Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's ...

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan has responded to criticism regarding his participation in Iran’s government-run Fajr Film Festival, saying that it should not be considered a show of support for the ...

The intense mutual admiration of Martin Scorsese and Jafar Panahi was evident today as the American and Iranian directors embraced at length. Panahi bowed to “a god of cinema.” Scorsese challenged ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or in 2014 for “Winter Sleep” among many other accolades, has come ...

Iranian screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian, co-writer of an Oscar-nominated film, was arrested in Tehran after signing a statement ...

The film, which channels Abbas Kiarostami by way of Richard Linklater, had to be smuggled across the Turkish border.

Hyderabad: The Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Hyderabad, in collaboration with Moving Images, organised a three-day Iranian film festival that celebrated contemporary cinema and ...

After director Eran Riklis acquired the rights to the best-seller “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” he called author Azar Nafisi ...

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or in 2014 for “Winter Sleep” among many other accolades, has come under fire from the Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) ...