The movie "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" is nominated for an Oscar in the Best International Film category. The production team ...

"Hatred cannot be the path," says Amirali Navaee as he gets ready to world premiere his debut feature film at the Rotterdam ...

A romantic drama about an elderly couple who share a night together to escape their loneliness has landed its Iranian ...

The natural and formalistic collide in 'Cutting Through Rocks,' a Sundance documentary about the first councilwoman in an ...

Through the film’s collaboration with Kaufman, she was referred to Ella Melideo, a junior majoring in dance, who then signed on to choreograph. Ella has danced with artists such as Sia and Mariah ...

The film won the special jury prize at Cannes and an Oscar nomination. But it also earned its director, Mohammad Rasoulof, an eight year jail sentence. Rasoulof and many of the cast and crew managed ...

Rotterdam head calls for 'solidarity,' denounces 'oppression' after 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' star Soheila Golestani faced ...

As Mohammad Rasoulof’s new film is Oscar-nominated, he and others explain why they have a duty to join the youth protest movement ...

She’s like a person who is tightrope walking and the entire time has to create and keep her balance. Her entire belief is ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof fled his country this year after secretly shooting a movie that has now been nominated for an Oscar. He told RFE/RL the film was inspired by a prison guard he spoke ...

Iranian filmmaker and actress Soheila Golestani, who was unveiled as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Tiger Competition jury, has been barred from leaving Iran to ...

Protest is much more than just a theme for the rising film industry in Iran. The authorities were also becoming aware of his highly contentious film and his sentence could have been extended by ...