Thursday, March 12, 2026

Jailed Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi In Competition at Venice Film Festival

By Ahmad Rafat The Venice International Film Festival turns 90 this year. Originally launched in 1932, it is the oldest international film festival in the world. The 79th edition of the festival, organized by La Biennale...

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...

Close-Up in London: Remembering Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami, the world-famous Iranian film director who passed away on July 4 in Paris, is being remembered in lectures, conferences and film screenings all around the world. One such event was an in memoriam...

Shirin Ebadi Attends Venice Film Festival For World Premiere of Documentary On Her Life

By Nazanine Nouri The world premiere of the documentary “Shirin Ebadi: Until We are Free” took place this week at the Venice International Film Festival, in the presence of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin...

Cannes Festival Presents Movie by British-Iranian Director Babak Anvari

The British-Iranian director Babak Anvari’s latest film, “Wounds,” has been selected by the Cannes Film Festival this year in its parallel Directors’ Fortnight section. No awards are given out in that section. “Wounds,” which is...
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Iranian-Australian Actor Mojean Aria Wins Heath Ledger Award

By Fred Parvaneh In early June, the young Iranian-Australian actor Mojean (pronounced Moe-zhan) Aria was announced as the recipient of the 2017 "Heath Ledger Scholarship". The prestigious award, created by the non-profit organization Australians in Film,...

All About Oscar-Nominated Iranian Documentary ‘Cutting through Rocks’ — Will It Win Next Month?

By Kayhan Life Staff An award-winning Iranian documentary is in the running for an Oscar next month: "Cutting Through Rocks" is nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category at the upcoming 98th Academy Awards on...

Producer of Iranian Horror Movie Armin Amiri Says the Genre Has Potential

By Fred Parvaneh Iranian-born Armin Amiri is an American movie actor, producer, restaurateur and a former New York City club owner known for its toughest rope policy. Amiri is best known for his supporting roles in...
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Venice Film Festival To Feature Iranian Directors Including Nader Saeivar

By Ahmad Rafat The 81st Venice Film Festival, the world’s oldest film festival, will open on Aug. 28 on Lido Island. This year’s event will showcase 188 films -- including feature-length and short formats, fiction,...

Rave Parties in the Iranian Desert Are Subject of New Documentary

By Julie Ershadi
In the Iranian poetic tradition, the desert is the symbol of a soul-searching spiritual journey, or a refuge from the eyes of the world. In Raving Iran, filmmaker Susanne Regina Meures’ 2016 documentary, the desert is the hiding place for a pair of modern revelers keen to express themselves away from the government’s reach.