Iranian film continues to make headlines, this time with a special recognition for Iranian actress Leila Hatami. In a curated list of performances that include
Austrian director Michael Haneke has picked up the Cannes film festival’s top prize for the second time as Love is named winner of the Palme
Photos of Leila Hatami in company of colleagues drinking ( Water ? ) and unveiled at Brisbane International Film Festival as well as Fatemeh Motamed-Arya unveiled at
In an interview with EuroNews, famed Iranian actress of “separation” (This year’s Academy Award nominee), Leila Hatami breaks into tears talking about treatment of women
Leïla Hatami: “In fact film-makers in Iran have always been confronted by regulations. Some borders have already been defined and pre-set for them – they
Iranian actress Leila Hatami is among the jury members of the 37th Deauville American Film Festival (Sept 3rd-Sept 12th) in France. While translator Massoumeh Lahidji hosted debate with Francis
Leila Hatami gave a very bold interview on French TV a few weeks ago where she was to promote Asghar Farhadi’s latest movie «A Separation»
Leila Hatami appeared in Le Grand Journal talking about her movie “Nader and Simin: a Sepration”. Translation will be appreciated she comes in to the
Peyman Maadi was picked as best director for his Iranian drama “Bomb, a Love Story” at the 6th International Bosphorus Film Festival in Istanbul, the
The feature film The Last Fiction is creating quite a buzz as the first animated feature made entirely in Iran with all Iranian artists. Produced by Hoorakhsh
Mani Haghighi’s Khook (“Pig”) has now been screened at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival (a/k/a Berlinale), already garnering attention and praise. Variety sat down
Narges Abyar and Her Critics Following up on some of our big news from last week, filmmaker Narges Abyar has not finished punching her ticket
Nazanin Boniadi is many things. Actor. SAG Award nominee. Activist. Council on Foreign Relations Term Member. And now, she can add Academy Member to the
As the world reverberated with the news of Iran’s lifted sanctions, the Fajr International Film Festival recently unveiled its official selection of films for 2016.
The star-studded cast of the upcoming film “The Physician” are in Germany to begin filming. American author Noah Gordon wrote the eponymous 1986 novel, which
Gow, Christopher, From Iran to Hollywood and Some Places in-Between: Reframing Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema, I. B. Tauris, 2011. Summary: An outsider’s view of domestic and
This week I watched two very different Iranian worlds depicted in the powerful medium of film: one reality meticulously masked as fiction, one semi-fiction frivolously
Iran’s best foreign language Oscar-winner A Separation has netted four prizes at the Asian Film Awards. It was named best film and won best director
A Footage has been circulating on youtube lately showing Iranian Filmmaker Asghar Farhadi participating in the Post Election demonstrations in 2009 which was followed by
Newstands are everywhere in Tehran, near metro stations, in parks, sidewalks and everywhere. It is a habit to stop by newstands and browse the front page
The Oscar nomination of “A Separation” for best foreign-language film and best original screenplay, has drawn much attention to Asghar Farhadi as a writer and
Before in two weeks time the 2012 Oscar will be awarded to the different categories of cinematography, I would like to say something about the
Renowned Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya received the Henri-Langlois Prix 2012 for her lifetime endeavors in the promotion of cinema and maintenance of professional cultural values.
By now, I have become a dutiful Iranian American and confess that I enjoy “A Separation”, by Asghar Farhadi. I am sad that it has
Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran Congratulates Asghar Farhadi, Peyman Moadi and cast and crew of movie « A Separation » for their Golden Globe Triumph as best
