IFFR keeps "championing filmmakers forging new paths in cinema," such as a creative tortured for his participation in a ...

A conversation with legendary Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi on his latest Oscar-nominated film “It Was Just an Accident” and ...

In January 2026, a video circulated online showing an Italian TV program using an image from the American mobster film ...

Witness testimony and videos from Tehran’s largest cemetery show disrespectful treatment of the dead after a brutal ...

As the protests rocking Tehran draw a deadly response, America's typically outspoken entertainment industry has been ...

"It Was Just an Accident" from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is nominated for the Best Foreign Film and Best Original ...

Cinema has been a part of Iran for nearly its entire history. Though the work of Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is no longer extant ...

In recent weeks, as Iran's supreme leader has unusually acknowledged that thousands of protesters were killed amid a ...

French actresses Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard and Camille Cottin as well as Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos have joined ...

The statement read, in part, “We, with anger, grief, and a deep sense of moral responsibility, condemn the crimes committed ...

Russia has issued an unusual advisory urging its citizens in Iran to exercise caution and postpone travel, even as Moscow ...

In 2010, Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a ban on filmmaking from the Iranian government and in 2022 he was imprisoned after he inquired into a fellow filmmaker’s arrest. Despite being jailed ...