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

In wide-ranging conversation at NYFF, Scorsese and Jafar Panahi discussed what's next for Iranian cinema, and what will make ...

How does China secretly pay Iran billions for oil despite strict U.S. sanctions? This investigative short reveals the covert financial system that allows Beijing to funnel billions to Tehran — without ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A novel about identity and a missing youth, a history of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and a picture book celebrating the underappreciated belly button are this year’s winners of ...

Iran’s official position is that Israel is the “little Satan,” and the US is the “big Satan.” Israel’s official position is ...

From filmmakers in China, Iran and Italy to filmmakers in Greenbelt, Hyattsville and Takoma Park, 39 compelling works from ...

The 22nd edition of the Reykjavik Film Festival featured a blend of new festival hits and a stream of visiting auteurs.

In a fractured time, global conversation becomes the 2025 Chicago International Film Festival's most radical act.

Iran+100’ imagines a century after Mosaddegh, blending speculative fiction, history, and poetry to explore Iran’s resilience ...

Andy Warhol in Iran is a “new play,” so new that Sarah May, the director of Beck’s production, couldn’t even find a script after seeing what she labels as a “provoking, exciting and funny production” ...

When one thinks of seeing experimental or area premieres of new contemporary scripts at local theaters, one normally doesn’t ...

The Middle East is seeing an animation renaissance, with Arab filmmakers creating powerful stories for global audiences that ...