The international film community is in uproar after Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha, directors of the 2024 Berlinale feature 'My Favourite Cake,' were summoned to court in their native Iran. By ...

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 ...

Iranian film director Saeed Roustayi said he had to follow censors' orders on the government-mandated hijab to get a permit — Xavier GALIANA A state-approved Iranian movie featuring women constantly ...

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 ...

An Iranian court has handed two Iranian film directors suspended jail terms over a film that angered authorities in the Islamic republic but was acclaimed in Europe and the United States, rights ...

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, often imprisoned in his home country and for years banned from traveling abroad, on May 24 won the Palme d'Or, the top award at the Cannes Film Festival in ...