News & Features
‘Rings of Power’ Star Nazanin Boniadi Calls on Hollywood to ‘Spotlight the Injustice’ in Iran - Variety (November 16, 2022)
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Iranian Who Inspired ‘The Terminal,’ Dies in Paris Airport - Variety (November 12, 2022)
Taraneh Alidoosti: Top Iranian actress poses without headscarf - BBC (November 10, 2022)
Iranian film highlights society's addiction to powerFeature: - Kydoo News (October 28, 2022)
‘The Runner’ Is a Gem of the Iranian New Wave - NY Times (October 26, 2022)
Zar Amir Ebrahimi, an Iranian Exile Channels Her Trauma Into Film - NY Times (October 22, 2022)
Iran bans director Mani Haghighi from attending London film festival - The Guardian (October 14, 2022)
Oscar winners chop off their hair for protesters in Iran - AP (October 5, 2022)
Iranian-Canadian Filmmaker Mani Haghighi Reflects on His Hitchcockian Thriller ‘Subtraction’ - Variety (September 20, 2022)
‘World War III’: Houman Seyyedi’s Venice Prize Winner Named As Iran’s International Feature Oscar Entry - Deadline (September 19, 2022)
Julianne Moore & Audrey Diwan Lead Venice Red Carpet Protest In Support Of Jafar Panahi - Deadline (September 9, 2022)
‘No Bears’ Review: Jafar Panahi’s Inventive, Illuminating Autofiction Builds to a Tragic New Twist in the Tale - Varitey (September 9, 2022)
Strong Iranian Presence at Venice Reflects Country’s Burst of Cinematic Energy - Varitey (September 4, 2022)
Venice Festival Takes Political Stand, Featuring 4 Iranian Films in Official Selection - Hollywood Reporter (July 26, 2022)
Jafar Panahi Ordered to Serve Six-Year Sentence by Iranian Authorities - Variety (July 19, 2022)
Dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi arrested - AFP (July 11, 2022)
Berlin Golden Bear-Winning Iranian Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Arrested For “Inciting Unrest” - Deadline (July 9, 2022)
‘Summer With Hope’ Review: Lyrical Iranian Tragedy is Initially Cryptic, Slowly Revealing and Finally Wrenching - Variety (July 8, 2022)
Iran arrests 2 filmmakers over posting on social media - AP (July 8, 2022)
Iran movie feted by Cannes critics banned at home - AFP (June 22, 2022)
Lady of Heaven: Why has controversial film been banned in certain UK cinemas? - The Independent (June 10, 2022)
The Lady of Heaven review – ambitious religious epic about Muhammad’s daughter - The Guardian (May 30, 2022)
Iran rejects Cannes movie award as 'biased, political' - AFP (May 30, 2022)
Espionage Series ‘Tehran’ Delves Into Mental Illness Subplot - Forbes (May 29, 2022)
Exiled Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi wins best actress at Cannes - AFP (May 28, 2022)
Holy Spider review – Iranian crime thriller takes real case and makes it implausible - The Guardian (May 22, 2022)
‘Holy Spider’ Shows a Side of Iran the Country Doesn’t Want You to See - Indiewire (May 19, 2022)
Filmmaker: Officials arrest Iran movie industry workers - AP (May 16, 2022)
‘Brother And Sister’ Trailer: Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud & Golshifteh Farahani Star In Arnaud Desplechin’s New Cannes Drama - Playlist (May 4, 2022)
Atabai review – great man’s homecoming in sincere Iranian drama about love and loss - The Guardian (May 2, 2022)
Iran's Asghar Farhadi announced one of Cannes 2022 jury - Mehr News (April 26 2022)
Iran Censors Its Most Exciting Filmmakers, but They Make Great Movies Anyway - IndieWire (April 22 2022)
Tonight’s Homework review – Kiarostami-inspired snapshot of Iran’s wealth gap - The Guardian (April 22 2022)
Asghar Farhadi and Producer Deny ‘A Hero’ Plagiarism Charge - Variety (April 5, 2022)
Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi accused of plagiarizing latest film - ABC News (April 2, 2022)
Did Oscar Winner Asghar Farhadi Steal the Idea for ‘A Hero’? - Hollywood Reporter (March 23, 2022)
‘Nazanin’ Documentary, on Iranian-British Woman Freed After Six-Year Detention in Iran, Coming to Channel 4 - Variety (March 18, 2022)
An Iranian Director’s Rule: ‘Always Focus on Ordinary People’ - NY Times (February 25, 2022)
‘Careless Crime’ Review: A Time Loop in Iran - NY Times (February 24, 2022)
‘A Separation’ Actor Leila Hatami Wants Wider Range of Iranian Cinema to Find Overseas Release - Variety (February 23, 2022)
Radiograph of a Family review – unveiling a marriage shaped by Iran’s history - The Guardian (January 17, 2022)
Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi: 'Global recognition is double-edged' - The Guardian (January 10, 2022)
Review: ‘A Hero,’ Iran’s Oscar entry, is another gripping moral tale from Asghar Farhadi - LA Times (January 6, 2022)
Oscar 2022 Shortlists Revealed: International Feature, Documentary, Original Score, and More - Indiewire (December 21, 2021)
Varied and powerful, 2021's Iranian films entrance a growing French audience - AFP (December 17, 2021)
A lost movie relic from Iran, found: ‘Chess of the Wind’ is this week only at the Music Box - Chicago Tribune (December 1, 2021)
There Is No Evil review – passionate plea against Iran’s soul-poisoning executions - The Guardian (November 30, 2021
Iran's Farhadi threatens not to represent Iran at Oscars - AFP (November 21, 2021
The women of Iran's underground metal scene - BBC (November 16, 2021
AFI FEST 2021 Wraps with awards announcements - AFI (November 15 , 2021)
Asghar Farhadi Says He Used Long, Unexpected Incubation Processes To Shape ‘A Hero’ - Deadline (November 14 , 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Holy Emy' - Hollywood (November 14 , 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Prayers for the Stolen' - Hollywood (November 14 , 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Jockey' - Hollywood (November 14 , 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'The Girl and the Spider' - Hollywood (November 14 , 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Parallel Mothers' - Hollywood (November 13, 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of Hit the Road - Hollywood (November 13, 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Medusa' - Hollywood (November 13, 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Only the Moon Stands Still' - Hollywood (November 12 , 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss' - Hollywood (November 12 , 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Are You Still There?' - Hollywood (November 12 , 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Summer Place' - Hollywood (November 12 , 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'The First Wave' - Hollywood (November 12 , 2021)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Huda's Salon' - Hollywood (November 12 , 2021)
With ‘The Four Walls’ Bahman Ghobadi Pushes Back Against the Forces That Hold Him in - Variety (November 5, 2021)
Amazon Drops Trailer for Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Hero,’ Iran’s Oscar Contender, January U.S. Theatrical Release Set - Variety (October 28, 2021)
A Hero - Trailer (October 28, 2021
The novel ‘Dune’ had deep Islamic influences. The movie erases them. - WP (October 25, 2021)
Iran; modern country for modern investors: Italian film producer Diego Vida - IP (October 25, 2021)
Iran Sends Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’ To International Oscar Race - Deadline (October 21, 2021)
Iranian family road trip movie wins top prize at London film festival - The Guardian (October 17, 2021)
Director Tina Gharavi on Biopic ‘Forough’ About Feminist Poet Who ‘Set Iran on Fire’ – Rome MIA Market - Variety (October 12, 2021)
Brigette Lundy-Paine, Golshifteh Farahani to Star in ‘City of Ghosts’ Supernatural Drama Podcast - Variety (October 8, 2021)
‘Hit the Road’ Review: An Iranian Family Makes a Run for the Border in Panah Panahi’s Unforgettable Debut - Indiewire (October 5, 2021)
Exiled Iranian Filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi Urges Movie Academy To Include “One Representative From Exiled Artists” For Oscar Consideration - Deadline (September 28, 2021)
Telluride 2021: With ‘A Hero,’ Asghar Farhadi Tells a Fable for the Cancel Culture Age - Hollywood Reporter (September 6, 2021)
Land of Dreams review – Shirin Neshat’s satire on Americana is colourful but flimsy - The Guardian (September 3, 2021)
Middle Eastern Writers Ask Hollywood to “Take More Chances on Us” in Open Letter - Hollywood Reporter (August 30, 2021)
Venice-Bound ‘Land of Dreams’ From Silver Lion Winning Filmmakers Debuts Trailer - Variety (August 27, 2021)
‘Zalava’: First Trailer For Iranian Film Playing In Venice Critics’ Week & TIFF Midnight Madness - Deadline (August 20, 2021)
Farhadi's 'A Hero' wins Grand Prix at 2021 Cannes FilmFest. - Mehr News (July 18, 2021)
‘A Hero’ Could Bring Asghar Farhadi to the Oscars Best Director Conversation - Variety (July 14, 2021)
A Hero review – Asghar Farhadi’s realist tale is just too messy and unsatisfactory - The Guardian (July 13, 2021)
Barred Iran director's son follows his footsteps to Cannes - Qantara (July 12, 2021)
How a Former NFL Cheerleader and an Iranian-American Actress Sarah Shahi is Climbing Up the Ladder of Success - Vizaca (June 28, 2021)
“Crimson Gold,” an Iranian Crime Story of Political Outrage and Artistic Wonder - New Yorker (June 24, 2021)
AFI DOCS FEST: 'Radiograph Of A Family' (June 23, 2021)
The Exchange To Sell Hit Iranian TV Series ‘The Frog’ During Cannes Market - Deadline (June 11, 2021)
Nasrin review – this is what a superhero looks like in the real world - The Guardian (May 24, 2021)
The Salesman: Arthur Miller’s American classic reframed in Iran - The Guardian (May 11, 2021)
‘Chad’ is Very Bad: TV’s first Iranian-American sitcom, a disgrace to Iranians, and to Americans - Book & Film Globe (May 5, 2021)
Amazon Studios Scoops U.S. Rights to Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’ - Variety (April 30, 2021)
Reza Aslan Talks Representation And Criticism Of 'United States Of Al' - Newsy (April 29, 2021)
Oscar Nominee Ramin Bahrani on His Path to Adapting ‘The White Tiger’ - Hollywood Reporter (April 13, 2021)
‘Ballad of a White Cow’ Producer Gholamreza Moosavi in Intensive Care in Iran Due to COVID-19 - Variety (April 7, 2021)
Nasim Pedrad’s ‘Chad’ Debuts as Top-Rated Cable Scripted Comedy of 2021 - The Wrap (April 7, 2021)
Gbeck Future Film Festival picks five movies from Iran - Tehran Times (April 5, 2021)
Seaspiracy: Netflix documentary accused of misrepresentation by participants - The Guardian (March 31, 2021)
‘United States of Al’ Producers on Building an Inclusive Writers’ Room and Addressing Afghan Community Concerns - Variety (March 30, 2021)
Stunning Premiere of Iconoclastic Iranian Movie - "LALEH" Drive - PR Newswire (March 16, 2021)
Shirin Neshat and Sheila Vand Spent Quarantine Going Beyond Reality’s Borders in a New Feature Film Anchored - Cultured Magazine (March 10, 2021)
'The Night' Achieves Historic Theatrical Release in Iran - Hollywood Reporter (February 24, 2021)
‘The White Tiger’: It Took 30 Years of Obsession to Prepare Ramin Bahrani for His Biggest Movie - Indiewire (February 16, 2021)
'The Naked King': Retracing revolutions in Iran and Poland - DW (February 12, 2021)
‘Sun Children’ shortlisted for 2021 Oscars - Mehr News (February 10, 2021)
Why horror flick "The Night" is the first American film to be released in Iran in four decades - Salon (January 28, 2021)
Shahab Hosseini to Star in Biopic of Iranian Physicist Ali Javan - Hollywood Reporter (January 2, 2021)
Interview with Iranian filmmaker Shahram Mokri: "We are lucky to be alive today" - Qantara (December 29, 2020)
Kami Sadraei Used to Watch Movies Smuggled in a Suitcase, But He Just Shot His Directorial Debut With Eric Roberts - Moviemaker (December 28, 2020)
Documentary ‘Nasrin’ Secretly Filmed In Iran To Highlight Iranian Human Rights Activist Nasrin Sotoudeh - Forbes (December 16, 2020)
Review: Reality TV, Iranian-style, in ‘Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness’ - LA Times (December 10, 2020)
Iran Oscar Entry ‘Sun Children’ Acquired by Strand Releasing for U.S. Distribution - Vareity (December 4, 2020)
'Radiograph of a Family': Film Review | IDFA 2020 - Hollywood Reporter (November 30, 2020)
The Female Voice of Iran - Documentary Video (November 28, 2020)
Iranian Director Firouzeh Khosrovani Shows a Family Fractured By Revolution in ‘Radiograph of a Family’ - Variety (November 18, 2020)
Love Child review – refugee documentary finds love and warmth amid the misery - The Guardian (November 3, 2020)
Angry TV film-makers stop release of lauded Iranian documentary - The Guardian (November 1, 2020)
AFI FEST Award Winners - AFI (October 23, 2020)
AFI FEST: Virtual Screening of Screening of ' Notturno' (October 22, 2020)
AFI FEST: Virtual Screening of 'There Is No Evil' (October 16, 2020)
AFI FEST: Virtual Screening of 'The Viist' (October 16, 2020)
Asghar Farhadi: Turning daily life into realistic cinema - CGTN (October 14, 2020)
'Nasrin': Film Review - Hollywood Reporter (October 13, 2020)
'Audiences won’t have seen anything like this': how Iranian film Chess of the Wind was reborn - The Guardian (September 30, 2020)
Sun Children review – Iranian street kids strike gold - The Guardian (September 8, 2020)
Venice film festival: Screening of 'Sun Children' (September 6, 2020)
Film Review: Ava - Backseat Mafia (August 17, 2020)
"Desert One": Inside the failed 1980 hostage rescue in Iran - CBS News (August 16, 2020)
