Nuri Bilge Ceylan has responded to criticism over attending a state-run festival in Iran, saying it should not be seen as ...

Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari has long explored the quiet tensions and bureaucratic pressures of everyday life in Iran, from ...

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or in 2014 for "Winter Sleep" among many other accolades, has ...

Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for ...

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

Sepideh Farsi's documentary, "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk," is built around videophone conversations with photojournalist Fatma Hassona, who was eventually killed in an airstrike.

A local community group is hosting a free screening of the 2025 documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” at the ...

The film captures the friendship between an Iranian filmmaker and a Gaza City resident. They never actually meet but speak movingly via video calls. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...

IDFA's top prizes went to ‘A Fox Under a Pink Moon' and ‘Past Future Continuous,’ directed by Iranian filmmakers.

A media outlet in the occupied Palestinian territories described a Hebrew documentary made by the Iranian news agency Tasnim.

CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi puts aside Kurdish themes for a topic that would appear even more politically sensitive in Iran: the underground music scene. This bold ...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 's long imprisonment has captured global attention and has now been brought to the screen in the ...