Their film was shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran. It won an award at Sundance

Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's ...

‘Wolfgang’ at Rotterdam: Iranian Filmmaker on Their Audiovisual Acid Trip Opera Celebrating Mozart and “Silliness,” and Resistance From Exile

In a "gender-queering ode to self-transformation,” Filmsaaz reimagines the life of 22-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Paris to tell the present-day story of an Iranian artist in Paris.

‘The Friend’s House Is Here’ Review: The Regime Threatens Two Underground Artists’ Friendship in a Fizzy, Defiant Iranian Drama

Smuggled out of Iran on a hard drive, Maryam Ataei and Hossein Keshavarz’s film combines the daring of Jafar Panahi with the ...
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From award-winning films to incarcerated co-writers: 'It Was Just an Accident'

Director Jafar Panahi has proven that artists can be imprisoned but never silenced; one can never prohibit an artist from ...