People look into the skies in Tehran as the U.S. and Israel launch missiles on strategic sites across the country Getty Images The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) has endorsed ...

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) was back at the Berlinale this year with a stand, flashmob and a panel discussion on why it believes the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...

Her film Roya tells the story of a fictional teacher detained in Evin, but it is also deeply personal for Mohammadi, who has been arrested multiple times in Iran on charges of propaganda. Iranian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iranian film director Jafar Panahi attends the 38th European Film Awards at the House of World Cultures. Christoph Soeder/dpa ...

Jafar Panahi is the toast of Tinseltown. The Iranian filmmaker and activist has been on the Oscar campaign trail these past few months with his darkly comedic thriller “It Was Just an Accident” ...

He won best director, original screenplay and international feature for “It Was Just an Accident.” Best feature went to “One Battle After Another.” By Kyle Buchanan “One Battle After Another” was ...

From poetic masterpieces to defiant acts of resistance, Iranian cinema has given the world some of its most profound storytelling. Join us as we celebrate the visionary filmmakers who reshaped Iranian ...

Headlines out of Iran often focus on economic and political strife, and earlier this year the country’s war with Israel. But Iranian director Amir Azizi chose a different lens in his new film “Inside ...

Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, smoking, strong language). In Persian with subtitles. In theaters Oct. 15. There is nothing accidental about the way Jafar Panahi makes movies. The ...

LOS ANGELES — Empower Women Media proudly announces the release of Who Moved the Jews?, a powerful 13-minute documentary tracing 4,000 years of Jewish presence and resilience in the Middle East.

The French film critic-turned-filmmaker Jacques Rivette once said that “every film is a documentary of its own making.” In the case of the Iranian film “Bidad,” or “Outcry,” it’s a work as much about ...