Apple To Premiere Israel-Iran Spy Thriller ‘Tehran’ Next Month - Deadline (August 11, 2020)
What Makes Kiarostami a Modern Master? Start Here - NY Times (August 6, 2020)
Iranian Film Week to open in Japan - Mehr News (August 3, 2020)
Premiere of 'The Cuban' - starring Louis Gossett Jr. & Shohreh Aghdashloo (July 31, 2020)
Turkey’s TRT hosts Asghar Farhadi for filmmaking talk - Anadolu Agency (July 18, 2020)
Kourosh Ahari’s Thriller ‘The Night’ Becomes First U.S.-Produced Film To Receive License For Theatrical Release In Iran - Deadline (July 14, 2020)
Louis Gossett Jr., Shohreh Aghdashloo Starrer 'The Cuban' Lands at Brainstorm Media - Hollywood Reporter (July 1, 2020)
Academy claims success with membership diversity goals - Screen Daily (June 30, 2020)
Taraneh Alidoosti: Film star given suspended prison sentence in Iran for ‘anti-government activism’ - The Independent (June 27, 2020)
Iranian Sundance prize-winner ‘Yalda’ lands US distribution - Screen Daily (June 17, 2020)
Apple To Co-Produce Israel-Iran Spy Thriller ‘Tehran’ - Deadline (June 16, 2020)
Actor Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz dies at 90 - Tehran Times (June 14, 2020)
Stirring biopic of the first woman to win top maths prize - Nature (June 8, 2020)
Our Iranian Lockdown: filmmaker Q&A - The Guardian (May 12, 2020)
Coronavirus Returns Long-Banned Drive-In Movies to Iran - AP (May 6, 2020)
Prolific prisoner, revisited visionary, revered record store - Boston Globe (April 29, 2020)
Popular Iranian TV Series Criticized For 'Unforgivable' Scenes Reminiscent Of Shah-Era Shows - RFE/RL (April 12, 2020)
Kino Lorber buys Berlin Golden Bear winner ‘There is No Evil’ - Screen Daily (April 10, 2020)
What an Iranian film about a leper colony can teach us about coronavirus - The Guardian (April 6, 2020)
A Coronavirus Thriller Was Finished Just Before the Shutdown - NY Times (April 1, 2020)
There's Somehow Already A Finished Coronavirus Movie - Cinema Blend (March 31, 2020)
‘Radioactive’ director Marjane Satrapi reveals why she chooses not to work with US producers - Screen Daily (March 9, 2020)
Marie Curie 'wasn't always very nice', says director of biopic ‘Radioactive’ - AFP (March 9, 2020)
Berlin Golden Bear Winner Mohammad Rasoulof Summoned to Serve Jail Sentence in Iran - Variety (March 4, 2020)
Berlin Golden Bear Winner Mohammad Rasoulof on Making Movies Despite Government Ban - Indiewire (March 1, 2020)
Defiant Iranian Directors Speak Out About Censorship, Onscreen and Off - NY Times (March 1, 2020)
Golden Bear goes to Iranian film 'There Is No Evil' - DW (February 29, 2020)
Iranian filmmakers: Successful despite censorship - DW (February 27, 2020)
Mark Ruffalo: ‘Hollywood has been white supremacist for 100 years’ - The Independent (February 22, 2020)
Iran’s Mohammad Rasoulof on His ‘There Is No Evil’ as ‘Resistance,’ - Variety (February 20, 2020)
Review: Iranian American culture clash in 'A Simple Wedding - LA Times (February 13, 2020)
Golshifteh Farahani: An Iranian actress in exile - France24 (February 11, 2020)
‘Simple Wedding’ Worldwide Rights Acquired By Blue Fox Entertainment - Deadline (February 9, 2020)
Politics collide with the big screen in Tehran - Qantara (February 5, 2020)
'Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness': Film Review | Sundance 2020 - Hollywood Reporter (February 5, 2020)
‘Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness’ wins at Sundance filmfest. in US - Mehr News (February 2, 2020)
Spotlight February 2020: Sara Zandieh, Filmmaker, A Simple Wedding - AWFJ (February 2, 2020)
Maryam Mohajer wins the award for British short animation with Grandad Was a Romantic - BAFTA Video (February 2, 2020)
Maryam Mohajer Chats About Her BAFTA-Nominated Short - Animation Magazine (January 28, 2020)
‘Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness’: Sundance Review - Screen Daily (January 26, 2020)
Elizabeth Warren's son-in-law produced Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi's films, reveals new book - Meaww (January 21, 2020)
Iran wants to fund more anti-US films as celebrities turn on regime - Telegraph (January 18, 2020)
The Trump administration is seeking to demonize Iran. Hollywood has been doing that for years. - WP (January 14, 2020)
Iranian filmmaker cancels trip to Sundance festival, citing ‘dark times’ - Salt Lake Tribune (January 11, 2020)
Carcassonne film festival picks Iran’s “When the Moon Was Full” - Tehran Times (December 9, 2019)
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness to compete at Sundance - Cineuropa (December 6, 2019)
“Finding Farideh” crowned best at Italy’s Nostalgia Film Festival - Tehran Times (November 30, 2019)
‘Papicha’ Becomes Most Successful Female-Directed African Film Ever in France - Variety (November 26, 2019)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Marriage Story' - Hollywood (November 21, 2019)
Permission review – female footballer pays penalty in Iran - The Guardian (November 20, 2019)
Mehrdad Oskouei on IDFA Opener ‘Sunless Shadows’: ‘Giving a Voice to Voiceless People’ - Vareity (November 20, 2019)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'The Aeronauts' - Hollywood (November 19, 2019)
AFI FEST: Screening of 'Son-Mother (Pesar-Madar)' - Hollywood (November 19-20 , 2019)
AFI FEST: Screening of 'Exam' - Hollywood (November 18, 2019)
Cinema Italian Style/AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Traitor' - Hollywood (November 16, 2019)
AFI FEST: Eva Longoria & Dr. Stacy Smith: The Erasure of Latinx in Film - Hollywood (November 15, 2019)
What a new film gets right about the Iranian hostage crisis - WP (November 13, 2019)
A Filmmaker Bared His Soul. It Ruined His Life. - NY Times (October 30, 2019)
‘Darius The Great Is Not Okay’ YA Novel Set At Universal-Mandeville With Kevin Hamedani & Travis Betz Adapting - Deadline (October 24, 2019)
The subtle, ongoing revolution of Iran's film industry - SMH (October 24, 2019)
Shirin Neshat talks about making of 'Land of Dreams' - LA (October 19, 2019)
Tehran: City of Love review – the rocky road to romance in Iran - The Guardian (October 9, 2019)
COLCOA: Mounia Meddour talks about making of 'Papicha' - Hollywood (September 27, 2019)
Telluride Film Review: ‘Coup 53’ - Variety (September 4, 2019)
Iranian documentary “Finding Farideh” to represent Iran at Oscars - Tehran Times (August 18, 2019)
Yara Shahidi: ‘I’ll put my career on the line to talk politics’ - The Guardian (August 4, 2019)
‘The Operative’ Review: High on Espionage, Low on Surprise - NY Times (August 1, 2019)
The Paradox at the Heart of Abbas Kiarostami’s Early Films - New Yorker (July 26, 2019)
How Iran's 'filmfarsi' remains the biggest secret in cinema history - The Guardian (July 11, 2019)
Iran’s “Son of the Sea” honored at Annecy film festival - Tehran Times (June 15, 2019)
From Iran to Aladdin: The Sultan's long, hard Hollywood journey - CNET (May 31, 2019)
‘Aladdin’: Naomi Scott on Why Her Princess Jasmine Needed Nasim Pedrad’s New Character - Variety (May 24, 2019)
Escalating U.S. Pressure, Sanctions on Iran Take Toll on Its Film Industry - Variety (May 19, 2019)
Double Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi on the perils of Academy Awards and filming outside Iran - SCMP (April 4, 2019)
Golshifteh Farahani Is the Ultimate Globe-Trotter—And Has the Style to Prove It - Vogue (March 19, 2019)
‘3 Faces’ Review: On the Road in Iran (and Off It, Too) - NY Times (March 7, 2019)
'3 Faces': An Urgent Plea Sends A Director And Actress To A Rural Iranian Village - NPR (March 7, 2019)
First Iranian-American Woman to Win Oscar Turns to Iran-Themed Films - VOA (February 26, 2019)
Iranian TV series to be shot in southern Turkey - Anadolu Agency (February 25, 2019)
Rayka Zehtabchi Is the First Iranian-American Woman to Win an Oscar - Broadly (February 24, 2019)
How an Iranian Oscar winner made a film that feels so thoroughly Spanish - WP (February 15, 2019)
Berlinale 2019: "Born in Evin" - Qantara (February 15, 2019)
Abyar’s ‘Night of the Full Moon’ rakes in Iran’s major cinematic awards - Mehr News (February 12, 2019)
Filming Italy Awards honoring Gina Lollobrigida - LA (January 31, 2019)
Filming Italy: Claudia Cardinale honored with Career Award - LA (January 30, 2019)
Films from Iran and films from all over - Boston Globe (January 3, 2019)
Iran TV chief sacked over uncensored Jackie Chan sex scene - BBC (December 31, 2018)
Nazanin Boniadi To Play Former Fox News Reporter Rudi Bakhtiar - Deadline (November 18, 2018)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'The Favourite' - Hollywood (November 14, 2018)
Cinema Italian Style/AFI FEST: Premiere of 'Dogman' - Hollywood (November 13, 2018)
Cinema Italian Style/AFI FEST: Valeria Golino and Annabelle Attanasio honored by Luce Cinecittà
with Inaugural Cinecitta Key - Hollywood (November 13, 2018)
AFI FEST: Screening of 'Pig' - Hollywood (November 12, 2018)
AFI FEST: Premiere Of 'Her Smell' - Hollywood (November 10, 2018)
AFI FEST: Premiere Of 'Family' - Hollywood (November 10, 2018)
AFI FEST: Premiere Of 'Diamantino' - Hollywood (November 10, 2018)
AFI FEST: Premiere Of 'Cam' - Hollywood (November 10, 2018)
AFI FEST: Gala Premiere Of 'The Kominsky Method' - Hollywood (November 10, 2018)
AFI FEST: Screening of '3 Faces' - Hollywood (November 10, 2018)
AFI FEST: Gala Premiere Of 'Green Book' - Hollywood (November 9, 2018)
AFI FEST: Screening of 'Umbra' - Hollywood (November 9, 2018)
Acclaimed Iranian actor opens up on the challenges and rewards of taking stand - SBS (October 19, 2018)
Reese Witherspoon Producing Comedy ‘Americanized’ About Undocumented Iranian Family From Sara Saedi At ABC - Deadline (October 12, 2018)
Asia Kate Dillon And Golshifteh Farahani Have Joined The Voice Cast Of ‘gen:LOCK’ - Science Fiction (October 6, 2018)
Busan Film Review: ‘Rona, Azim’s Mother’ - Variety (October 6, 2018)
LAFF: Screening of 'The First' - Beverly Hills (September 25, 2018)
LAFF: Premiere of 'Galveston' - Culver City (September 23, 2018)
LAFF: Premiere of 'Thriller' - Culver City (September 23, 2018)
LAFF: Premiere of 'Banana Split' - Culver City (September 22, 2018)
LAFF: Premiere of 'Roya' - Culver City (September 21, 2018)
LAFF: Premiere of 'Simple Wedding' - Culver City (September 21, 2018)
Four Middle Eastern and Muslim Actresses on the Roles They Don't Get and the Ones They Won't Take - Elle (September 20, 2018)
SF Iranian Film Festival now in its 11th year - San Francisco Chronicle (August 28, 2018)
Oscars: Sweden Selects Ali Abbasi’s ‘Border’ as Foreign Language Entry - Variety (August 28, 2018)
Kino Lorber Takes Jafar Panahi's '3 Faces' for U.S. - Hollywood Reproter (August 17, 2018)
“Master actor” Ezzatollah Entezami dies at 94 - Tehran Times (August 17, 2018)
Iran’s “No Date, No Signature” Asks Why It’s So Hard for Men to Face What They’ve Wrought - Village Voice (July 31, 2018)
Interview with award-winning Iranian film director Sadaf Foroughi - Qantara (July 9, 2018)
Italy’s Ischia filmfest. to screen 2 Iranian films - Mehr News (July 4, 2018)
Highlights of the 2018 "Visions of Iran" film festival - Qantara (June 13, 2018)
The AFI DOCS Interview: PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE. Director Rayka Zehtabchi - AFI (June 6, 2018)
Visions of Iran: Film festival tells stories from a country of contradictions - DW (May 31, 2018)
Angelina Jolie's Breadwinner spotlights Afghan girls' plight - BBC (May 25, 2018)
Iran's Panahi among 2018 Cannes winners - Mehr News (May 20, 2018)
Three Faces review: Jafar Panahi's latest is calm, modest - and inscrutable - The Guardian (May 13, 2018)
Director Ali Abbasi on how Cannes title 'Border' channels "the experience of being a minority" - Screen International (May 10, 2018)
Cannes 2018: Asghar Farhadi demands Iran lift travel ban on Jafar Panahi - The Guardian (May 9, 2018)
Everybody Knows review - Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem pull no punches in Asghar Farhadi's heavyweight kidnap drama - The Guardian (May 8, 2018)
As Oscars Pile Up, Iranian Film Grows Up - NY Times (April 30, 2018)
Tehran meets Hollywood - Qantara (April 30, 2018)
Oliver Stone Compares Trump to "Beelzebub" at Iranian Film Festival - Hollywood Reporter (April 25, 2018)
COLCOA Film Festival: Dany Boon talks about making "La Ch'tite Famille" - LA (April 24, 2018)
Cannes Film Festival names Iran, Russia dissidents in Palme d'Or race - France24 (April 12, 2018)
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem's 'Everybody Knows' to Open Cannes Film Festival - Variety (April 4, 2018)
Gholam review - Shahab Hosseini mesmerises as Iranian exile in London - The Guardian (March 25, 2018)
Gholam review - Iranian exile haunted by the past in lonely London - The Guardian (March 22, 2018)
Discover Iran's Most Important Documentary Filmmaker: Mehrdad Oskouei - Village Voice (February 22, 2018)
Berlin Film Review: 'Pig' - Variety (February 21, 2018)
Amazon Boards Marjane Satrapi's Marie Curie Biopic 'Radioactive' - Variety (February 19, 2018)
Berlin: Iranian Director Mani Haghighi Talks Buzzy Black Comedy 'Pig' - Variety (February 18, 2018)
Best in Iran Cinema Take Crystal Simorgh Awards - Financial Tribune (February 13, 2018)
First look at Golshifteh Farahani in Eva Husson's 'Girls Of The Sun' - Screen International (January 10, 2018)
Golden Globes Foreign Language Film Nominees - Hollywood (January 6, 2018)
Shirin Neshat looks for Umm Kulthum in her new feature film - Daily Sabah (January 5, 2018)
Long quest to find her biological parents continues - Tehran Times (December 24, 2017)
Boston Festival of Films From Iran more relevant than ever - Boston Globe (December 22, 2017)
33rd Annual IDA Documentary Awards - Hollywood (December 9, 2017)
Tallinn Film Review: 'Asphyxia' - Variety (December 4, 2017)
Iran's 'Disappearance' Wins Silver Screen Award at Singapore Festival - Variety (December 2, 2017)
Cinema Italian Style/AFI FEST: Premiere of "A Ciambra" - Hollywood (November 16, 2017)
Cinema Italian Style/AFI FEST: Sarah Gadon honored by Luce Cinecittà with Inaugural
Cinecitta Key - Hollywood (November 15, 2017)
AFI FEST: Premiere of "Beauty and the Dogs" - Hollywood (November 14, 2017)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'AVA' - Hollywood (November 14, 2017)
AFI FEST: The Ballad of Lefty Brown - Hollywood (November 14, 2017)
AFI FEST: Premiere of Newton - Hollywood (November 12, 2017)
AFI FEST: Premiere of 'April's Daughter' - Hollywood (November 12, 2017)
AFI FEST: A Man of Integrity - Hollywood (November 12, 2017)
AFI FEST: Gaze - Hollywood (November 10, 2017)
Iranian regime's censorship of films is easing, says director Hamid Nematollah - SMH (November 11, 2017)
Iranian film lovers bring their culture to Halifax one screening at a time - CBC (November 7, 2017)
6 Days review - Jamie Bell storms it in Iranian embassy siege thriller - The Guardian (November 3, 2017)
Korean, Iranian dramas share top prize at Busan film fest - AFP (October 21, 2017)
Golshifteh Farahani: People across the world watch Indian films - Times of India (October 16, 2017)
Life's Too Short: Mariam Jobrani's Journey with Cancer in 'Everything Must Change' - IDA (October 13, 2017)
Film Review: 'Beyond the Clouds' - Variety (October 13, 2017)
Tom Hanks to Star in Remake of Swedish Hit Comedy 'A Man Called Ove' - Variety (September 21, 2017)
Anti-war drama "Breath" to represent Iran at Oscars - Tehran Times (September 19, 2017)
Iran Confiscates Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's Passport After Return From Telluride - Hollywood Reporter (September 18, 2017)
Iranian actresses of TIFF movie 'Ava' denied entry to Canada - Globe & Mail (September 9, 2017)
Iran's Majid Majidi Returns to India With 'Gold Mine' - Variety (September 7, 2017)
Venice Film Review: 'No Date, No Signature' - Variety (September 2, 2017)
'The Oblivion Verses': Venice Review - Screen Daily (September 2, 2017)
Val Kilmer to Star in Iranian-American Comedy '1st Born' - Hollywood Reporter (August 15, 2017)
New Europe Picks Up Venice-Bound Iranian Drama 'Disappearance' - Variety (July 28, 2017)
Munich Hosting Cinema Iran - Financial Tribune (July 15, 2017)
Slick, but unpersuasive crime thriller 'The Persian Connection' ventures into L.A.'s Iranian underworld - LA Times (July 13, 2017)
'Yellow' Wins 2 Awards at Shanghai Film Festival - Financial Tribune (June 28, 2017)
'Bad Batch' director on racism, her intentions and growing up Iranian-American - Chicago Tribune (June 27, 2017)
Child actor evokes alumna’s nostalgia, inspiration for film - Daily Bruin (June 23, 2017)
Emmy Winner Shohreh Aghdashloo on ‘The Expanse,’ Trump and Stereotypes of Middle Eastern Actors - Variety (June 19, 2017)
Rebellious Iranian filmmaker wins major prize at Cannes - DW (May 27, 2017)
24 Frames review – a mesmeric glimpse into Abbas Kiarostami's mysterious mind - The Guardian (May 23, 2017)
Shohreh Aghdashloo Joins ‘Simple Wedding’ From Writer/Director Sara Zandieh - Deadline (May 10, 2017)
COLCOA French Film Festival: Stéphane Brizé talks bout making of "Une Vie" - A Women's Life - LA (April 27, 2017)
COLCOA French Film Festival: Sveva Alviti talks about her role in Dalida - LA (April 24, 2017)
COLCOA French Film Festival: Lambert Wilson talks about making of "The Odyssey" - LA (April 24, 2017)
COLCOA French Film Festival: Claude Lelouche & Nadia Farès talk about making of "Every one's Life" - LA (April 24, 2017)
How the SAS sprung hostages held in London's Iranian embassy - Mirror (April 17, 2017)
UW student hopes new Iranian Film Festival will build cultural bridges - Cap Times (April 15, 2017)
Italian Film to Be Shot in Iran After 50 Years - Financial Tribune (April 10, 2017)
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood review - Makhmalbaf's essential early film returns - The Guardian (March 2, 2017)
New Iranian Movie Portrays Destruction of U.S. Navy Fleet - The Tower Magazine (March 2, 2017)
Iran's poor attempt to censor Charlize Theron - 9News (March 1, 2017)
Tweet and delete: US officials erase their praise for Iranian Oscar winner - Reuters (February 27, 2017)
Iranian director sent prominent Iranian-American engineers to accept his Oscar - WP (February 26, 2017) | Video
'The Salesman' nabs Oscar, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi absent from ceremony - ABC News (February 26, 2017)
Abbas Kiarostami remembered at Oscars ceremony - The Guardian (February 26, 2017)
Asghar Farhadi to Be Represented at Oscars by First Female Space Tourist and Former NASA Scientist - Variety (February 24, 2017)
Shohreh Aghdashloo presents the 2017 Jean Renoir Award to the son of Abbas Kiarostami - WGA West (February 20, 2017)
'76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Abbas Kiarostami' review: Doc delves into Iranian filmmaker's methods - Chicago Tribune (February 16, 2017)
Marjane Satrapi To Helm 'Radioactive' Marie Curie Story For Working Title & Studiocanal - Deadline Hollywood (February 16, 2017)
Iranian Oscar contender to screen in Trafalgar Square before ceremony - BBC (February 14, 2017)
Berlinale: Match Factory Takes Sales on Artist Shirin Neshat's 'Looking for Umm Kulthum' - Variety (February 13, 2017)
'A Man Called Ove's Iranian-Swedish Star Bahar Pars In Oscar Attendance Limbo - Deadline Hollywood (February 1, 2017)
Oscars chiefs dismayed by US entry ban - BBC (January 29, 2017)
Star of Iranian Film Says She Will Boycott Oscars Over Trump's Visa Ban - NY Times (January 26, 2017)
"The Salesman" nominated for Oscar - Tehran Times (January 24, 2017)
Abbas Kiarostami Honored by Writers Guild of America West - Variety (January 23, 2017)
Retribution and Magical Realism Headline Saturday Night at the Iranian Film Festival - Houston Press (January 12, 2017)
Oscars 2017: Germany and Iran among foreign film contenders - BBC (December 16, 2016)
Farhadi's "The Salesman" receives nomination at Golden Globe Awards - Tehran Times (December 13, 2016)
Marrakech Film Festival Remembers Iranian Master Abbas Kiarostami - Variety (December 4, 2016)
Iranian film 'Daughter' bags Golden Peacock at IFFI 2016 - The Hindu (November 28, 2016)
Starless Dreams review - brilliant but painful story of girls in Iran's detention system - The Guardian (November 24, 2016)
Iranian filmmaker jailed for a year over graffiti documentary - DW (November 24, 2016)
Islamic cinema is booming. Can it break into Western markets? - The Economist (November 21, 2016)
Iranian's debut wins best film award at KIFF - The Hindu (November 19, 2016)
AFI FEST: Isabelle Huppert Tribute - Hollywood (November 13, 2016)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of 'Elle' - Hollywood (November 13, 2016)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of 'It's Only The End of the World' - Hollywood (November 12, 2016)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Live Cargo - Hollywood (November 11, 2016)
Interview with German-Iranian actress Lara Heller - PT (November 1, 2016)
Paris' Pompidou Centre celebrates Iranian filmmaker Panahi - RFI (October 26, 2016)
Sonita review - a refugee's dreams of superstardom - The Guardian (October 20, 2016)
Film Review: 'Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming' - Variety (October 16, 2016)
How an Iranian film has become a Brit Oscar contender - BBC (October 14, 2016)
Bahar Pars talks about making of 'A Man Called Ove' - LA (September 30, 2016)
Under the Shadow: feminist Iranian film is one of the best horrors of the year - The Conversation (September 30, 2016)
Under the Shadow review - supremely scary horror from Iran - The Guardian (September 29, 2016)
UK submits Farsi-language 'Under The Shadow' for Oscars - Screen Daily (September 21, 2016)
Iran Nominates Farhadi's 'The Salesman' for 2017 Oscar - Hollywood Reporter (September 17, 2016)
Ana Lily Amirpour wins the Special Jury Prize for "The Bad Batch" at the Venice Film Festival - BBC Persian (September 11, 2016)
Venice 2016 Review: THE BAD BATCH Proves Ana Lily Amirpour Deserves All the Awards - ScreenAnarchy (September 6, 2016)
Amir Naderi honored at Venice Film Festival - Tehran Times (September 6, 2016)
U.S.-based Iranian Auteur Amir Naderi to Shoot 'Mountain' in Italy - Variety (September 5, 2016)
NRFF Interviews Javid Rezai (September 2016)
ABC Buys Iranian-American Family Comedy From Andrew Reich & Reza Aslan - Deadline (August 31, 2016)
If Hollywood made an Iranian anti-US revenge fantasy - BBC (August 25, 2016)
The 21st Century's 100 greatest films - BBC (August 23, 2016)
The Night Of's Payman Maadi on Middle Eastern Stereotypes in Hollywood and Getting Past the Censors in Iran - Vulture (August 22, 2016)
'Banned' Mohsen Makhmalbaf film to open Venice Classics - Screen Daily (August 19, 2016)
Iran's Amir Naderi to receive Venice Film Festival honour - Screen Daily (August 18, 2016)
Anne Frank film shot during 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict secretly screened in Iran - The Guardian (August 18, 2016)
AVO to screen in Sante Fe - IFS (August 18, 2016)
In Johannesburg, Shirin Neshat's New Videos Conjure the Power of Dreams - Artsy (August 9, 2016)
"Raving Iran" - a film documentary - Qantara (August 8, 2016)
This Iranian-Born Actress Is Changing the Acting World - Time Magazine (August 8, 2016)
Dia Mirza's Indo-Iranian film to release in October - IANS (July 21, 2016)
Abbas Kiarostami's long shadow - The Economist (July 18, 2016)
Iranian Film festival to mark 60 years of India-Iran cultural ties - Hindustan Times (July 16, 2016)
The filming of Rumi - Qantara (July 13, 2016)
Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami brought Iranian cinema to the West - CS Monitor (July 5, 2016)
The Iranian Master Abbas Kiarostami Turned the Cinema Into a Mesmerizing Meditation - Variety (July 5, 2016)
Abbas Kiarostami, award-winning Iranian film director, dies - BBC (July 4, 2016)
Abbas Kiarsotami among new members of Academy - Tehran Times (July 1, 2016)
Iranian film Daughter gets Grand Prix at Moscow film festival - TASS (July 1, 2016)
Mirkarimi's 'Daughter' Highly Welcomed in Moscow - Iran Daily (June 28, 2016)
'The Music of Strangers' shows how musicmaking can be salvation - CS Monitor (June 17, 2016)
Leonardo DiCaprio may play Persian poet Rumi in upcoming biopic. Hollywood whitewashing or bold casting? - WP (June 9, 2016)
Review: 'The Music of Strangers,' on Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble - NY Times (June 9, 2016) | Trailer
LAFF: The Premiere of "A Hundred Streets" - Culver City (June 8, 2016)
LAFF: The Premiere of "Equity" - Culver City (June 8, 2016)
LAFF: The Premiere of "Kicks" - Culver City (June 8, 2016)
LAFF: The Premiere of "So B. It" - Culver City (June 7, 2016)
LAFF: The Premiere of "Abattoir" - Culver City (June 7, 2016)
LAFF: The Premiere of "Girl Flu" - Culver City (June 6, 2016)
LAFF: The Premiere of "Don't Think Twice" - Culver City (June 6, 2016)
LAFF: The Premiere of "Don't Hang Up" - Culver City (June 4, 2016)
LAFF: The Premiere of "Dying Laughing" - Culver City (June 4, 2016)
LAFF: The Premiere of "Tracktown" - Culver City (June 4, 2016)
Suspected Tattoo on Iranian Actress Creates a Commotion - NY Times (May 31, 2016)
Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem in Talks to Star in Asghar Farhadi's Spanish-Language Film - Variety (May 25, 2016)
Asghar Farhadi, Shahab Hosseini awarded at Cannes Film Festival - Press TV (May 22, 2016)
Cannes: Why Asghar Farhadi's 'The Salesman' Signals a Post Nuclear Deal Cinematic Resurgence in Iran - Variety (May 22, 2016)
Asghar Farhadi in Cannes: 'Terrorists feel they have good reason to be violent' - The Guardian (May 21, 2016)
Cannes Film Review: 'The Salesman' - Variety (May 18, 2016)
Cannes Film Review: 'Inversion' - Variety (May 18, 2016)
Charles Gillibert, RT Features to Produce Abbas Kiarostami's '24 Frames' - Variety (May 12, 2016)
'Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero' aims for sharp satire and misses - WP (May 12, 2016)
A 'Significant Year' for Films From the Middle East at Cannes - NY Times (May 10, 2016)
TCM Film Festival: Francis Ford Coppola Tribute - Hollywood (April 29, 2016)
TCM Film Festival: Gina Lollobrigida, 'Trapeze' Discussion - Hollywood (April 29, 2016)
TCM Film Festival: Batman: The Movie Discussion - Hollywood (April 29, 2016)
TCM Film Festival: Illeana Douglas Book Signing - Hollywood (April 29, 2016)
The ancient Persian god that may be at the heart of 'Game of Thrones' - WP (April 24, 2016)
Asghar Farhadi's 'The Salesman' Joins Cannes Film Festival Competition - Variety (April 22, 2016)
Desert Dancer review - flat-footed drama 2 / 5 stars - The Guardian (April 21, 2016)
Where are the censors? Popular TV drama flouts Iran's Islamic taboos - France24 (April 20, 2016)
Award-winning filmmaker denied entry into NZ - The Wireless (April 18, 2016)
'Fahrenheit 451' Movie in the Works at HBO From '99 Homes' Director - The Wrap (April 12, 2016)
Iranian film wins top prize at Full Frame festival - News & Observer (April 10, 2016)
Review: 'Fireworks Wednesday,' a Domestic Drama From Iran - NY Times (March 15, 2016)
Playing on the big screen this Iranian new year - in pictures - TB (March 15, 2016)
Dia Mirza Signs Indo-Iranian Film, Says She's Receiving Lots of Love - NDTV (March 12, 2016)
'Star Trek Beyond' Gets Major Boost With Addition Of Amazing Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo - Inquisitr (March 12, 2016)
Film Review: 'Lantouri' - Variety (March 1, 2016)
Fox Greenlights Middle Eastern Family Comedy Pilot Starring Nasim Pedrad as Teenage Boy - Varitey (February 11, 2016)
Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's new film will examine family violence - SBS (February 3, 2016)
'The Birth of a Nation' and 'Sonita' among big winners at Sundance awards - Salt Lake Tribune (January 30, 2016)
Meet Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami - 'Sonita' - Indiwire (January 22, 2016)
Babak Anvari talks 'Under The Shadow' - Screen Daily (January 21, 2016)
Abbas Kiarostami Unveils Compilation Project, '24 Frames Before and After Lumiere' - Variety (December 10, 2015)
Iranian filmmaker comes to Christchurch - Stuff (November 20, 2015)
Cinema Italian Style: Premiere of Non Essere Cattivo (Don't Be Bad) - LA (November 12, 2015)
Non Essere Cattivo (Don't Be Bad) Press Conference - LA (November 11, 2015)
Iran's Film Industry Hopes Nuclear Deal Will Help Open Up Biz Internationally - Variety (October 30, 2015)
Homeland star Nazanin Boniadi hits back at 'racism' claims - Evening Standard (October 26, 2015)
Majidi's 'Muhammad' to represent Iran at the Oscars - Press TV (September 26, 2015)
Iran Shortlists 10 Films as Potential Oscar Submissions - Indiwire (September 25, 2015)
Jafar Panahi, Iranian Filmmaker, Persists Despite a Ban - NY Times (September 24, 2015)
Iran making film on 175 martyred military divers - Press TV (September 24, 2015)
Septembers of Shiraz review - who can overact the most, Salma Hayek or Adrien Brody? - The Guardian (September 18, 2015)
The Messenger of God film by Majid Majidi - Press TV Video (August 27, 2015)
14 Films That Have Been Banned in Iran Since 2007 - Global Voices (August 21, 2015)
Spotlight on Iran's film industry - BBC Video (August 20, 2015)
Middle Eastern 'gunmen' sweep through the streets of London as actors recreate the Iranian Embassy
siege for new film 6 Days - Daily Mail (August 9, 2015)
Locarno: Iranian Team Behind 'Paradise' Talks 'Violence in Daily Life' - Variety (August 6, 2015)
Zurich Film Festival to spotlight Iran - Screen Daily (July 29, 2015)
Morgan Freeman and Jack Black back Iran nuclear deal for fear of becoming 'super dead' - The Guardian (July 29, 2015)
Iran, and Then I Biked - Source Weekly (July 15, 2015)
LAFF: The premiere of Seoul Searching - LA (June 17, 2015)
LAFF: Interview with Negin Farsad on the making of 3rd Street Blackout - LA (June 15, 2015)
LAFF: The premiere of In her Place - LA (June 15, 2015)
LAFF: The premiere of Aram, Aram - LA (June 14, 2015)
LAFF: Atomic Heart - LA (June 13, 2015)
Al Pacino's Producer on Iran Nuclear Deal's Possible Effect on Film Industry - Variety (June 1, 2015)
From Cannes: "Nahid" a Powerful Representation of Iranian Society - Harvard Crimson (May 20, 2015)
The skateboarding Iranian vampire diaries - The Guardian (May 7, 2015)
Why I tried to kill the Shah of Iran - filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf interviewed - Post Magazine (April 10, 2015)
"About Elly": A masterful thriller - and a portrait of Iran's conflicted middle class - Salon (April 8, 2015)
Iran Seeking To Attract More International Movies And Film Execs With Reconfigured Fajr Film Fest - Variety (April 7, 2015)
TCM Film Festival: Conversation with Sophia Loren - Hollywood (March 29, 2015)
TCM Film Festival: Conversation with Shirley MacLaine - Hollywood (March 29, 2015)
TCM Film Festival: Christopher Plummer Tribute - Hollywood (March 27, 2015)
TCM Press Conference - Hollywood (March 25, 2015)
Rocking the casbah: the gig of a lifetime that put Iranian women back on stage - The Guardian (March 16, 2015)
Iranian film retrospective highlights difficulty in producing art under a religious regime - National Post (March 5, 2015)
Film Review: 'Atom Heart Mother' - Variety (March 4, 2015)
Sean Penn's green card gag falls flat, but was it just a joke between friends? - The Guardian (February 22, 2015)
The 7 Biggest Surprises of the 2015 Spirit Awards - Indiewire (February 21, 2015)
Cars, drugs and virginity tests dominate Iranian film festival - TB (February 19, 2015)
Iran Leader Criticizes American Sniper - Time Magazine (February 17, 2015)
After 'Taxi' Wins Berlin Golden Bear, Jafar Panahi Asks For His Film To Be Shown In Iran - Variety (February 16, 2015)
Boost for Iranian cinema at film festivals - BBC (February 15, 2015)
Berlin Film Festival: Panahi's Taxi wins Golden Bear - BBC Video (February 15, 2015)
Iranian film 'Taxi' wins Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival - DW (February 14, 2015) | Video
Natural Selection - New Yorker (February 12, 2015)
Berlin Review: Jafar Panahi's 'Taxi' is a Unique Cinematic Masterpiece - Indiewire (February 6, 2015)
Taxi - a ridealong career selfie from banned director Jafar Panahi - The Guardian (February 6, 2015)
Berlin Film Review: 'Taxi' - Variety (February 6, 2015)
Iran's most expensive film is about the prophet Muhammad, but he won't get screen time - WP (January 30, 2015)
Iranian film on prophet Muhammad set for premiere - The Guardian (January 30, 2015)
Banned Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi: 'The necessity to create becomes even more of an urge' - The Guardian (January 27, 2015)
Iranian-American Filmmaker Breaks Out Of Boxes, Into The Box Office - NPR (January 17, 2015)
Review 'Appropriate Behavior' an uneven but fun dating adventure - LA Times (January 16, 2015)
Majidi on His Film Prophet Muhammad (S) - CHN (January 10, 2015)
A rebel for Iranian cinema - Prague Post (January 9, 2015)
Annapurna, Vice Board Ana Lily Amirpour's Dystopian Love Story 'Bad Batch' - Deadline (January 6, 2015)
The Guardian's top 50 films of the demi-decade - The Guardian (January 5, 2015)
Does Exodus: Gods and Kings deserve to be banned for historical inaccuracy? - The Guardian (January 4, 2015)
Iranian Film Festival at Freer Gallery - Washington Post (January 2, 2015)
Rebel-rousing Iranian cinema - Prague Post (January 1, 2015)
Who's That Girl? Actress Sheila Vand on Starring in an Indie Vampire Western and State of Affairs - Vogue (November 20, 2014)
A Redesign of Dracula's Cape - NY Times (November 20, 2014)
Ana Lily Amirpour Is the Raddest Filmmaker Working Right Now - Indiewire (November 20, 2014)
Gael's Hot, But Iranian He's Not: 'Rosewater' and What Triggers Casting Outrage - Indiewire (November 17, 2014)
Iran's War Flicks Are a Cultural Battlefield - Medium (November 17, 2014)
Interview with Director Giuseppe Tornatore - Hollywood (November 13, 2014)
Cinema Italian Style: Premiere of Human Capital - Hollywood (November 13, 2014)
AFI FEST: Sophia Loren Tribute - Video (November 12, 2014)
AFI FEST: Interview with the Director of Run Philippe Lacôte - Hollywood (November 10, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Fish & Cat - Hollywood (November 10, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Faults - Hollywood (November 9, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Haemoo - Hollywood (November 9, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Alive - Hollywood (November 9, 2014)
AFI FEST: Director Wim Wenders attends the Premiere of The Salt of the Earth - Hollywood (November 9, 2014)
AFI FEST: Kristin Slaysman attends the Premiere of Thou Wast Mild and Lovely - Hollywood (November 9, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of What We Do in the Shadows - Hollywood (November 8, 2014)
AFI FEST: Actor Viggo Mortensen attends the Premiere of 'Jauja' - Hollywood (November 8, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Timbuktu - Hollywood (November 8, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Wild Tales - Hollywood (November 8, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Reality "Réalité" - Hollywood (November 8, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Merchants of Doubt - Hollywood (November 8, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of 71 - Hollywood (November 8, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Heaven Knows What - Hollywood (November 8, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of The Midnight Swim - Hollywood (November 7, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Red Army - Hollywood (November 7, 2014)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of The Tribe - Hollywood (November 7, 2014)
Filmmakers Clash as Rouhani's Agenda Leaves Iranians Divided - Bloomberg (October 28, 2014)
Iranian filmmakers launch campaign urging nuclear deal - BBC (October 1, 2014)
Man versus myth: does it matter if the Moses story is based on fact? - The Guardian (November 29, 2014)
Iran Selects 'Today' for Foreign Language Oscar Consideration - Variety (September 11, 2014)
Manuscripts Don't Burn review - Iranian hitmen on a mission to silence - The Guardian (September 11, 2014)
Jon Stewart's Iran-interrogation drama creaks at the edges - The Guardian (September 9, 2014)
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad Wins Screenplay Award at Venice Film Festival - Real Iran (September 7, 2014)
Iranian film director attacks US sanctions - The Guardian (August 29, 2014)
Venice Film Review: 'Tales' - Variety (August 28, 2014)
Iranian film director wins Manhae Award - Korea Times (August 12, 2014)
Nassim Soleimanpour: 'Why can't an actor just get up and start?' - The Guardian (August 2, 2014)
Iran's Cinema in Search of Global Markets - Asharq Alawsat (July 28, 2014)
Closed Curtain: Iran's banned filmmaker won't give up - Salon (July 11, 2014)
Iranian Filmmaker Jailed for Five Years for 'Collaborating With the BBC, American Media' - Hollywood Reporter (June 10, 2014)
LAFF: The The Gala Screening of The Two Faces of January - LA (June 17, 2014)
LAFF: Opening Night Gala of Snowpiercer - LA (June 11, 2014)
Variance Films Picks Up North American Rights to Iranian Film 'Closed Curtain' - Hollywood Reporter (June 10, 2014)
Iranian backlash over Leila Hatami Cannes kiss - BBC (May 19, 2014)
MTV viewers get a dose of Iranian politics - The Guardian (May 14, 2014)
The low-budget biopic riling Iran's president - BBC (May 2, 2014)
Actress: In Iran, my counterpart faces prison - CNN (May 2, 2014)
TCM Film Festival: Jerry Lewis Hand and Footprint Ceremony - Hollywood (April 12, 2014)
TCM Film Festival: Gala Screening of Newly Restored Oklahoma! - Hollywood (April 10, 2014)
Writing a New Romance - NY Times (March 14, 2014)
Review: Splitsville for 'Shirin in Love' - LA Times (March 14, 2014)
In LA's Iranian Set, A Two-Sided Love Triangle With A Side Of Clichés - NPR (March 13, 2014)
Parviz and a new way forward for Iranian cinema - TB (March 3, 2014)
Iranian Filmmakers Have Reason to Cheer as Political Climate Slowly Shifts - Variety (February 28, 2014)
Old guard v new blood at Iran's Fajr film festival - TB (February 11, 2014)
Islamic Revolution Can't Upstage Iranian Cinema - RFE/RL (February 10, 2014)
Iranian Filmmaking Rebounds at Fajr International Film Festival - Hollywood Reporter (February 6, 2014)
Iranian President Sends Message of Support at Fajr Film Fest Opener - Variety (February 2, 2014)
Iranian-American Actress Gets Fed Up With Hollywood's Racism - Colorlines (January 23, 2014)
Sundance 2014: At ground zero for U.S. film, a Persian wave - LA Times (January 15, 2014)
Colombian Filmfest to Present Kiarostami's Retrospective - Press TV (December 22, 2013)
Oscars announce shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film, leaving off 'The Past' - EW (December 20, 2013)
Farhadi's film nominated for Golden Globe Awards - Press TV (December 12, 2013)
Oscar Academy asks for Derakhshandeh's film script - Press TV (December 7, 2013)
Bérénice Bejo Stars in Asghar Farhadi's Film The Past - NY Times (December 7, 2013)
Kami's Party - Eye for Film (November 24, 2013)
Cinema Italian Style: Premiere of the Great Beauty - Hollywood (November 14, 2013)
Legendary Director Bernardo Bertolucci - Hollywood (November 14, 2013)
AFI FEST: Hany Abu-Assad talks about making of Omar - Hollywood (November 12, 2013)
AFI FEST: Premiere of Child's Pose - Hollywood (November 12, 2013)
AFI FEST: The Past 'Le passé' (November 10, 2013)
AFI FEST: Nagieb Khaja talks about making My Afghanistan - Hollywood (November 9, 2013)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Bethlehem - Hollywood (November 9, 2013)
AFI FEST: Closed Curtain 'Parde' (November 8, 2013)
AFI FEST: Manuscripts Don't Burn (November 8, 2013)
AFI FEST Opening Gala: Premiere of Saving Mr Banks - Hollywood (November 7, 2013)
Changing focus exposes middle-class issues in Iranian film festival - Herald Sun (November 1, 2013)
Pegah Ahangarani receives 18-month jail sentence - BBC Perisan (October 28, 2013)
Iran honors veteran film director Dariush Mehrjui - IRAS (October 21, 2013)
Iran Signals Cultural Thaw With Oscar Choice - NY Times (September 30, 2013)
Iran chooses Franco-Iranian "Le Passé" as Oscar bid - RFI (September 29, 2013)
'The Muslims are Coming!,' a Docu-comedy - NY Times (September 19, 2013)
No Argo here: New doc sets the record straight on the Iran hostage crisis - The Globe and Mail (September 18, 2013)
Majidi to shoot film in India - Asian Age (September 15, 2013)
Iran reopens House of Cinema centre under new president - BBC (September 12, 2013)
Review: 'The Muslims Are Coming!' comedians are playfully serious - LA Times (September 12, 2013)
Hejazi Misses Montreal Filmfest over Canada Visa Denial - CHN (September 5, 2013)
Reza Mirkarimi to Make 'Today' - CHN (August 28, 2013)
Breaking Free, in Life and on Screen - NY Times (August 9, 2013)
Spanish Festival Honors Iranian Director Dariush Ghazbani - Mehr News (August 4, 2013)
How two Iranian brothers created one of the world's first travel documentaries - The Guardian (July 26, 2013)
Film Museum Told to Remove Mohsen Makhmalbaf Memorabilia - CHN (July 16, 2013)
Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf defends Israel visit after outcry - The Guardian (July 16, 2013)
Iranian film-maker Mania Akbari: 'Cinema threatens the government' - The Guardian (July 15, 2013)
Open Letter to Filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf: Please Be a Messenger of Freedom for Iranian and Palestinian People - Jadaliyya (July 12, 2013)
European Film College Screens 'Final Whistle' - CHN (July 9, 2013)
Banned Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Accepts Academy's Invitation to Join - Hollywood Reporter (July 5, 2013)
Jafar Panahi defies ban to appear at film festival via Skype - The Guardian (July 4, 2013)
Film academy adds 276 new members; increase in minorities, women - LA Times (June 28, 2013) | BBC Persian
Maryam looks forward to her acting debut - Asian Age (June 27, 2013)
Former Iranian Monarch's Private Life Inspires 'Flight to Darkness' - Mehr News (June 26, 2013)
LAFF: The Premiere of Life of a King - LA (June 22, 2013)
LAFF: Haifaa Al-Mansour talks about making of Wadjda - LA (June 21, 2013)
LAFF: Premiere of The Conjuring - LA (June 21, 2013)
LAFF: Atiq Rahimi talks about the making of "Patience Stone" - Beverly Hills (June 20, 2013)
LAFF: Nahid Persson Sarvestani talks about making of "My Stolen Revolution" - LA (June 17, 2013)
LAFF: Premiere of Winter in the Blood - LA (June 14, 2013)
I Am Nasrine review - The Guardian (June 13, 2013)
Tina Pakravan's Film Won at Japanese Film Festival - CHN (June 12, 2013)
16 young filmmakers named winners of student Academy Awards - LA Times (June 8, 2013)
Iranian Director Abbas Kiarostami: 'The Situation in Iran Has Never Been This Dark' - Hollywood Reporter (May 29, 2013)
Cannes: 'The Past' Director Asghar Farhadi on Censorship in Iran, Future Projects - Hollywood Reporter (May 26, 2013)
Chicago film student Anahita Ghazvinizadeh wins Cannes prize - Chicago Tribune (May 25, 2013)
Banned Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof to attend Cannes Film Festival 2013, his first public appearance since prison - The Independent (May 23, 2013)
Asian auteurs Farhadi, Jia explore emotional and physical violence - France24 (May 17, 2013)
Tribeca Review: Iranian Oddity 'Taboor' Is Hypnotic, Lynch-Like - Indiewire (April 29, 2013)
TCM Film Festival: Jane Fonda Handprint Ceremony - Hollywood (April 27, 2013)
TCM Film Festival: Gala Screening of Newly Restored Funny Girl - Hollywood (April 25, 2013)
Tribeca Film Festival: Ramin Bahrani Goes Big - NY Times (April 22, 2013)
'Virginity' explores human rights controversies surrounding women - Daily Bruin (April 19, 2013)
Alum launches Tiburon International Film Festival for emerging filmmakers - Golden Gate Xpress (April 11, 2013)
Iranian Official Comments on Plan to Premiere Farhadi's 'Past' - CHN (April 9, 2013)
Maryam Moghadam Berlinale Interview - Video (March 21,, 2013)
Qatar and Iran on rival missions to make films about prophet Muhammad - The Guardian (March 15, 2013)
Never mind Iran and Argo, the Brits should sue Hollywood - The Guardian (March 13, 2013)
'Hoax of Hollywood ': Iran vows lawsuit over 'lies' in Argo film - RT (March 13, 2013)
Iran to sue Hollywood over a series of films, including the Oscar-winning Argo - The Guardian (March 12, 2013)
Jon Stewart to Direct Serious Film, Will Take Hiatus From 'Daily Show' - NY Times (March 5, 2013)
Jafar Panahi's Closed Curtain collaborators grounded in Iran - The Guardian (February 28, 2013)
Iran divided over Oscar-winning 'Argo' - AP (February 25, 2013)
Michelle Obama's Oscars dress too revealing for Iranian media - The Guardian (February 25, 2013)
Argo: Iran hostage crisis film fiddles with the facts - CTV (February 22, 2013)
Iran berates Berlin film festival over Panahi award - The Guardian (February 19, 2013)
Stung by Argo, Iran Backs Conference Decrying Hollywoodism - NY Times (February 18, 2013)
The Oscar for Best Fabrication - NY Times (February 16, 2013)
'Closed Curtain' Stirs Debate About Iran - Hollywood Reporter (February 11, 2013)
I Am Nasrine director Tina Gharavi: 'The British public has been hijacked' - The Guardian (February 8, 2013)
Argo plays to Hollywood's worst traditions by erasing a Latino hero - The Guardian (February 8, 2013)
Why the Iranian film industry is like Hollywood before 1969 - TB (February 8, 2013)
Iranian film festival loses its lustre - TB (February 7, 2013)
Cultural Censorship: Cinema and Iran, A Separation - Storify (February 7, 2013)
From Tehran to London - BBC Persian (January 25, 2013)
Iranian Director Mohammad Shirvani's 'Fat Shaker' Stirs Trouble at Home - Indiwire (January 25, 2013)
Fact or fiction? 'Argo' fuels Iran history debate - Mail & Guardian (January 17, 2013)
Argo: The true story behind Ben Affleck's Globe-winning film - BBC (January 14, 2013)
Ben Affleck: Iran's plan for Argo response film is 'badge of honour' - The Guardian (January 14, 2013)
Alter Argo: Iranian film to tell other side of hostage crisis - The Guardian (January 11, 2013)
Argo, F--k Yourself - Slate (January 10, 2013)
Film to Present Iran's View of 'Argo' Events - NY Times (January 10, 2013)
What ‘Argo’ Gets Wrong About Iran - Daily Beast (December 31, 2012)
In Iran, new movies boost wobbly film sector - WP (December 26, 2012)
Q&A with Abbas Kiarostami about making Like Someone in Love - Video (December 20, 2012)
The 10 best films of 2012, No 6 'This Is Not a Film' - The Guardian (December 7, 2012)
Controversial Movie Sparks Outrage in Tehran - CHN (December 4, 2012)
Blisters and Sanctions: An Iranian Veteran recalls the trauma of chemical warfare - Forusa.org (November 27, 2012)
Egyptian artists bring back cinema tips from Iran - Al Ahram (November 21, 2012)
Bahman Ghobadi calls on Iranian authorities to release brother - Screen Daily (November 20, 2012)
Gang of the Jotas - Variety (November 20, 2012)
Iran's Karimi wins Mannheim-Heidelberg awards - Screen Daily (November 19, 2012)
Marjane Satrapi Gets Loose, Has Fun In Black Comedy 'The Gang Of The Jotas' - Indiewire (November 16, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Lincoln - Hollywood (November 8, 2012)
Ben Affleck's Argo takes Iran's revolutionary themes as its own - The Guardian (November 7, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Ginger & Rosa (November 7, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Zaytoun - Hollywood (November 7, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of We Came Home - Hollywood (November 6, 2012)
AFI FEST: Like Someone in Love - Hollywood (November 6, 2012)
AFI FEST: A Tribute to Marion Cotillard - Hollywood (November 5, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Rust and Bone - Hollywood (November 5, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Kon-Tiki - Hollywood (November 5, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Room 237 - Hollywood (November 4, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of the Impossible - Hollywood (November 4, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Rise of the Guardians - Hollywood (November 4, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Last Step - Hollywood (November 4, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of On the Road - Hollywood (November 3, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Holy Motors - Hollywood (November 3, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of After Lucia - Hollywood (November 3, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Life of Pi - Hollywood (November 2, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Wrong - Hollywood (November 2, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of John Dies at the End - Hollywood (November 2, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Kuma - Hollywood (November 2, 2012)
AFI FEST: LA Times Young Hollywood Panel - Hollywood (November 2, 2012)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Hitchcock - Hollywood (November 1, 2012)
Iran dissidents Sotoudeh and Panahi win Sakharov prize - BBC (October 26, 2012)
Interview with Ayat Najafi - UCLA (October 14, 2012)
IAAB Conference: Filmmakers Roundtable - UCLA (October 14, 2012)
How Accurate Is Argo? - Slate (October 12, 2012)
'Argo': Too Good To Be True, Because It Isn't - NPR (October 12, 2012)
'Argo' review: Gripping crisis in Iran - SF Chronicle (October 11, 2012)
Banned filmmaker Panahi has a new movie, says Kiarostami - The National (October 8, 2012)
Iran Official Calls For Oscar Boycott Over Anti-Islam Film - RFE/RL (September 24, 2012)
Farhadi : My films don't represent all of Iran - Screendaily (September 24, 2012)
The Patience Stone - Variety (September 23, 2012)
Iran to target makers of anti-Islamic film - Telegraph (September 17, 2012)
'Like Someone in Love' - Japan Times (September 14, 2012)
Rhino Season film 'rebirth for exiled Iran director' - BBC (September 13, 2012)
Anti-Islam film protests spread across Middle East - BBC (September 13, 2012)
Mystery deepens over US film linked to Benghazi protests - The Guardian (September 12, 2012)
Golshifteh Farahani: 'Exile from Iran is like death' - The Guardian (September 6, 2012)
Scientology, Katie Holmes, and Tom Cruise: Who Is Nazanin Boniadi? - Vanity Fair (September 1, 2012)
At Any Price: Venice Review - Hollywood Reporter (August 30, 2012)
Circumstance – review - The Guardian (August 23, 2012)
Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud talk about making of Chicken with Plums - Beverly Hills (August 6, 2012)
France honors Iranian actress Leila Hatami - Press TV (August 4, 2012)
Iran threatens to boycott Venice film festival over EU sanctions - The Guardiasn (July 31, 2012)
Film on Iran's first female motor racing champion provokes controversy - Telegraph (July 23, 2012)
Iran imposes travel ban on star actresses - Telegrapah (July 18, 2012)
Leila Hatami wins the Best Actress Award at Karlovy Vary Film Festival - Cinema Without Boarders (July 8, 2012)
'Fairly Legal' Sarah Shahi on season two: 'We've found our voice now' - Digital Spy (July 7, 2012)
The Last Step - Screen Daily (July 4, 2012)
Iran's 'Bear' Takes Top Prize at Film Festival - Hollywood Reporter (June 26, 2012)
LAFF: Director Filho talks about Jafar Panahi - LA (June 24, 2012)
LAFF: Premiere of About Face - LA (June 21, 2012)
LAFF: Premiere of "Middle Of Nowhere" - LA (June 20, 2012)
LAFF: Leonard Nimoy - LA (June 16, 2012)
LAFF: The Premiere of 'The Iran Job' - LA (June 15, 2012)
Cannes 2012: Abbas Kiarostami: 'The world is my workshop' - The Guardian (May 28, 2012)
Iranian filmmaking at two extremes - LA Times (May 25, 2012)
German director to make film on Iranian scientist, Avicenna - Press TV (May 22, 2012)
Cannes 2012: Like Someone in Love review - The Guardian (May 21, 2012)
Iran's Kiarostami goes to Japan for latest film? - BG (May 21, 2012)
Iranian film director scoops award at Cannes - Euronews (May 20, 2012)
Farhadi taps Rahim - Variety (May 20, 2012)
A Respectable Family: Cannes Review - Hollywood Reporter (May 20, 2012)
Afghan Artists Tackle Controversial Issue of Temporary Marriage in Iran - PR (May 3, 2012)
Talking Movies: Persepolis director explores life after death - BBC (May 3, 2012)
Sex change film from Iran wins award in US film festival - BBC (April 27, 2012)
Nouvelle blague - The Economist (April 21, 2012)
Kim Novak handprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theater - Hollywood (April 14, 2012)
TCM Opening: 40th Anniversary Restoration of CABARET - Hollywood (April 12, 2012)
Iranian cinema: Why art-house films are so rare - San Francisco Chronicle (March 28, 2012)
Jafar Panahi: arrested, banned and defying Iran with his new film - The Guardian (March 22, 2012)
Egypt artists slam university ban of Iranian film - AFP (March 14, 2012)
Iranian Ceremony to Honor 'A Separation' Director is Canceled - NY Times (March 12, 2012)
'Not A Film,' Not When Tehran Says It Can't Be - NPR (February 28, 2012)
Israeli audiences flock to Iran's Oscar-winning A Separation - The Guardian (February 28, 2012)
Iran's first Oscar glory witnessed by a few in the country - BBC (February 27, 2012)
Iran: Oscar win is victory over Israel - AP (February 27, 2012)
Oscar success of A Separation celebrated back home in Iran - The Guardian (February 27, 2012)
Iranian film is favourite for foreign film Oscar - BBC (February 24, 2012)
Abbas Kiarostami's short film - Video (February 22, 2012)
Oliver Stone's director son turns to Islam - Daily Mail (February 14, 2012)
Backlash as Iran hardliners label Oscar favourite a 'dirty picture' - The Guardian (February 4, 2012)
Iran web abuzz at film's Oscar nomination - BBC (February 1, 2012)
Oscar nominations 2012: what the critics say - The Guardian (January 28, 2012)
Iran's Kiarostami: Golden Globe win comes with 'frustration' after cinema group closed - AP (January 16, 2012)
Chicken with Plums: the snowy side of Tehran - The Guardian (January 9, 2012)
Iranian cinema 'thriving despite government restrictions' - BBC (January 8, 2012)
Iran To Close Independent Cinema Guild - REF/RL (January 4, 2012)
An unlikely U.S. diplomat scores with Iranian fans - WP (December 23, 2011)
A Separation - Iran's Oscars hope after Golden Globe nomination - BBC (December 23, 2011)
A Searing Family Drama Reveals a Human Side of Iran - NY Times (December 21, 2011)
Iran's Naderi explains why he shot 'Cut' in Japan - Japan Times (December 16, 2011)
Iran Releases Filmmaker Linked To BBC - RFE/RL (December 12, 2011)
Kiwi from Iran makes 'home video' - New Zealand Herald (December 9, 2011)
'The Cycle', A Classic Iranian Film, Remains Sadly Relevant - Popmatters (December 7, 2011)
Iran-Israel 'war' hits Goa film festival - India Today (December 2, 2011)
Gozaran-Time Passing: Film Review - Hollywood Reporter (November 26, 2011)
A Separation scoops top APSA prize - SBS (November 25, 2011)
Iranian film wins BBC world cinema award - BBC (November 18, 2011)
An Evening with Pedro Almodóvar - USC (November 11, 2011)
AFI Fest: Premiere of the Loneliest Planet - Hollywood (November 10, 2011)
AFI Fest: Interview with Director Béla Tarr - Hollywood (November 9, 2011)
AFI Fest: Premiere of We Need to Talk About Kevin - Hollywood (November 9, 2011)
AFI Fest: Premiere of Shame - Hollywood (November 9, 2011)
AFI Fest: Premiere of The Kid with a Bike - Hollywood (November 8, 2011)
AFI Fest: Premiere of Kinyarwanda - Hollywood (November 7, 2011)
AFI FEST: Premiere of A Separation - Hollywood (November 6, 2011)
AFI Fest: Premiere of Green - Hollywood (November 4, 2011)
Iranian actress released from jail - The Guardian (October 29, 2011)
Film Review: Soog - Variety (October 26, 2011)
Release of Afghan-Iran film The School blocked in Kabul - BBC (October 21, 2011)
Academy calls for release of Iranian film-makers - BBC (October 20, 2011)
Iran Rejects Jafar Panahi's Appeal - Hollywood Reporter (October 17, 2011)
Iranian actor sentenced to 90 lashes for featuring in banned film - The Guardian (October 11, 2011)
An Iranian Hit, but No Preconceptions, Please - NY Times (September 30, 2011)
Iran arrests documentary film-makers - BBC (September 30, 2011)
Exiled Iranian film director's flight to freedom - CNN (September 22, 2011)
Iran detains film-makers accused of secretly working for BBC Persian TV - The Guardian (September 19, 2011)
A report from the SF Iranian Film Festval - BBC Persian (September 11, 2011) | Report in English
Sean Stone’s film project in Iran centers on Rumi - Mehr News (September 9, 2011)
Facing Mirrors - Variety (September 6, 2011)
Oliver Stone joins his son to plan documentary in Iran - The Guardian (September 6, 2011)
Chicken With Plums (Poulet Aux Prunes) review - The Guardian (September 4, 2011)
Cut: Venice Film Review - Hollywood Reporter (September 2, 2011)
Circumstance grazes thematic surface - Daily Trojan (August 28, 2011)
Director Reza Badiyi dies - Variety (August 21, 2011)
Living and Loving Underground in Iran - NY Times (August 19, 2011)
Jane Fonda Book Signing - LA (August 15, 2011)
Is Uday Hussein's 'double' really just an impostor? - The Independent (August 4, 2011)
Iran releases prominent actor and filmmaker - The Guardian (July 27, 2011)
LALIFF Closing Gala: Premiere of Cowboys & Aliens - Hollywood (July 25, 2011)
LALIFF: Premiere of Without Men - Hollywood (July 24, 2011)
LALIFF: Premiere of Alguien Ha Visto A Lupita? - Hollywood (July 23, 2011)
LALIFF: Verónica Riedel talks about making Cápsulas - Hollywood (July 23, 2011)
LALIFF: Premiere of Tequila - Hollywood (July 21, 2011)
LALIFF: Premiere of America - Hollywood (July 20, 2011)
LALIFF: Natascha Berg talks about Shadows - Hollywood (July 20, 2011)
LALIFF: Premiere of Sold - Hollywood (July 20, 2011)
LALIFF: Premiere of Angelito - Hollywood (July 20, 2011)
LALIFF: Premiere of Espérame - Hollywood (July 20, 2011)
LALIFF: Anayansi Prado talks about making Paraiso for Sale - Hollywood (July 20, 2011)
LALIFF: Fernando Trueba talks about making Chico & Rita - Hollywood (July 20, 2011)
LALIFF: Premiere of La Hora Cero - Hollywood (July 19, 2011)
LALIFF: Actress Carla Ortiz - Hollywood (July 19, 2011)
LALIFF: Sophia Jones talks about making of Precious Knowledge - Hollywood (July 19, 2011)
LALIFF: Edesio Alejandro talks about 100 CUBAN SONES - Hollywood (July 19, 2011)
LALIFF: Premiere of El premio - Hollywood (July 19, 2011)
Actress Mercedes Brito - Hollywood (July 19, 2011)
LALIFF Opening Gala: Aqui Entre Nos - Hollywood (July 17, 2011)
A Separation's Asghar Farhadi: 'We need the audience to think' - The Guardian (July 15, 2011)
Iranian actor arrested en route to women's World Cup - The Guardian (July 15, 2011)
Film Review: Circumstance (July 14, 2011)
Love Crimes of Kabul - Indiewire (July 11, 2011)
Overseas artists boycott Britain in protest at visa clampdown - The Guardian (July 10, 2011)
A Separation can't be divorced from Iranian politics - The Guardian (July 5, 2011)
Special Screening of "The Myth of the American Sleepover" - LA (June 30, 2011)
Iranian film-maker detained in notorious Tehran prison - The Guardian (June 30, 2011)
A Separation review - The Guardian (June 30, 2011)
Interview: Ashgar Farhadi, film-maker - The Scotsman (June 29, 2011)
Iran attacks BBC for documentary series on life of prophet Muhammad - The Guardian (June 28, 2011)
Ben Affleck Casts Himself in CIA Drama - TheWrap (June 27, 2011)
LAFF Closing Gala: Don't Be Afraid of The Dark - LA (June 26, 2011)
LAFF: Saba Riazi win the jury award for Best Narrative Short Film - LA (June 26, 2011)
LAFF: Interview with Fina Torres - LA (June 25, 2011)
LAFF: The Premiere of Terri - LA (June 25, 2011)
LAFF: Boyz N The Hood - LA (June 23, 2011)
LAFF: The Premiere of Salaam Dunk - LA (June 22, 2011)
LAFF: Premiere of A Better Life - LA (June 21, 2011)
'A Separation' Wins Sydney Film Festival's Top Prize - Hollywood Reporter (June 20, 2011)
LAFF: The Premiere of Skateistan - LA (June 20, 2011)
LAFF: Premiere of The Devil's Double - LA (June 20, 2011)
LAFF: Celebrity Impersonators & Twins - LA (June 20, 2011)
LAFF: Please Do Not Disturb (June 19-20, 2011)
LAFF: The Premiere of An Ordinary Family - LA (June 19, 2011)
LAFF: The Premiere of Leave It On the Floor - LA (June 18, 2011)
LAFF: Future Filmmakers - LA (June 18, 2011)
LAFF: The Premiere of Drive - LA (June 17, 2011)
Tug of love flies in face of Iran's regime - SMH (June 15, 2011)
Actors go to UN demanding Iran release jailed director - The Guardian (June 8, 2011)
Lynda Carter CD Signing at Barnes & Noble - LA (June 6, 2011)
Lucy Hale Book Signing at Barnes & Noble - LA (June 4, 2011)
Iran slams Cannes for Lars von Trier Nazi ban - Seattle Times (May 25, 2011)
Canned in Cannes - director banned for Nazi joke - SMH (May 21, 2011)
Jafar Panahi not in Cannes for This Is Not a Film premiere - The Guardian (May 21, 2011)
Circumstance Review - BBC Persian (May 17, 2011)
Goodbye finds its way to Cannes 2011 - Cinema without Borders (May 15, 2011)
Wide takes on Panahi's This Is Not A Film - Screen Daily (May 11, 2011)
Convicted Iranian film-makers to feature at Cannes - AFP (May 7, 2011)
An Iranian Filmmaker Tiptoes Around the Censors to Explore Risky Subjects - NY Times (May 6, 2011)
Barbara Eden Book Discussion at the LA Times Book Fair - USC (May 1, 2011)
Alison Arngrim Book Signing & Discussion at the LA Times Book Fair - USC (April 30, 2011)
Danica McKellar Book Signing & Discussion at the LA Times Book Fair - USC (April 30, 2011)
Peter O'toole handprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theater - Hollywood (April 30, 2011)
TCM Film Festival: Debbie Reynolds DVD Signing - Hollywood (April 29, 2011)
TCM Film Festival: Leslie Caron Book Signing - Hollywood (April 29, 2011)
Interview with Actress Alicia Arden - Hollywood (April 28, 2011)
Interview with Ana Alexander - Hollywood (April 28, 2011)
TCM FEST: Andy Marx talks about his Grandfather 'Groucho' - Hollywood (April 28, 2011)
TCM Classic Film Festival: Opening Night 'An American in Paris' - Hollywood (April 28, 2011)
Movie tackles Iran's youth, sex and drugs - BBC (April 21, 2011)
Cannes film festival 2011: Jafar Panahi wins Carrosse d'Or - The Guardian (April 20, 2011)
Barbara Eden Book Signing & Discussion - LA (April 16, 2011)
Our Summer in Tehran - ITVS (April 11, 2011)
Stephen King's "The Shining" to be released in Iran - IBNA (April 6, 2011)
Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof tribute at YBCA - SF Chronicle (March 18, 2011)
'Certified Copy': A Marvelous, Mind-Blowing Movie - NPR (March 11, 2011)
Iranian director animates Green Wave web activism - BBC (March 10, 2011)
Kiarostami on the Road - New Yorker (March 8, 2011)
Monica Bellucci Enters Rhinos Season - Movieweb (February 25, 2011)
Iranian director receives development film award - DW (February 23, 2011)
Iranian Film Takes Top Prize at Berlinale - Spiegel Online (February 19, 2011)
Nader And Simin - A Separation - Screen Daily (February 15, 2011)
Open Letter from Jafar Panahi - Indiewire (February 11, 2011)
Berlinale Opens with Strong Political Message - Spiegel (February 11, 2011)
Berlin Film Fest leaves empty chair for Panahi - CBC (February 10, 2011)
In 'Circumstance,' a sexual awakening in Iran - AP (February 5, 2011)
Ben Affleck in talks to direct Iran hostage crisis film - The Guardian (February 4, 2011)
Peter Bradshaw on Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof - The Guardian (February 2, 2011)
An appeal for Jafar Panahi's release - Irvine (January 30, 2011)
Bobby Fischer Against the World and Page One - Vanity Fair (January 28, 2011)
Movie review: Iranium - CFP (January 27, 2011)
Beauty and Censorship Show in Festivals Celebrating Iranian Films - America.gov (January 27, 2011)
Circumstance - Variety (January 27, 2011)
'Daily Show' comedy turns into Iran spy drama - Hollywood Reporter (January 23, 2011)
Circumstance - Hollywood Reporter (January 22, 2011)
Review: The Green Wave - Hollywood Reporter (January 22, 2011)
Iran's green revolution in animation - The Guardian (January 20, 2011)
Berlin film festival to honour jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi - The Guardian (January 19, 2011)
'Translator of both worlds' - Park Record (January 18, 2011)
Manchester folk act Red Tides make Iranian film team-up - BBC (January 10, 2011)
Son Of Imprisoned Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Says His Father Still Sees Beauty - RFE/RL (December 22, 2010)
Film stars urged to oppose Jafar Panahi imprisonment via online petition - The Guardian (December 21, 2010)
Cry freedom for Jafar Panahi - The Guardian (December 21, 2010)
Iran jails director Jafar Panahi and stops him making films for 20 years - The Guardian (December 20, 2010)
Chasing Che wins best documentary film award (December 6, 2010)
Ferdowsi Foundation to produce film on Shahnameh - IBNA (November 28, 2010)
Maryam Keshavarz's Circumstance - PR (November 18, 2010)
Jean-Luc Godard's Oscar rekindles antisemitism row - The Guardian (November 14, 2010)
AFI FEST: Mike Ott talks about making "Littlerock" - Hollywood (November 11, 2010)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of "Nothing's All Bad" - Hollywood (November 9, 2010)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of "Hamill" - Hollywood (November 7, 2010)
AFI FEST: Review: Certified Copy - Hollywood (November 7, 2010)
AFI Fest: Review: The Accordion - A short by Jaffar Panahi (November 7, 2010)
Director Feo Aladag talks about making "When We Leave" - Hollywood (October 20, 2010)
Iran Lifts Ban on Director, Saying He Issued an Apology - NY Times (October 3, 2010)
Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi banned from Venice film festival - The Guardian (September 2, 2010)
Juliette Binoche is putting the spotlight on human rights injustices in Iran- The Guardian (August 22, 2010)
Lebanese Christians angered by TV show about Christ - BBC (August 13, 2010)
"Countdown to Zero": Hollywood Movie Promotes War on Iran - GR (August 5, 2010)
Confused About 'Iranian Scientist' Wait for the Film - Aol News (July 25, 2010)
Iran studio plans movie on 'abducted' scientist - RFE (July 21, 2010)
Iranian Classic 'Close-Up' Dissects Cinema From the Inside - HollywoodChicago (July 1, 2010)
LAFF: Hossein Keshavarz talks about Dog Sweat - LA (June 26, 2010)
LAFF: The Premiere of The Wheeler Boys - LA (June 25, 2010)
LAFF: The Premiere of Upstate - LA (June 25, 2010)
LAFF: The Premiere of Mahler on the Couch - LA (June 24, 2010)
LAFF: The Premiere of Waiting For "Superman" - LA (June 21, 2010)
LAFF: The Premiere of One Lucky Elephant - LA (June 19, 2010)
LAFF: Director Tobias Lindholm talks about making "R" - LA (June 19, 2010)
LAFF: Sajen Corona talks about his acting career - LA (June 19, 2010)
LAFF: The Premiere of Cyrus - LA (June 18, 2010)
LAFF: The Premiere of The New Year - LA (June 18, 2010)
Shirin Neshat: A long way from home - The Guardian (June 13, 2010)
For Neda - Weekly Standard (June 12, 2010) | HBO
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi is released - BBC (May 25, 2010)
The Cannes Doers: Javier Bardem, Juliette Binoche - E! (May 23, 2010)
Jafar Panahi 'may soon be freed' - The Guardian (May 23, 2010)
Hollywood whitewash? 'Airbender' and 'Prince of Persia' anger fans with ethnic casting - LA Times (May 22, 2010)
A Double Bill With Binoche and Kiarostami - NY Times (May 21, 2010)
Juliette Binoche in tears at Cannes - AFP (May 20, 2010)
Iranian Director Says Art Is Under Attack at Home - Reuters (May 18, 2010)
Marjane Satrapi, writer and director: My Cannes - The Guardian (May 16, 2010)
Spielberg, Scorsese, Others Call for Panahi Release - Deadline (April 30, 2010)
Movie review: A dark 'Women Without Men' - WP (April 30, 2010)
TCM Classic Film Festival: Tony Curtis Book Signing - Hollywood (April 25, 2010)
TCM Classic Film Festival: Neptune's Daughter - Hollywood (April 22, 2010)
Banned in Iran: Take It Easy Hospital - The Guardian (March 20, 2010)
A chance to hear Iran's Voices of the Unheard - The Guardian (March 19, 2010)
Film world protests at detention of Iranian director Jafar Panahi - Times Online (March 3, 2010)
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi arrested - BBC (March 2, 2010)
Berlinale's Generation 14plus Awards Reach Out to Youth - Indiewire (February 19, 2010)
Iran nixes Panahi's Berlin trip - Variety (February 16, 2010)
UCLA Iranian Film Festival (February 5-20, 2010)
British directors lead boycott of Iran's cultural showpiece - The Independent (January 23, 2010)
Persian miniatures - The Phoneix (January 6, 2010)
Iranian Filmmakers Keep Focus on the Turmoil - NY Times (January 3, 2010)
Makhmalbaf: back democracy in Iran - The Guardian (November 25, 2009)
The Bakhtiari Alphabet Reviews - Sacredheart U. (November 2009)
Iran names and shames well-paid actors - The Guardian (November 8, 2009)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of "Nobody Knows about the Persian Cats" - Hollywood (November 2, 2009)
AFI FEST: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Hollywood (November 2, 2009)
Banned but not on the run at the London film festival - The Guardian (October 29, 2009)
Iranian Film Delegation - UCLA (October 9-13, 2009)
Interview with Ben-Hur Sepehr - Westwood (October 9, 2009)
Interview with Necar Zadegan - Hollywood (September 25, 2009)
Interview with Max Amini - Hollywood (September 25, 2009)
Interview with K-von - Hollywood (September 23, 2009)
Interview with Negin Farsad - Hollywood (September 23, 2009)
Interview with Maz Jobrani - Hollywood (September 22, 2009)
Interview with Shila Vosough Ommi - Hollywood (September 22, 2009)
Interview with Nadine Rajabi - Hollywood (September 22, 2009)
Interview with Amir K - Hollywood (September 22, 2009)
Interview with Farrah Assadi - Hollywood (September 22, 2009)
TV drama gains Islamic approval as 'Lost-mania' grips Iran - The Guardian (September 13, 2009)
Top Venice award for Israeli film - BBC (September 12, 2009)
Women Without Men - Sceendaily (September 12, 2009)
Iranian cinema returns to Venice - Variety (September 7, 2009)
TIFF '09 | Granaz Moussavi : "Something Different and Fresh from Iran" - Indiewire (September 1, 2009)
First Iranian film shot in US since 1979 gets under way - The Guardian (September 1, 2009)
Interview with Director Beri Shalmashi - UCLA (July 25, 2009)
Ronaldo to star in Iranian movie - Telegraph (July 22, 2009)
Actress Charlize Theron - Pasadena (July 21, 2009)
LA Film Festival's Closing Night Gala: Premiere of "Ponyo" (June 28, 2009)
Premiere of "500 Days of Summer" - LAFF (June 26, 2009)
Premiere of "Cold Souls" - LAFF (June 25, 2009)
Premiere of "Zombies of Mass Destruction" - LAFF (June 25, 2009)
Premiere of "Paper Heart" - LAFF (June 24, 2009)
Sensationalist Film Exploits Important Human Rights Issue in Iran - Amnesty International (June 24, 2009)
Yun Suh talks about "City of Borders" - LAFF (June 23, 2009)
Premiere of We Live in Public - LAFF (June 21, 2009)
Premiere of Dear Lemon Lima - LAFF (June 20, 2009)
Premiere of Stoning of Soraya M - LAFF (June 20, 2009)
Nahid Persson Sarvestani talks about The Queen and I - LAFF (June 19, 2009)
Kevin Hamedani talks about "Zombies of Mass Destruction" - LAFF (June 19, 2009)
A life in cinema: Abbas Kiarostami - The Guardian (June 13, 2009)
A Discussion with the cast & Director of "Stoning of Soraya M" - Beverly Hills (June 10, 2009)
Iranian director's debut row - BBC (June 8, 2009)
Abbas Kiarostami on directing Cosi fan tutte from Iran - Times Online (May 30, 2009)
Jewel of Afghan cinema saved from the Taliban - The Independent (May 9, 2009)
No Così relationship: visa row scuppers ENO's bid to secure Abbas Kiarostami - The Guardian (May 6, 2009)
Alyssa Milano at the LA Times Bookfair - UCLA (April 25, 2009)
Iran: Love letter plea for Saberi - BBC (April 22, 2009)
Annual Festival of Iranian Films - WRMEA (April 17, 2009)
The Song of Sparrows Opening Day in LA & NY
Iranian film industry thriving, Hollywood learns - CNN (March 28, 2009)
Goodbye Solo - Chicago Sun Times (March 25, 2009)
The new great American director - Roger Ebert (March 22, 2009)
Amber Benson book signing - Burbank (March 21, 2009)
Iran TV plans Slumdog film boost - BBC (March 18 2009)
Mayaha Petrosian: Iranian actress takes a turn behind the camera - CS Monitor (March 10, 2009)
Iran's focus on movie misses the big picture - San Fransico Chronile (March 8, 2009)
Hollywood goes to Tehran - and is ordered to apologise for its sins - The Guardian (March 2, 2009)
Despite Hopes of Hollywood Visit, Iran's Leaders Stick to the Same Script - NY Times (March 1, 2009)
Hollywood Comes To Tehran - CBS (February 28, 2009)
"About Elly" brings Iran another Berlin Silver Bear - Tebyan (February 17, 2009)
About Elly - Variety (February 7, 2009)
19th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema at UCLA
Edinburgh Iranian Festival
Sundance Film Festival: The rebel and the Empress - The Independent (January 9, 2009)
Hollywood film accused of insulting Iran - The Guardian (December 13, 2008)
Jessica Lange Book Signing & Discussion - Santa Monica (December 6, 2008)
Jamie Lee Curtis Book Signing & Reading - Santa Monica (November 15, 2008)
An evening with Dariush Mehrjui - UCLA (November 9, 2008)
Omar Khayam Documentary Film - UCLA (November 8, 2008)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Last Chance Harvey - Hollywood (November 8, 2008)
AFI FEST: Michelle Williams, Premiere Of "Wendy And Lucy" - Hollywood (November 8, 2008)
AFI FEST: Jeff Goldblum talks about Adam Resurrected (November 8, 2008)
AFI FEST: Marisa Tomei talks about The Wrestler - Hollywood (November 7, 2008)
AFI FEST: Bill Plympton talks about Idiots and Angels - Hollywood (November 7, 2008)
AFI FEST: Actress Alicia Arden - Hollywood (November 7, 2008)
AFI Fest: Red Carpet. The Wrestler - Hollywood (November 7, 2008)
AFI FEST: Tribute to Tilda Swinton - Hollywood (November 5, 2008)
AFI FEST: Evelyn Lee talks about "Kanizsa Hill" - Hollywood (November 5, 2008)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of The Brothers Bloom - Hollywood (November 3, 2008)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of Skin - Hollywood (November 3, 2008)
AFI FEST: Kym Jackson and Lauren Orrell talks about Sleeper - Hollywood (November 3, 2008)
AFI FEST: Sabine El Gemayal talks about Niloofar - Hollywood (November 1, 2008)
AFI FEST: The Premiere of CHE - Hollywood (November 1, 2008)
Iranian Actress Heads Into a Storm - Washington Post (October 11, 2008)
Shirin - Variety (August 28, 2008)
Review: Shirin - The Guardian (August 28, 2008)
Hollywood postponed - The Guardian (August 22, 2008)
Iran bars spy film actor from travelling abroad - The Guardian (August 21, 2008)
Belly laughs and breast-beating - The Guardian (August 11, 2008)
Film panel discussion: Caught Between Two Worlds & Voices - UCLA (May 2, 2008)
Interview with Simin Farkhondeh - UCLA (May 2, 2008)
Interview with Vida Ghaffari - LA (April 25, 2008)
Iranian film Panel - UCLA (April 12, 2008)
Interview with Amir Shahab Razavian - UCLA (April 11, 2008)
Introducing the directors from behind the veil - The Independent (April 11, 2008)
Mimi Brody talks about the UCLA Iranian Film Festival - Real Video (March 14, 2008)
18th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema - UCLA (March 14 - April 20, 2008)
Iranians urge Dutch to ban film - BBC (February 16, 2008)
'The Kite Runner' Critiqued: New Orientalism Goes to the Big Screen - Common Dreams (January 5, 2008)
Half Moon - The Observer (January 4, 2008)
Persepolis opening day in LA & New York (December 25, 2007)
Kurdish Director, Stuck Between Iraq and Iran - NY Times (December 16, 2007)
From Memories, There’s No Escape - NY Times (December 14, 2007)
Interview with Marjane Satrapi - LA (December 10, 2007)
Interview with Chiara Mastroianni - LA (December 10, 2007)
AFI Fest Closing Gala - LA (November 11, 2007)
AFI Fest - Gallery (November 1-11, 2007)
Review of Animation "Persepolis" (November 10, 2007)
AFI Fest: In Search of a Midnight Kiss - LA (November 10, 2007)
AFI Fest: Premiere of the Savages - AFI Fest, LA (November 9, 2007)
AFI Fest: Premiere of Le Scaphandre et le papillon (November 8, 2007)
AFI Fest: Bridget Moynahan at the premiere of Noise - AFI Fest, LA (November 6, 2007)
AFI Fest: Interview with Ramin Bahrani (November 5, 2007)
Interview with Short Filmmaker Nick Brandestini - AFI Fest, LA (November 5, 2007)
Interview with Film Publicist Reza Safai - AFI Fest, LA (November 4, 2007
Interview with John Sayles - AFI Fest, LA (November 4, 2007)
Interview with Andrea kreuzhage - AFI Fest, LA (November 4, 2007)
AFI Fest: Premiere of Juno (Centerpiece Galla) - Gallery (November 5, 2007)
Amanda Loncar talks about On the Road with Judas - LA (November 4, 2007)
Film Screening: Iran, Seven Faces of a Civilization - Gallery (October 27, 2007)
Interview with Miriam Shenasi (September 13, 2007)
'Honour killing' screenplay changed after Iranian complaints - The Guardian (August 3, 2007)
The Premiere of David & Layla - Beverly Hills (July 16, 2007)
Fatemeh Motamed Arya Film & Discussion - Gallery (July 14, 2007)
Moore not going to Iran, insists Sicko producer - The Guardian (July 9, 2007)
Interview with Suzi Yoonessi - LA Film Festival (June 30, 2007)
Fireworks Wednesday - LA Film Festival (June 28-30, 2007)
Premiere of 2 Days in Paris (June 29, 2007)
Pool of Princesses (June 28, 2007)
Half Moon - LA Film Festival (June 24-27, 2007)
It's Winter - LA Film Festival (June 25, 2007)
Interview with Mitra Hajjar (June 25, 2007)
Interview with Director Rafi Pitts (June 24, 2007)
Premiere of "The beautiful ordinary" - Gallery (June 22, 2007)
LA Film Festival Opening Night Film - Gallery (June 21, 2007)
Iran condemns award-winning film - The Guardian (May 31, 2007)
Film Review - Iran: A Cinemarographic Revolution - Real Video (May 5, 2007)
Maryam Kashani talks about "Best in the West" (April 25, 2007)
Interview with Nadja Bjorlin (April 15, 2007)
Interview with Mimi Brody on the opening of UCLA Iranian Film Festival - Video (April 7, 2007)
Interview with Director Maryam Kashani (April 7, 2007)
17th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema - UCLA (April 7 - May 11, 2007) | Gallery
Offside Opening Day in LA & New York (March 23, 2007)
Iran accuses Hollywood of 'psychological warfare' - The Guardian (March 14, 2007)
Iran condemns Hollywood war epic - BBC (March 13, 2007)
Trips to Nowhere and Everywhere, With Iran's Poet of the Cinema - NY Times (March 1, 2007)
David Lynch's Discussion and Booksigning - Gallery (January 23, 2007)
Iran in the bleak midwinter - The Guardian (December 17, 2006)
Iranian Film, Afghan Music Delight Eyes and Ears - Washington File (October 13, 2006)
Ramin Bahrani's Man Push Cart
Man Push Cart Opening Day in LA & New York
Marjane Satrapi: Of madness and mullahs - The Independent (July 27, 2006)
Dr. Minoo Moallem Lecture on Governmentality, Masculinity and Iran-Iraq War Movies - UCLA (July 10, 2006)
LA Film Festival Closing Film - Gallery (July 2, 2006)
Quinceañera "Centerpiece Gala" - LA Film Festival (June 30, 2006)
LA Film Festival Mixed Gallery (June 30, 2006)
Having found success in U.S., Iranian Jews turn to show biz - JTA (June 28, 2006)
Premier of Gradually... Be Ahestegi - LA Film Festival (June 27, 2006)
Premier of Kabul Transit - Gallery (June 25, 2006)
Premier of Narrow Alleys - LA Film Festival (June 24, 2006)
Parviz Sayyad's The Mission - Gallery (June 23, 2006)
The opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival - Gallery (June 22, 2006)
Iran 1 Female fans 0 - The Guardian (June 11, 2006)
Offside (PG) - The Independent (June 9, 2006)
Border Café - Melnitz Hall, UCLA (June 2-3, 2006)
Film festival hit by cartoon row - BBC (March 24, 2006)
How not to be offside - Economist (March 9, 2006)
Shohreh Aghdashloo Enjoys Career Boost from Oscar Nomination - Washington File (March 3, 2006)
Iran films return to Berlin festival - BBC (February 18, 2006)
Reviews: Niki Karimi's One Night - UCLA Iranian Film Festival (Februrary 3, 2006)
Dr. Hamid Naficy Lecture - Gallery (January 30, 2006)
UCLA Iranian Film Festival (Gallery)
Reviews: Portrait of a Lady Far Away - UCLA Iranian Film Festival (January 27, 2006)
16th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema - UCLA (January 13 - February 11, 2006)
Iran 'crackdown on foreign films' - BBC (October 20, 2005)
Filmmaker Cyrus Kar Lecture - Gallery (October 16, 2005)
Film Director Kayvan Mashayekh, San Diego - Gallery (September 4, 2005)
Yassamin Maleknasr at Film Society in Santa Monica - Gallery (August 28, 2005)
Swiss honour for Iranian director - BBC (August 8, 2005)
