formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Soheila Golestani, the Iranian actor who stars in Mohammad Rasoulof’s Oscar-nominated drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” has been banned from leaving Iran to serve on the Tiger Competition jury at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam. Festival director … Continued
Social dramas have made Iranian films and their directors renowned at international festivals such as Cannes, but at home it’s comedy that sells and has long been the favoured genre. There are around 750 screens in the Islamic republic, and … Continued
Two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi has been fully cleared by an Iranian court of allegations of plagiarism pertaining to his film “A Hero” that launched from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Source: Asghar Farhadi Cleared by Iranian Court of Plagiarism … Continued
Nader Saeivar’s drama, co-written with Jafar Panahi, follows a man who falls afoul of the state security services. Source: Iranian Film Dropped From Chinese Festival Over Censorship Claim – The Hollywood Reporter
The story revolves around a small group of kids who sign up for education at a community organisation, with the intention of using it to pull off a heist. Critically-acclaimed filmmaker Majid Majidi’s child labor drama Sun Children will be … Continued
COI director Hossein Entezami and the Emergency Medical Services director Pirhossein Kulivand discussed the issue in a meeting held on Sunday. Kulivand said that the Emergency Medical Services is fully prepared to increase the health knowledge of people and to … Continued