The film grants hope for the women of Iran through its thick-skinned subject, putting her resume and grit on display.

Abbas Nezamdoost and the team behind ‘Duality’ discuss the risks of underground filmmaking in post-revolutionary Iran as the ...

Massoud Bakhshi investigates ethics of home footage documentary with 'All My Sisters,' built upon almost two decades of ...

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 ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi puts a lot on the line for his work. Authorities could again arrest him for speaking out against the country’s hard-line regime. They could send him back to 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 ...

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 ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... On Monday, heavy United Nations sanctions were reimposed on Iran, a decade after they were lifted as part of the JCPOA. These “snapback” ...

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 ...

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 ...