Monday, January 26, 2026

Iranian Directors Take Part in Berlin Film Festival

By Azadeh Karimi and Ali Eshtiaq Several Iranian directors took part in the 68th Berlin International Film Festival late last month. Unusually, women artists claimed as many as seven of the 11 prizes. The winner of...

Iranian-Born Actor Arsi Nami Stars in Award-Winning Short Film

  By Julie Ershadi  Abbas Kiarostami isn’t the only Iranian who received praise in Cannes this year. Arsalan (Arsi) Nami, an Iranian-born artist, music therapist, and actor, is the star of "Love is Blind," a short...

Tehran Short Film Festival Selection Disputed by 200 Iranian Filmmakers

Two hundred Iranian filmmakers have written a letter to Abbas Salehi, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, objecting to the censorship of works selected for the 35th Tehran International Short Film Festival scheduled...

Shirin Neshat Presents Movie in Venice, Opens Photography Show in London

By Nazanine Nouri Shirin Neshat -- who in 2009 won the Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion best-director award for “Women Without Men” -- was back at this year’s festival for the premiere of a movie...

Director Ana Lily Amirpour to Compete at Venice Film Festival With ‘Mona Lisa’ Movie

By Nazanine Nouri The Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour -- who won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2016 for her horror movie “The Bad Batch” -- will be back in...
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Iranian Revolution Video Game Takes History to a Global Audience

By Julie Ershadi
For many Iranian emigres, the Islamic Revolution of 1979 is an event that they would rather put behind them. The memories can be much too painful. Yet for Navid Khonsari, who was born in Canada and raised in Iran until the Revolution, the only way out of the trauma is to work through it.

‘Iranian New Wave’ Film Festival Returns to London’s Barbican After Sell-Out 2025 Season

By Nazanine Nouri The Barbican Center, one of London’s leading cultural institutions, is presenting another homage to Iranian cinema in February after last year’s sold-out event ranked as one of its most successful film programs...

At Venice Film Festival, Filmmaker Rasoulof Is On Main Competition Jury

By Ahmad Rafat The 82nd International Venice Film Festival is currently under way on Lido island in Venice. The event concludes on Sept. 6 with the announcement of the Golden Lion, the Silver Lion, and...

Actress Mary Apick Discusses Her Animation Film On Iran’s Underage Street Peddlers 

By Ahmad Rafat Iranian-American stage and television actress Mary Apick has produced a 13-minute animation film titled “The Cat” drawing attention to the plight of Iran’s child peddlers. The focus of the story: a flower...

Who is Mohammad Rasoulof, Winner of the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear Award?

By Nazanine Nouri The 70th Berlin International Film Festival this year gave its top award -- the Golden Bear -- to the awardwinning Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof for his new movie “There Is No Evil.” Rasoulof...