When world-renowned filmmaker Jafar Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison earlier this week, the verdict reverberated both inside and outside Iran. Not only
When world-renowned filmmaker, Jafar Panahi, was sentenced to six years in prison earlier this week, the verdict reverberated both inside and outside Iran. Not only
Film-makers and actors from around the globe are expected to sign a petition calling for the release of the dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi. An Iranian
Our film industry, and our film journalism industry, can be pretty cynical and exhausted. The idea of failure or career reversal is gossiped about or
Aujourd’hui, c’est Golshifteh Farahani qui prend la parole : “Comme femme, comme Iranienne, je pleure pour toi Sakineh. Les autorités judiciaires iraniennes avaient déclaré qu’il
The first decade of the 21st century has been an extraordinary time for Iranian film-makers, starting with joint Caméra d’Or wins for Hassan Yektapanah’s Djomeh
This is not necessarily an unfamiliar place to regular viewers of Iran’s film exports. Indeed, Tehroun — the title of which is a slang term
I just watched the video of the interview with Jafar Panahi and couldn’t wait to share it with you.
Juliette Binoche WINS the Best Female Performance Prize at Cannes. The Country (i.e: Iran) needs our support said the French Star and paid Tribute to
Iranian filmmakers called in an open letter for the release of internationally known director Jafar Panahi who is on hunger strike in a Tehran prison,
Jean-Pierre Lavoignat editor in Chief of Film Magazine STUDIO in Cannes Majestic Hotel interviews the duet of directors of Persepolis about their upcoming film based
Jafar Panahi, an Iranian director whose hunger strike and continued detention in Tehran’s Evin prison has been a focus of attention during this year’s Cannes
TEHRAN — Famed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, who has been held in Tehran since March 1 and on hunger strike for six days, is
بعضی وقتها چشمها هم بغضشون میگیره و هیچ چیز حتی رژه اشک رو انحنای گونه ها هم دردی رو دوا نمیکنه، اونوقته که به رسم دلداری بارش
n direct de Cannes. Le Festival de Cannes a beau être international, c’est bien les Français que l’on a remarqués, hier, sur la Croisette. D’abord,
Juliette Binoche, William Shimell and Abbas Kiarostami at the traditional “Montée des Marches” in front of the Palais des Festivals for the Screening of Certified
A young Iranian actress named Kiana Firouz will attend the London premiere tonight of a film in which she plays a lesbian seeking asylum in
“Copie Conforme,” the new Abbas Kiarostami film which was shot on location in Italy with Juliette Binoche and opera singer William Shimmel, has been highly
Iranian director says art is under attack at home (Reuters) – Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami said on Tuesday his government’s imprisonment of colleague Jafar
Juliette Binoche, the French actress, sobbed during a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival over reports that Iranian director Jafar Panahi has begun a
Actor William Shimell, Director Abbas Kiarostami and Actress Juliette Binoche attend the ‘Certified Copy’ Photocall at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual Cannes
CANNES, France — Iran’s harried film-makers took centre stage in Cannes Tuesday as Abbas Kiarostami presented his latest work, while back home his colleague Jafar
This year, two great figures are absent at the International Film Festival of Cannes. The first is Roman Polanski, and the readers of Huffington Post
Bernard Kouchner France’s Foreign Minister assists special screening of Bahman Ghobadi’s Screening of Persian Cats followed by a debate with filmmakers Mohsen Makhmalbaf in support
The Cannes festival kicked off Wednesday and unlike the Oscars where the organizers frown upon anything to do with activism, this international gathering of film
