This edition of the Farda Briefing explores Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's recent comments on engaging the United States and ...

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 ...

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

Iranian filmmaker and actress Soheila Golestani, who was unveiled as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s ...

The Göteborg Film Festival ’s Nordic Film Market announced its production award winners during a ceremony this evening and ...

The jury said ‘Honor of Persia’ is  a ‘courageous and personal story that they believe the audience needs and wants to see.’ ...

Children’s experience and tense family drama have been at the heart of many of the greatest Iranian films. Ahead of the release of the Oscar-nominated thriller The Seed of the Sacred Fig, we recommend ...

Unlike other showcases with a strong market component, the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival does not require selected ...

Secret Ink will be transmitted on the BBC News channel on Feb 1 at 10.30am and Feb 2 at 8.30am and 4.30pm. It will be ...

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

Sundance: Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s precisely lensed documentary follows the first councilwoman in the history of ...

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