I had a chance to be in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin on March 7th, 2018 for the launch of The Bridge, a new
“What Iran ‘is’, is entirely dependent on who speaks for it,” writes Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam toward the end of his new book Psycho-nationalism – Global Thought,
Nodjoumi’s work has been shown throughout the world and is a part of important international collections, including the British Museum, the National Museum of Cuba,
As Berlinale drew to a close, some of its attending Iranian productions were investigated by attending journalists to impressive results. Now, Pooya Badkoobeh’s debut drama
The Village Voice reports of a massive retrospective of the work of filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei at the Anthology Film Archives, under the title “Documentary, Iranian
HBO’s highly anticipated new feature-length film Fahrenheit 451—an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s seminal science fiction novel about societal control through widespread governmentally imposed anti-literacy—was just
Local Wisconsin filmmaker Hamidreza Nassiri just wrapped her second annual Wisconsin Iranian Film Festival. Serving as the festival’s organizer, Nassiri is also a teaching assistant
FRONTLINE traces how the 40-year rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has fueled sectarian extremism across the Middle East for political gain. Correspondent Martin Smith
Ali Nassir has been a different, unique kind of painter on the Iranian art scene. Often viewed as the odd one out of the usual
In the spring of 2009 the eminent historian of modern Iran Ervand Abrahamian wrote an article entitled, “Why the Islamic Republic Has Survived.” Therein he
No language stays the same forever. The degree to which they change may vary, but a variety of factors – historical events, the introduction of new
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
Many might know the name Marjane Satrapi from her best-selling autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis, which engendered a well-received animated film by the same name in
PBS’ long-running public affairs program Frontline has just kicked off Bitter Rivals, a 2-part docu-series which will investigate the Iranian-Saudi conflict. With the first episode
Multilingual singer/songwriter Sarah Khatami has a new video to share off of her debut self-titled EP. “This Time” is the first of the EP’s five
Last year we wrote about Iranian-German composer Ramin Djawadi, whose contributions to the soundtracks for Westworld and Game of Thrones have become thriving and indispensable
All Iranians know The Little Black Fish, Farshid Mesghalia’s wonderful book full of illustrations that we used to love when we were kids. About 50
The Fajr Film Festival’s reach extends beyond the event itself—movie theaters in Iran, seeking to follow the energy of the awards, are expanding screenings for
If you want to understand the social contradictions in Iran that lead to periodic explosions like those that took place recently, there is no better
Veteran comedian and actor Akbar Abdi was honored with a Golden Simorgh at this most recent Fajr Film Festival, but there’s yet no sign of
The big film news in Iran this week primarily concerns the momentous winners honored at the Fajr Film Festival. Among the winning nominees, two films
Born in Tehran, Sasan Abri is a photographer and video artist. The Tehran based Sasan graduated from Mah-e-Mehr Institute in Tehran in 2005 and continued
Mehdi Farhadian is a talented Iranian painter born in 1980. Farhadian graduated from Tehran Art University and shortly thereafter exhibited his artworks in various established galleries
Sunset, Sunrise is the title of an upcoming poetic exhibition by Monir Shahroudi Farmanfarmaian. Organised by the Irish Museum of Modern Art of Ireland (IMMA)
Reports of Qorban Mohammadpour’s newest film continue to roll out, and The Devil’s Daughter should be entering production soon. The Devil’s Daughter is Mohammadpour’s follow-up
