Headlines out of Iran often focus on economic and political strife, and earlier this year the country’s war with Israel. But ...

Megalomaniacs, voyeurs, 'Backstage Madness,' a family-and-wildfire drama, and 'Scarecrows' also feature in the PÖFF 2025 lineup.

The Iranian filmmaker talks about her harrowing Cannes documentary and how to remember the film's beloved late subject.

Read: Silenced at home, Iranian filmmaker finds eager audience in France] When we met up in New York, Panahi told me that the film grew out of the seven months that he spent in Evin Prison in 2022 and ...

Revered and clandestine Iranian Director Jafar Panahi triumphs with his Palm d’Or-winning new film ‘It was Just an Accident’.

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 ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has summoned France’s representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the ...

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association has stepped-up calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reappraise its relationship with Iran’s government-controlled Farabi cinema ...

French producer Philippe Martin, whose Paris-based banner Les Films Pelleas last walked the Oscars trail in 2024 with Justine ...