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...
Empty Chair for Jailed Iranian Director at Venice Film Fest
By Crispian Balmer
VENICE, Sept 9 (Reuters) - An empty chair stood in for Iranian director Jafar Panahi at Venice on Friday as the festival hosted the world premiere of his latest movie "No Bears" while...
Iranian Director Ghanizadeh Dedicates Award to Slain Protester Pooya Bakhtiari
By Azadeh Karimi
Iranian film and stage director Homayoun Ghanizadeh, whose 2019 film “The Clown” won the top prize in the “Exceptional Talent and Creative” section of the “13th Gathering of Screenwriters and Film Critics”,...
Iranian Film Director Jafar Panahi in Cannes for First Time in Over 20 Years
By Miranda Murray and Michaela Cabrera
CANNES, France, May 20 (Reuters) - Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was barred from travelling by the government in Tehran for 15 years, appeared on the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet on Tuesday...
Iranian-Born Actress Marjan Neshat Wins Top Award for New York Stage Performances
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born, American actress Marjan Neshat has won the Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award for her performances in Sylvia Khoury’s “Selling Kabul” and Sanaz Toossi’s “English.”
“Selling Kabul” —performed at Playwrights Horizons in New...
Iranian Film Professionals Boycott Islamic Republic’s Fajr Festival
By Ahmad Rafat
A significant number of people in the Iranian film industry have said that they will not attend the 41st Fajr International Film Festival, which is being held between Feb. 1 and 11...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
