Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s Cutting Through Rocks follows Sara Shahverdi, a middle-aged divorcee in a remote and ...

It has been 10 years since a teenage Shamima Begum and two friends secretly left Britain to marry Islamic State group ...

Meters From Andriivka,” Ukrainian director and journalist Mstyslav Chernov, whose previous film “ 20 Days in Mariupol ” won ...

Reviews of Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s Special Jury Prize winner at Cannes and the Amy Adams black comedy. Read more ...

Sara Shahverdi was the first elected Iranian councilwoman in her village, Cutting Through Rocks documents how she uses her ...

The New Arab takes a look at this year's MENA Film Festival in Vancouver, including its spotlight on Iran and cinema at home ...

In its 9th year, The New Arab takes a look at this year's MENA Film Festival in Vancouver, including its spotlight on Iranian ...

Iranian stuntwoman Nasrin Teymouri directs and trains Iran's first female stunt team, which has nearly 20 female students of ...

Mohammad Rasoulof's anti-authoritarian treatise defies categorization, a searing indictment of Iran's theocracy.

This actor's journey before entering the film industry is as captivating, fascinating, and inspiring as a movie itself.

Director Mohammad Rasoulof is one of Iran’s most well-known filmmakers. But his most recent film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” isn’t being shown in a single theater across the country. And Rasoulof, ...