Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi sentenced again on unclear charges

Iran has sentenced acclaimed 'It Was Just an Accident' director Jafar Panahi to five years in prison. Charges remain unclear.

Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi given new prison sentence

Charges against him are unclear after return to Iran despite being sentenced last year for ‘propaganda activities’ ...

Tehran seizes assets of Iranian Palme d’Or winner

Tehran has begun seizing the assets of an acclaimed Iranian film director after a court sentenced him to more than five years in prison.

The Salesman turns a hyper-masculine Iranian film genre on its head by examining unintended self-destruction

Like Asghar Farhadi’s previous films, The Salesman consistently tries to show us the subtle difficulties Iranian women face ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi handed new five-year jail term

Acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to another lengthy prison term, according to a media report. A Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced the 66-year-old filmmaker to ...

'Third Land' Director on Iranian Family Left in Limbo Abroad

In the unnerving docu "Third Land," director and Iranian émigré Farzad Khoshdast chronicles the permanent limbo of a family ...
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Iranian ‘A Bit Of Light’ Filmmakers Discuss Timely Venice Contender: “We Have To Talk About The Reality… Of The Mass Killing That Happened”

Iranian director Ali Asgari’s contemporary Tehran-set drama A Bit Of Light premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday evening as the penultimate competition screening. The raw, timely drama was ...