What Can Iran’s Cinema Tell Us About the Current Unrest? Quite a Lot, in Fact

Cinema has been a part of Iran for nearly its entire history. Though the work of Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is no longer extant ...
The New York Times

A New Age of Iranian Cinema Is on Display at the Oscars

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” an Oscar-nominated movie filmed in secret in Iran, highlights the Iranian film world’s groundbreaking new work, inspired by the women-led protests in 2022. By Farnaz ...
KHQ

Jafar Panahi: Iran's dissident director who lives for cinema

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who won the top prize at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, is a twice-jailed arthouse cinema veteran whose films are banned in his homeland. The 64-year-old is a ...