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

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

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association has stepped-up calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reappraise its relationship with Iran’s government-controlled Farabi cinema ...

CAT&Docs has picked up international sales rights for Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei’s documentary “A Fox Under a Pink Moon,” which will world premiere at IDFA in the International Competition. The ...

Director Jafar Panahi criticised the arrest, emphasising Mehdi Mahmoudian's role as a human rights activist and moral figure.

MOSCOW, 3 September (BelTA - TV BRICS) - The Islamic Republic of Iran will present more than 50 hours of unique television content to Russian audiences. The rights to show documentary and animated ...

Vahid Jalilvand's film, which has scooped a host of other awards aboard, tells the tale of two men tormented by guilt over the death of a boy in a road accident, set against a background of social ...

(AP) Iranian authorities say a prominent center for filmmakers and artists can reopen, more than 20 months after it was closed by hard-liners. The decision, reported Thursday by the official IRNA news ...