The director talks about acting for the first time, shooting without permits and why he still hopes Iranian audiences will ...

The documentary Women of the Revolution, directed by Mina Akbari, is set to make its international debut at two major film ...

'Very few people were paying attention to one of the biggest massacres of unarmed protesters in history', Lisbona said.

Pegah Ahangarani’s acclaimed look at her life in exile and her native country's political turmoil was already a leading ...

"Iran in the Hermitage" offers a poetic and scholarly voyage through the ancient Iranian history. The narrative arc begins in the Paleolithic era and unfolds through the centuries, concluding with the ...

In addition to receiving the Screen Tourism Award, “Hollein in Iran” was also honored with the festival’s Golden Plaque, Mehr reported. Furthermore, the Spanish Tourism Film Congress invited Afarideh ...

The 22nd Kazan International Film Festival in Russia has concluded, with Iranian films winning four awards including Best Film and Best Documentary.

The arrests were reported in the state-controlled Iranian media, which accused the film-makers of providing the BBC's Farsi-language channel with negative images of the Islamic Republic. "They were ...

It’s a question Iranian Australian filmmaker and lecturer Amin Palangi has wrestled with – along with criticism from some within the diaspora – as he prepared for this month’s Persian Film Festival.