The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) has endorsed targeted attacks on government officials in Iran in the ...

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 ...

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) was back at the Berlinale this year with a stand, flashmob and a ...

From prison cells to clandestine sets, Mohammadi discusses Berlinale-premiered ‘Roya’, resistance, hope and why ‘cinema can’t ...

“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 ...

Cinema has been a part of Iran for nearly its entire history. Though the work of Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is no longer extant—he who, as the official photographer of Muzaffar al-Din Shah, shot the ...

TALLINN, Estonia — “Duality,” the new hybrid feature written, directed and produced by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Nezamdoost world-premiered this week in Tallinn’s main competition, marking a bold entry ...

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 ...

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 ...

Her second fiction feature, starring Turkish actress Melisa Sözen, premieres in the Berlinale's Panorama section: "I didn't hug any of my family for so long. I became the loneliest person just to make ...

With the rise of avant-garde filmmakers in the 1960s, Iran's New Wave emerged, marked by the works of pioneers like Ebrahim Golestan, Farrokh Ghaffari, Hajir Darioush, and Forough Farrokhzad. Later, ...