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...
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.
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.
Iranian Director of AIDS-Related Movie Offers Public Free HIV Tests
Iranian director Masoud Jafari Jozani and the cast and the crew of his movie “Behind the Wall of Silence” have set up mobile medical units in front of cinemas screening the film to provide...
Meet the Iranian Protégé of Broadway Supremo Cameron Mackintosh
By Fred Parvaneh
For the past two decades, Iranian-born Shidan Majidi has been running the New York office of Sir Cameron Mackintosh -- the star producer of "Cats," "Les Miserables," and other hit Broadway musicals.
Born...
‘The Persians’ by Sanam Mahloudji Is Nominated for UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction
By Nazanine Nouri
“The Persians” – the debut novel by the Iranian-born American author, U.K.-based Sanam Mahloudji has been shortlisted for the 30th Women’s Prize for Fiction, the U.K.’s leading award for female novelists.
The prize...
Iranian Films Are Among Award Contenders at Venice Film Festival
By Ahmad Rafat
The Venice Film Festival -- which gave Shirin Neshat its best director award in 2009 -- opened on August 29 on the island of Lido. While this year's main competition has no...
Shah’s Dentist Turns Car Manufacturer in Movie ‘Price for Freedom’
By Fred Parvaneh
The movie "Price for Freedom" – based on a true story published by the Iranian-born dentist Dr. Marc Benhuri – had its Los Angeles premiere at the Laemmle Music Hall on June...
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,...
At Cannes Film Festival, Directors Panahi, Roustayi Are Contenders for Palme d’Or
By Nazanine Nouri
The acclaimed Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Saeed Roustayi are contenders for the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the world’s most important cinematic competition. The prize, known as the Palme...
Iranian Filmmakers, Actresses Defy Regime In Aftermath of Protests
By Ahmad Rafat and Firouzeh Nordstrom
Since the start of the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement in 2022, Iranian cinema has entered a new phase unparalleled in the past four and a half decades. Independent filmmakers...
