Director Panahi Ready to Return to Iran After Cannes to Work On Next Film
By Miranda Murray and Michaela Cabrera
CANNES, France, May 21 (Reuters) - Although he is now free to travel again after a 15-year ban, Iranian director Jafar Panahi said on Wednesday he would be returning immediately to his...
A Portrait of My Mother: Filmmaker Massoumi Screens New Documentary
Trailer courtesy of Nariman Massoumi.
By Tara Biglari
The British-Iranian filmmaker Dr. Nariman Massoumi pays a moving tribute to his mother Manijeh in a half-hour documentary screened recently at London’s Royal Anthropological Institute.
“How do you see...
Documentary on Ukrainian Airliner Death, Directed by Mania Akbari, Screens in London
By Ahmad Rafat
The London-based Iranian filmmaker Mania Akbari has shot a documentary about Elnaz Nabiyi, one of the 167 passengers who died when Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) air defense units shot down Ukrainian...
Iran Judiciary Lifts Ban on Honor Killing Movie ‘Parental House’
By Azadeh Karimi
On November 13, the Tehran prosecutor’s office lifted a ban on “The Parental House,” a 2012 feature-length drama written, directed and produced by the veteran Iranian filmmaker Kiyanoush Ayyari, according to Mohammad Mehdi...
‘It Was Just an Accident’ by Iran’s Jafar Panahi Wins Cannes’ Top Prize
By Miranda Murray
CANNES, France, May 24 (Reuters) - Revenge thriller "It Was Just An Accident" by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was barred from filmmaking for 15 years by the government in Tehran, won the Palme d'Or...
Marjane Satrapi Releases ‘Radioactive,’ Biopic of Marie Curie
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born, Oscar-nominated director Marjane Satrapi has a new movie out. “Radioactive” is the story of the scientist Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the only woman...
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,...
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...
Googoosh Documentary Directed by Niloufar Taghizadeh Is Out on Apple TV This Week
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian-born German director Niloufar Taghizadeh’s documentary “Googoosh: Made of Fire,” which premiered in cinemas in October 2024, is coming out on Apple TV this week to coincide with the fourth...
Stage Adaptation of Horror Film by Babak Anvari, ‘Under the Shadow,’ Opens in London
By Nazanine Nouri
London's prestigious Almeida Theater is presenting the stage adaptation of "Under the Shadow" -- an awardwinning 2016 horror movie by the British-Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari. The play runs through July 4.
Anvari's film,...
