For decades, Persian-language movies have showcased Iranian culture and people. Today, the country’s great directors are ...

Iranian filmmakers turned censorship into one of cinema’s most vital movements. War threatens to destroy what decades of repression couldn’t.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iranian film director Jafar Panahi attends the 38th European Film Awards at the House of World Cultures. Christoph Soeder/dpa ...

At the center of the film series is the work of Rakhshan Banietemad. An award-winning filmmaker who emerged in the wake of ...

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) has condemned the arrest of documentary filmmaker Mozhgan Ilanlou in Iran. The IIFMA said Ilanlou was violently arrested this week by ...

When a film from far beyond Hollywood’s pull upends your sense of what movies can do, you begin to wonder how you ever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MAHNAZ MOHAMMADI poses at the "Meet the Filmmakers" event during the 15th Zurich Film Festival on October 01, 2019 in Zurich, ...

At the 98th Oscars, filmmakers turned Hollywood’s biggest night into a platform for powerful political messages. Iranian ...

(CNN) — Iran was two weeks into its fiercest protests in years when Iranian director Jafar Panahi sat down for an interview. “As I’m speaking to you now, my mind and heart are there,” Panahi said by ...

Fribourg Film Festival marks its 40th edition with 114 films from 62 countries, spotlighting Global South cinema and Colombia ...

Iranian documentary filmmaker and women's rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi said she had to turn to fiction to be able to confront and share her own experiences of torture in Tehran's notorious Evin ...