Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof and Golshifteh Farahani among those to join outpouring of support for protesters The Iranian film-makers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof have condemned the internet ...

Beyzaie, who has died aged 87, wove myth, folklore and classical Persian literature into stories that defend against a regime which sought to obliterate them One of the last messages I sent to the ...

Addressing the gathering, Boman Irani revisited his experience of working with Sanjay Dutt and shared, “Working with Sanjay Dutt has always been very special. Munna Bhai wasn’t just a film, it was an ...

Addressing the gathering, Boman Irani revisited his experience of working with Sanjay Dutt and shared, “Working with Sanjay Dutt has always been very special. Munna Bhai wasn’t just a film, it was an ...

Despite a ceaseless battle against government censors, he was celebrated as one of his country’s greatest auteurs, winning praise from luminaries like Martin Scorsese. By Alex Williams Bahram Beyzaie, ...

Iranian filmmaker Bahram Beyzaie, best known for his 1989 feature Bashu: The Little Stranger, which was restored at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, has died. He was 87. Beyzaie died on his birthday, ...

CHANDIGARH, (IANS) – Boman Irani, who’s now becoming a director, took a stroll down memory lane and narrated an incident when his mother understood his love for stage and cinema, and encouraged him to ...

In November, Neon, the North American distributor behind It Was Just an Accident, revealed that the director Jafar Panahi would embark on his first-ever U.S. tour, screening and chatting about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year, there are two films vying for the best international feature film Oscar which are set in Iran, following a group of ...

Mumbai: With the countdown continuing toward the 98th Academy Awards, Indian cinema appears to have made another strike, inching closer to bringing home the Oscar this year. Two Indian films - Rishab ...

Tehran, Iran — Iran seized a foreign oil tanker as it traveled the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state media said Friday. Mojtaba Ghahramani, a provincial chief of the justice department, said the oil ...

The director, who in 2025 won Cannes' Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident,' was sentenced to one year in prison in absentia early December. By Lily Ford Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi ...