Review
Mehrdad Oskouei’s IDFA opener follows young Iranian women who have been imprisoned for murder
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‘Just 6.5’: Tokyo Review
Iranian police play a never-ending cat-and-mouse game with the country’s drug dealers in this gripping crime thriller
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China leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations
Wang Xiaoshuai‘s ‘So Long, My Son‘ secures a record six nominations.
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Reviews
‘Diapason’: Busan Review
A grieving mother fights for justice in Iran’s inherently patriarchal system
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Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to one year in prison
Filmmaker has been unable to leave Iran since having his passport confiscated in 2017.
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Iranian hit 'Just 6.5' sells to Wild Bunch (exclusive)
The film, recently released in Iran, has broken records for a drama in the territory.
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All-star Iranian cast board Dutch-Danish-German drama 'Mitra' (exclusive)
’Under The Shadow’, ’Radio Dreams’ actors set for project from Dutch-Iranian Kaweh Modiri.
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Features
Screen best pitch winners talk immigrant family drama 'The Oasis Of Now'
Finnish-Iranian filmmaker Hamy Remezan and his producers at Aamu Film Company hope to shoot this year.
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Features
“I’ve always loved gangster movies": How Hossein Amini created 'McMafia'
The ‘Drive’ and ’The Snowman’ writer co-created the series with director James Watkins.
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First animation feature entirely made in Iran launching at Annecy (exclusive)
Iranian animation studio Hoorakhsh will present first project ‘The Last Fiction’.
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Reviews
'The Load': Cannes Review
A truck driver undertakes a dangerous journey across war-torn Kosovo
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Features
Director Ali Abbasi on how Cannes title 'Border' channels "the experience of being a minority"
Abbasi lived for 20 years in Iran, then studied in Sweden before moving to his current home in Denmark.
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Reviews
'Pig': Berlin Review
A bold and challenging film from the Iranian director of ’A Dragon Arrives!’