Saturday, April 11, 2026

Video Game Revisits 1953 Overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh

By Julie Ershadi Kurosh ValaNejad was born in Iran in 1966 to an Iranian father and an American mother. He and his older brother Cyrus grew up there until shortly before the 1979 Revolution, when...

Genius Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani Is Remembered in Documentary: Interview 

By Firoozeh Nordstrom Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to win the world’s most prestigious mathematics prize, the Fields Medal. George Csicsery’s “Secrets of the Surface” is the first feature-length film about the life and...

Play About Prostitutes Is Banned From Iran’s Fajr Festival

Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has refused to reissue a permit for the play “A Barren Day” which was set to open on January 22 at the 36th Fajr International Theater Festival...

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...

Jailed Iranian Filmmaker Panahi Wins Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival

By Ahmad Rafat Jafar Panahi’s “No Bears” (Khers Nist) won the Special Jury Prize last weekend at the Venice Film Festival, in a demonstration of solidarity with detained Iranian filmmakers such as himself. In the festival’s...

Jafar Panahi Among Contenders for the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or

The Cannes Film Festival announced its lineup late last week, and said the Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi -- who is not allowed to leave Iran or to make movies -- was a contender for...
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BBC Series on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Is A Tale of Cruelty and Survival, Husband Says

By Natasha Phillips A new BBC series titled "Prisoner 951" depicts the harrowing and true story of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was arbitrarily detained in Iran for almost six years, and the subsequent campaign led by her husband...

Iranian Cinema Season Kicks Off at London’s Barbican With Film Premiered in Berlin

Throughout the month of April, the Barbican Centre in London is showcasing emerging voices in contemporary Iranian cinema through the prism of Persian poetry. Reflecting on how the tradition of storytelling -- deeply rooted in...
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At Sundance Festival, Women Directors Noora Niasari, Maryam Keshavarz And Sierra Urich Are In Competition

By Firouzeh Nabavi Three female directors of Iranian descent are vying for top awards at the  prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Utah, which started on Jan. 19 and ends Sunday. They include Noora Niasari, whose...

Ukraine, Iran’s Quests for Freedom to Dominate Berlin Film Festival

BERLIN, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Sean Penn's documentary portrait of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, filmed as Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, will be among headliners at next month's Berlin Film Festival, where a life achievement...