The 43rd Fajr International Film Festival will take place in Shiraz from November 26 to December 3, showcasing 45 selected ...

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 ...

“One is not born a woman, but becomes one.” Nearly eighty years after this statement by Simone de Beauvoir, it’s still true that womanhood is not a biological or natural given, but a product of ...

Three Iranian films have been submitted to the secretariat of the first Open Eurasian Film Award “Diamond Butterfly,” slated ...

While the festival won’t be held on either the Jewish or Persian New Year — Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox in ...

Iran won six awards at the 31st Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad,” which was held from October 31 to November 7, ...

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

This post was updated June 5 at 8:36 p.m. Long-lost Iranian cinema jewels are being pulled from the archive this June. The UCLA Film & Television Archive annually joins forces with the Farhang ...

The rise of a post-hijab aesthetic and rejections of linear narratives and techniques have given way to a new Iranian underground cinema. Here's a deep dive into its evolution. With the rise of ...

Saeed Gholipour's documentary "This Is Not Me" raises the curtain on something that had been invisible to most in the West: transgender people living in Iran. The film, screening Jan. 25 at Asia ...

Renowned Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi, celebrated for `Taste of Cherry` and `The Kite Runner`, has died at 78. Discover his impactful film legacy and tributes.

Starting with a packed house on the night of October 13 and concluding right after Thanksgiving, MoMA showcased “Iranian Cinema before the Revolution, 1925–1979,” the largest retrospective of Iranian ...