Children get must-see movie list - BBC (July 20, 2005)
The Iranian star of 24 thought hard before taking the role - The Age (July 14, 2005)
Unveiled Reviews
US film-maker free from Iraq jail - BBC (July 10, 2005)
Iranian Immigrant Produces Movie About Omar Khayyam - VOA News (July 5, 2005) | The Keeper
Persian Poet Omar Khayyam Inspires New Iranian-American Film - Washington File (July 5, 2005)
Director of Banned Iranian Film Gets Unlikely Job - NPR (May 25, 2005)
Documentary about Iranian-American Women and Sex - UCLA (May 24, 2005)
Abbas Kiarostami workshop, 2 - 10 May 2005
Iran's top director lauded in London - BBC (April 29 2005)
Iran unyielding over director ban - BBC (April 28, 2005)
A short film by Goli Omidvar in cinema 'la clef' in Paris (April 1, 2005)
Iran: Prize-Winning Documentary Exposes Hidden Side Of Iranian Society - RFE (March 25, 2005)
Aghdashloo clocks fame on '24' - USA Today (March 21, 2005)
A Poet Who Pointed the Way to a New Iran - Washington Post (March 12, 2005)
Playing Against (Stereo)type - NY Times (January 23, 2005)
Kiarostami will preside over the "Camera d'Or" jury - BBC Persian (January 20, 2005)
Turtles Can Fly - The Guardian (January 7, 2005)
'These are the people we never see on TV' - The Guardian (January 6, 2005)
'I come from a land of untold stories' - Telegraph (December 28, 2004)
Iranian film wins Indian honour - BBC (December 10, 2004)
Boof-e-Koor (The Blind Owl) debuts - BBC Persian (December 9, 2004)
Kiarostami honored at film festival - BBC Persian (November 27, 2004) | Festival des 3 Continents
Duel debuts in Kabul and Tehran - BBC Persian (November 25, 2004)
Iranian director turns lens on India - BBC (November 19, 2004)
Alexander is back - The Iranian (October 27, 2004)
The Lizard - The Guardian (October 25, 2004)
Hero director gets Oscars entry - BBC (October 22, 2004)
Bridging the Gulf - The Guardian (September 27, 2004)
Iraqi tale wins at San Sebastian - BBC (September 25, 2004)
Iranian Director's Film Wins Spanish Festival Top Prize - VOA News (September 25, 2004)
Iran's judiciary plans to 'detoxify' film industry - AFP (September 21, 2004)
An Interview with Mania Akbari, director of "20 Fingers" - BBC Persina (September 18, 2004)
At Five in the Afternoon - The Guardian (September 17, 2004)
The man who lost his past - The Guardian (September 6, 2004)
Interview: Shirin Neshat, photographer and film maker - New Zealand Herald (August 25, 2004)
Lost in transit - The Guardian (August 1, 2004)
Spielberg spins the tale of the prisoner of Paris airport - The Guardian (July 27, 2004)
Paradise Is Somewhere Else - The Guardian (July 23, 2004)
Faces up to Afghan life - The Age (July 22, 2004)
Joy of Madness - The Guardian (July 16, 2004)
Film Documentary Captures Optimistic Spirit of Afghanistan - Washington File (July 8, 2004)
Behind 'The Terminal,' a true story - CS Monitor (June 21, 2004)
"The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayam - The Iranian (June 18, 2004)
Blood wedding - The Observer (June 13, 2004)
'They want us to emigrate' - The Guardian (June 10, 2004)
Lizard director stays with religion - BBC (June 9, 2004)
Iranian movie director wins Praemium Imperiale prize - Japan Times (June 8, 2004)
Iran 'anti-cleric' film to hit US - BBC (May 26, 2004)
Anti-Bush film tops Cannes awards - BBC (May 22, 2004)
Gavkhooni debuts at the Cannes Film Festival (May 20, 2004)
Iranian filmmaker: Culture, art are key to democracy - Daily Star (May 18, 2004)
Curtain falls on Iranian comedy - The Guardian (May 17, 2004)
Iran 'anti-cleric' film withdrawn - BBC (May 15, 2004)
Amir-Yousefi's "Bitter Dream," debuts at the Cannes Film Festival - BBC Persian (May 15, 2004)
Kiarostami at the Cannes Film Festival - BBC Persian (May 14, 2004)
Iran blocks new Makhmalbaf film - The Guardian (May 13, 2004)
Row builds over Iran cleric film - BBC (May 11, 2004)
Director accuses Iran of film ban - BBC (May 6, 2004)
'Passion' to Be Screened in Iran - BBC Persian (April 29, 2004)
Film mocking the mullahs is a hit in Iran - The Guardian (April 28, 2004)
Cleric flick captivates Iran - BBC (April 26, 2004)
Marmoulak debuts in Tehran - BBC Persian (April 23, 2004)
It's a family affair - The Independent (April 18, 2004)
"The Cinema of Exile" debuts in Paris - BBC Persian (April 10, 2004)
Iran's very own Coppola family - Telegraph (April 9, 2004)
A Straphanger Fills in the Blanks (Review: Marathon)- NY Times (April 2, 2004)
Noises Off: Seeking Solace in the Ambient Sounds of the City - Village Voice (March 29, 2004)
Interview: Shohreh Aghdashloo - BBC Persian
Iranian artists fear throwback to days of censorship - CS Monitor (March 4, 2004)
Iranian Films Warmly Received in American Theaters - Washington File (March 4, 2004)
In Depth: 2004 Oscars - BBC (March 1, 2004)
Translation captures Spirit awards - BBC (February 29, 2004)
Afghan Film "Osama" Depicts Taliban Tyranny Against Women - Washington File (February 13, 2004)
Aghdashloo's appeal for understanding - BBC (February 12, 2004)
In Iran, nightclubs are banned and concerts are rare, but movies abound. - San Francisco Chronicle (February 10, 2004)
Iran's Most Wanted: Filmmakers - Wired News (February 6, 2004)
Kiarostami's new digital film "Mahtab" - BBC Persian (February 3, 2004)
22nd Fajr Film Festival (February 1, 2004 - February 11, 2004)
Oscars' global reach touches two actresses - USA Today (January 28, 2004)
Actress in a supporting role: Shohreh Aghdashloo - 76th Annual Academy Awards
Shohreh Aghdashloo is nominated for best supporting actor in House of Sand and Fog - BBC Persian (January 27, 2004)
Oscar's year of global surprises - BBC (January 27, 2004)
Rings dominates Oscar nominations - BBC (January 27, 2004)
Afghan film collects Golden Globe - BBC (January 26, 2004)
Through the dark black smoke of war - The Guardian (January 16, 2004)
Made in Iran - Daily Bruin (January 15, 2004)
Death of a pizza salesman - CS Monitor (January 16, 2004)
A Deliveryman's Desperation as a Window on Iran - NY Times (January 16, 2004)
The Invisible Man - Village Voice (January 14, 2004)
Highly Recommended: 10 Great Iranian Films - Washington Post (January 9, 2004)
Kiarostami Festival in Paris - BBC Persian (January 7, 2004)
From Iran to California to 'House of Sand and Fog' (Interview with Shohreh Aghdashloo) - NY Times (January 4, 2004)
Acclaimed Hollywood Film Focuses on Iranian-American Family - Washington File (January 2, 2004)
Kiarostami receives Honorary Doctorate degree - BBC Persian (December 20, 2003)
To film 'Fog,' novelist enlisted a novice - CS Monitor (December 19, 2003)
Two Flawed People, Divided by a House - NY Times (December 19, 2003)
Letter-Imperfect Melodrama Just Can't Push The Envelope - Village Voice (December 17, 2003)
Finding Ancient History (In Town) and Modern Conflicts (On Screen) In Thessaloniki - Indiwire (December 8, 2003)
Silence of the Sea debuts in Mannheim Film Festival - BBC Persian (December 3, 2003)
B.G. student opts out of films - Toledoblade.com (November 23, 2003)
House of Sand and Fog - BBC Review
Shohreh Aghdashloo's bio and images (House of Sand and Fog)
House of Sand and Fog
Kiarostami wins the Konrad Wolf film award - BBC Persian (November 17, 2003)
Guardian's list of the world's 40 best directors - BBC Persian (November 14, 2003)
The world's 40 best directors - The Guardian (November 14, 2003)
Bearing witness to the struggles of modern-day Iran - Boston.com (November 9, 2003)
To Kiarostami or Not To Kiarostami: Iranian Cinema in Transition at Chicago's 14th Festival of Films From Iran - Indiwire (November 5, 2003)
Parviz Shabazi's Deep Breath - BBC Persian (November 1, 2003)
Hanna Makhmalbaf's Joy of Madness - BBC Persian (October 27, 2003)
London Film Festival opens show-casing five Iranian films - BBC Persian (October 22, 2003)
Palestinian film joins Oscar race - BBC (October 21, 2003)
Slice With Extra Desperation for Pizza Deliveryman in Tehran - NY Times (October 13, 2003)
Iranian Film 'Crimson Gold' Makes N.Y. Debut - NPR (October 13, 2003)
Iranian director's driving desire - BBC (October 4, 2003)
Interview with Dariush Mehrjui - BBC Persian (October 3, 2003)
Bahram Beyzai's 1001 Nights - BBC Persian (September 29, 2003)
Interview with Babak Payami, director of Silence Between Two Thoughts - WSWS (September 24, 2003)
Jafar Panahi: Home of the brave - The Independent (September 19, 2003)
An interview with Jafar Panahi, director of Crimson Gold - WSW (September 17, 2003)
At Five in the Afternoon - The Guardian (September 16, 2004)
Stand and deliver - The Gurardian (September 14, 2003)
Crimson Gold - The Guardian (September 12, 2003)
Jafar Panahi: It's the Iranian 'Taxi Driver' - The Independent (September 8, 2003)
Public enemy - The Guardian (September 2, 2003)
Censors cast shadow over Venice - The Guardian (September 1, 2003)
Fourteen-year-old Iranian wows the Venice Film Festival - BBC (August 30, 2003)
Director, 14, 'too young' to go to her own premiere - The Guardian (August 29, 2003)
Crimson Gold makes its London debut - BBC Persian (August 25, 2003)
Risking all to show Western films - BBC (August 19, 2003)
The beast of Mashhad - The Guardian (August 18, 2003)
Crimson Gold - The Guardian (August 16, 2003)
Iranian films at the Portobello film festival - BBC Persian (August 6, 2003)
Abbas fabulous - The Age (August 2, 2003)
Kiarostmai and the Edinburgh Film Festival - BBC Persian (August 2, 2003)
Teen director up for top film award - BBC (July 23, 2003)
Mixed reception for Palestinian film - BBC (July 22, 2003)
People watching - The Guardian (July 14, 2003)
Growing up fast in Iran - "I'm Taraneh, 15" Review (June 13, 2003)
Palme D'Or triumph for film starring amateurs - The Scotsman (May 26, 2003)
Samira Makhmalbaf during the award ceremony of the 56th Film Festival in Cannes (May 25, 2003)
From Taliban to Cannes: An Afghan film reaches the bright lights - BBC Video (May 25, 2003)
School shooting film wins at Cannes - BBC (May 25, 2003)
Cannes winners in full - BBC (May 25, 2003)
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf (Cannes 2003)
PANJ É ASR (Cannes 2003)
Samira Makhmalbaf: Like father, like daughter - The Independent (May 23, 2003)
Director Without Borders - Washington Post (May 22, 2003)
"Panj E Asr" Samira Makhmalbaf in Cannes BBC Persian - BBC Persian (May 20, 2003)
A woman's place - The Guardian (May 19, 2003)
Afghan plight jolts Cannes - BBC (May 18, 2003)
Costliest UK film takes on epic scale - The Guardian (May 17, 2003)
Jackman up for epic lead - The Age (May 16, 2003)
They call this quiet? - The Guardian (May 16, 2003)
Cannes preview - The Guardian (May 12, 2003)
Babak Shokrian's bitter sweet film on the Iranian diaspora (The Iranian)
Kurdish Story: 'Marooned in Iraq' - NPR (April 12, 2003)
In America So Beautiful and Deliver Us From Eva - LA Weekly (March 12, 2003)
Land and freedom - The Guardian (January 31, 2003)
Farmanara protests against Ministry of Culture's ban of his new film - BBC Persian (December 24, 2002)
An Austere Land With Some Poignant Human Beings - NY Times (December 6, 2002)
Iranian Filmmaker Assists Afghan Cinema's Rebirth - NY Times (December 5, 2002)
'Last Supper' critiques Iran's societal structure - LA Times (November 25, 2002)
The failure of love - The Guardian (November 8, 2002)
Kiarostami criticizes government policy on Iranian film industry - BBC Persian (October 29, 2002)
Iran Behind the Screen - In These Times (October 26, 2002)
Iranian film director denounces US immigration policy - WSWS (October 22, 2002)
Iranian director hands back award - BBC (October 17, 2002)
Iranian director's driving desire - BBC (October 4, 2002)
Abbas Kiarostami speaks to Meridian Screen - BBC (October 4, 2002)
US refuses visa to Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami - WSWS (October 1, 2002)
Abbas Kiarostami: I just want to be alone - The Independent (September 27, 2002)
Before he was famous - The Guardian (September 21, 2002)
The woman in the chador gets my vote - The Guardian (September 15, 2002)
Secret Ballot - The Guardian (September 13, 2002)
'Secret Ballot': Iran's Fantasy Island - Washington Post (September 12, 2002)
A very different take - The Guardian (September 5, 2002)
Official site of the Venice International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival opens - BBC (August 29, 2002)
Negin - BBC Persian (August 27, 2002)
Zendan Zanan - BBC Persian(August 24, 2002)
Ten - The Guardian (August 16, 2002)
'Secret Ballot' has choice targets Iranian director spins comedy.. - San Francisco Chronicle (August 11, 2002)
Walking with the Wind: Poems by Abbas Kiarostami - Brightlightsfilm (August 2002)
Capturing the Fervor for Democracy in a Muslim Land - NY Times (August 4, 2002)
A Film Peers Into Tehran, Through a Hall of Mirrors - NY Times (registr. req'd) (June 19, 2002)
Iranian Dispora Film Festival II - BBC Persian (May 21, 2002)
Afghan Alphabet (Makhmalbaf Film House)
Iran's 'Baran': Through A Lens, Gently - WP (May 3, 2002)
'Baran's' Indelible Images - WP (May 3, 2002)
Grace Under Pressure: Iran's Cinematic Bind - WP (April 28, 2002)
Twenty-four hour movie people - The Guardian (April 27, 2002)
"Maryam" - NY Times (February 22, 2002)
'Kandahar' Proves Moving and Timely - LA Times (January 11, 2002)
The condemned - The Guardian (January 11, 2002)
Actor or assassin? - The Guardian (January 10, 2002)
Kandahar star accused of terrorism - The Guardian (January 2, 2002)

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