Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Wins Top Honors at Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Jafar Panahi claimed dual honors at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, with 'It Was Just an Accident' taking home best film and ...

Iranian Filmmaker Ali Asgari on Satire, Censorship and Absurdities Behind ‘Divine Comedy’: ‘You Show How Silly and Stupid the Rules Are’

Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari has long explored the quiet tensions and bureaucratic pressures of everyday life in Iran, from ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

New film ‘That Night’ tells story of woman who survived fire at infamous Iranian prison

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

Un simplu accident, excepționalul film iranian despre tirania regimului de la Teheran

Jafar Panahi este un prim exemplu de „viața bate filmul”, întrucât el are un istoric bogat cu regimul islamic din Iran, fiind ...
SanLuisObispo

SLO film screening explores rise of antisemitism after Oct. 7 Hamas attack

The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (SLOIFF) is joining forces with the Palm Theatre to establish the SLO Film Center. Inside one of the movie theaters. Laura Dickinson ...
The Forward

In the last months of her life, this Palestinian photojournalist captured resilience in Gaza

Nine months before she was killed by an Israeli airstrike, Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona started quoting Shawshank Redemption. “Hope is a dangerous thing,” she told Iranian filmmaker ...
NDTV

'Should We Dig DNA From Graves': Iranian-Origin Voters Face Notices In Bihar

Two generations after families of Iranian descent settled in Bihar's Kishanganj, adapted to the food in the region, set up their businesses, brought up their children and voted in earlier elections, ...
Hartford Courant

For Yorgos Lanthimos, new Emma Stone film ‘Bugonia’ isn’t a dystopia. It’s real

What to Stream: ‘Freakier Friday,’ NF, ‘Landman,’ ‘Palm Royale’ and Black Ops 7 Magicians, musicians and merriment are all featured this week in CT arts ‘Gremlins 3’ is real: Steven Spielberg, Chris ...
scmp.com

Australia to expel Iranian ambassador over antisemitic attacks

Australia said on Tuesday it would expel Iran’s ambassador to Canberra, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Tehran of executing two antisemitic attacks in the key cities of Sydney and Melbourne ...
Screen International

Why Sepideh Farsi’s childhood in Iran compelled her to make Gaza doc ‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk’

Iranian filmmaker’s Sepideh Farsi’s documentary Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk tells the story of Fatma Hassona, a 25-year-old photojournalist living under siege in Gaza through a year-long ...
Arutz Sheva

Toronto International Film Festival bans October 7th film

The Toronto International Film Festival announced today (Wednesday) the removal of the film The Road Between Us - The Ultimate Rescue from this year's screening lineup. The film, directed by Barry ...
Bollywood Hungama

Boman Irani hails short film Momo Deal from his Spiral Bound initiative for weaving “life, love, and friendship”: “Prouder I couldn’t be”

When veteran actor Boman Irani launched his writing initiative Spiral Bound during the pandemic, it became a creative refuge for emerging storytellers. Among the earliest voices to bloom in that space ...