Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Much of Iran’s clandestine cinema, including some of Panahi’s earlier works, is didactic, focused on valorizing the victims of the regime’s injustices. But It ...

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 ...

Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, smoking, strong language). In Persian with subtitles. In theaters Oct. 15. There is nothing accidental about the way Jafar Panahi makes movies. The ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, whose latest film won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, told AFP he would continue to defy his country's censors and ignore the risk of returning to prison. His ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi told AFP he would continue to defy his country's censors and ignore the risk of returning to prison — Bertrand GUAY Iranian director Jafar Panahi, whose latest film won ...

LOS ANGELES — Empower Women Media proudly announces the release of Who Moved the Jews?, a powerful 13-minute documentary tracing 4,000 years of Jewish presence and resilience in the Middle East.

Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s 2025 film It Was Just an Accident created a major stir in the international cinema world after winning the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. Opening with a ...

“It Was Just an Accident,” the Palme d’Or winner, will be eligible for best international feature. Its director criticized the selection process by nondemocratic countries. By Nicole Sperling France ...

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 ...

The filmmaker, currently living in Berlin, received the inaugural Locarno City of Peace Award during the Locarno Film Festival: "What really concerns me at the moment is how I can stand up to this ...

Iranian filmmaker Mehdi Fard Ghaderi, a regular at key international film festivals who broke out with “Immortality,” his single-take 2016 debut, will film in Spain his fourth feature, sci-fi film ...