Now in theaters, “ The Seed of the Sacred Fig ” follows a lawyer named Iman (Missagh Zareh), who is promoted to investigating ...

His latest searing film, "The Seed of the Sacred Fig," centers on Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Kurdish and Iranian filmmaking team won an award at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah on Thursday for their short film about the struggles of ...

The film plays out like that rare piece of art capable of capturing the individual agency inherent in both resistance and ...

A true standout in cinema this year was The Seed of the Sacred Fig by dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof. It had its world premiere in Cannes, where it won the Special Jury Prize as ...

Mizna will bring rare films as well as work by heralded directors like Abbas Kiarostami and Dariush Mehrjui to Minnesota ...

His latest searing film, "The Seed of the Sacred Fig," centers on Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, who grapples with mistrust and paranoia, both in his work and ...

The 15th edition of the Ammar Popular Film Festival was inaugurated during a ceremony on Friday at Bahman Cinema in Tehran. The event brought together cultural officials, artists, and families of ...

The Iranian films have been selected to be shown in different sections of the festival, which is organized by the Rainbow Film Society. In the Asian Film Competition section, three films from Iran ...

Despite censorship, depleted funding, and antagonism from both western and local film markets, there have been several ...

"Last Swim," Sasha Nathwani’s debut which won the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, has sold widely, including in the ...