The intense mutual admiration of Martin Scorsese and Jafar Panahi was evident today as the American and Iranian directors ...

Even before Saeed Roustayee’s “Woman and Child” premieres at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, the Iranian director’s new work is sparking heated controversy that reflects deep soul searching within ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, whose “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” was Oscar nominated, is considering making a film in another language. "If I'd want to make a film in Europe right now, or in the ...

The awarding of the prestigious Palme d’Or to It Was Just An Accident, the latest film by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, has sparked widespread reactions in Iran and across the global Iranian ...

“One is not born a woman, but becomes one.” Nearly eighty years after this statement by Simone de Beauvoir, it’s still true that womanhood is not a biological or natural given, but a product of ...

There were nightclubs and bars. People mixed freely. Women could dress however they wanted: tight jeans, mini-skirts, hair loose. The king drove around in a luxury Cadillac, appeared to have a soft ...

And during those same years, some of the most important works in the history of Iranian cinema were made—including Oscar nominated films. My previous film, Leila’s Brothers, according to the ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, whose “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” was Oscar nominated, is considering making a film in another language. “If I’d want to make a film in Europe right now, or in the ...