All Iran articles – Page 6
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News
‘Holy Spider’ director Ali Abbasi: “We didn’t do it as an activist work but it takes up the themes”
The Iran-born, Denmark-based director was talkinig about the issue of women’s rights in Iran.
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Reviews
‘Leila’s Brothers’: Cannes Review
Excellent performances anchor this gripping family drama about gender and succession in Iran
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News
International Coalition for Filmmakers At Risk “extremely disturbed” by arrest of Iranian directors
Mina Keshavarz and Firouzeh Khosrovani have been released on bail and issued with a travel ban.
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Reviews
‘Imagine’: Cannes Review
A woman bonds with her taxi driver in night rides around Tehran in Ali Behrad’s atmospheric yet ephemeral meditation on love and longing
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News
Hanway Films board international sales on Noora Niasari’s ‘Shayda’
Holy Spider actress Zar Amir-Ebrahimi will star.
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Features
‘Holy Spider’ producers on the huge challenges they faced bringing Ali Abbasi’s Cannes title to screen
The team faced years of Covid‑19 surges, shooting delays, location changes and government resistance.
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News
Blue Fox snaps up ‘Orca’, talks ‘Jane’ release, financing platform (exclusive)
Taraneh Alidoosti’s drama centres on a domestic violence survivor who bids to become an endurance swim record-holder.
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Asghar Farhadi discusses 'A Hero' plagiarism case at Cannes
”I think the matter will no doubt be cleared up and I’m sorry it has created so much ill feeling.”
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Celluloid Dreams to launch Jafar Panahi’s new film ‘No Bears’ at Cannes (exclusive)
It is the Iranian director’s first film since road movie 3 Faces which won best screenplay in competition at Cannes in 2018.
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Reviews
‘This Is Not Me’: Flare Review
A moving portrait of two young trans men embarking upon the difficult legal process of gender transition in Iran
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Reviews
‘Until Tomorrow’: Berlin Review
A young single mother in Iran searches for a safe place for her baby for one night
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Reviews
‘When Pomengranates Howl’: Tallinn Review
A nine-year-old boy dreams of stardom in this heartfelt Afghan drama
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News
Iran selects Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’ as Oscar international feature entry
Farhadi has previously won the award twice.
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Reviews
‘The Absent Director’: Busan Review
An audacious single-shot drama that follows an Iranian theater company staging an experimental ‘Macbeth’
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Reviews
‘Asteroid’: Busan Review
Mehdi Hoseinivand Aalipour’s affectionate first film observes the tender bonds of one Iranian family
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Reviews
‘Botox’: Hamburg Review
Kaveh Mazaheri’s feature debut follows two sisters plotting to keep their brother’s disappearance a secret
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News
Iran’s Bahman Ghobadi calls for Oscar recognition for directors in exile
Award-winning Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker’s features include A Time For Drunken Horses and Rhino Season.
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News
Buzzy Cannes title ‘Hit The Road’ scores UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
The film was a critical hit at this month’s festival.
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News
Sister, Krasnoff/Foster to partner on Mahsa Rahmani Noble adaptation ‘Raya’
Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari will adapt and direct the film.
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Reviews
‘A Hero’: Cannes Review
Asghar Farhadi returns to Competition with the story of an unlinkely man caught in a social media storm