All Iran articles – Page 4
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NewsIranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi goes on hunger strike in prison
Panahi was arrested to serve a six-year prison sentence in July.
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NewsIranian filmmaker Masoud Kimiai banned from attending Rotterdam
The director’s film ’Killing A Traitor’ is playing in the Harbour strand.
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FeaturesFour Australian films to tempt festival directors in 2023
Sundance 2023 marks a strong start for Australian filmmakers.
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NewsCercamon boards Berlin-bound Iranian women’s rights documentary ‘Seven Winters In Tehran’ (exclusive)
Retraces the life of Reyhaneh Jabbari, who fatally stabbed a man who was trying to rape her.
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NewsIranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti to be released on bail
Alidoosti’s temporary release was confirmed by her lawyer.
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NewsIranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi demands release of arrested actor Taraneh Alidoosti
“I stand with Taraneh and demand her release alongside that of my other fellow cineastes Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof,” said the filmmaker.
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NewsTop Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after condemning execution
Alidoosti was detained a week after protesting execution on Instagram.
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Reviews‘A Childless Village’: Red Sea Review
An elderly filmmaker returns to a small village to set things right in this Azerbaijan-set comedy
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NewsUK international Oscar entry ‘Winners’ scoops UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
A release is set for early 2023.
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NewsIran’s Reza Dormishian banned from India festival travel as Iranian filmmakers forge alliance
Iranian filmmaker is producer of Dariush Mehrjui’s ‘A Minor’.
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Reviews‘The Wastetown’: Tallinn Review
A desperate woman searches for her missing son in Ahmad Bahrani’s follow up to Venice Horizons winner ’The Wasteland’
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FeaturesIn conversation: ‘Holy Spider’ duo on why Iran protests have made the film more resonant
Director Ali Abbasi and actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi talk about shining a light on their home country.
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NewsIranian stars Hengameh Ghaziani, Katayoun Riahi arrested for public removal of headscarves
Protests have been ongoing since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody in September.
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NewsIranian drama ‘A Tale Of Shemroon’ scoops top prize at Marrakech Film Festival
Director Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi dedicates award to ‘women of Iran and younger generation.’
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Reviews‘How Dare You Have Such A Rubbish Wish’: IDFA Review
Mania Akbari explores the depiction of women on screen through an archive of pre-Revlutionary Iranian cinema
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NewsProducer of IDFA competition film ‘Silent House’ addresses ban on co-directors leaving Iran
“Increasingly hard for independent filmmakers in Iran to carry on working,” says Elaheh Nobakht.
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NewsMani Haghighi calls on international industry and the Oscars to do more to support the Iranian protest movement
“Press releases and social media messages achieve nothing,” said the filmmaker.
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NewsLeading Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti poses without headscarf in anti-government protest
Alidoosti appeared in Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winner ’The Salesman’.
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NewsMani Haghighi’s ‘Subtraction’ sells briskly for Films Boutique (exclusive)
The director was recently prevented from leaving Iran by authorities.
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NewsUK selects Hassan Nazer’s ‘Winners’ as international Oscar entry
The film premiered at EIFF where it picked up the audience award.