After Berlinale success, Iranian director duo land in court
Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam's "My Favorite Cake" was acclaimed at the 2024 Berlinale. Now they are being charged ...
Iranian romantic film sparks crackdown
Filming started two weeks before the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' protest movement in Iran in 2022 sparked by the arrest of a ...
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theartsdesk Q&A: Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof on 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' - 'It became a question of self-respect'
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the ...
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Romantic drama triggers government crackdown on Iranian filmmakers
A romantic drama about an elderly couple who share a night together to escape their loneliness has landed its Iranian ...
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Sri Lanka celebrates Iranian cinema
Celebrating the iconic and unique cinematic culture of Iran, the National Film Corporation (NFC) has organised an Iranian ...
Jünglinge Film Set for Next Feature as it Preps First English-Language Film, New Series Projects and ‘Lesbian-Demon-Horror’ Pic
Jünglinge Film is set to tackle right-wing violence with a new legal thriller while developing series projects with X Filme ...
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Inside the Iranian film that a brave cast and crew risked everything for
Since Rasoulof completed his blistering film, which is up for a Bafta and an Academy Award, all but one of them have fled Iran. Rasoulof, 52, a prolific director whose previous features have won ...
Inside the repressive Iranian regime via one loving, well-off family
When it comes to art corresponding with life, consider the authoritarian drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig, written and ...