Iranian director Majid Majidi's Midday Meal won the best film prize at the Busan International Film Festival Thursday, giving the acclaimed drama about a teacher struggling to feed his pupils a route ...

'Midday Meal' director Majid Majidi dedicated the award to the people of Iran, while Taiwan’s Lee Yun Chan won best director and Zhou Xun and Kashun Himeno took acting honors at the festival’s closing ...

Iranian singer and actress Gola took to the stage at the opening of the 42nd Haifa International Film Festival on Saturday night and performed with Nova festival survivor Yuval Raphael the ballad “New ...

Iranian director Ali Asgari’s contemporary Tehran-set drama A Bit Of Light premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday evening as the penultimate competition screening. The raw, timely drama was ...

Co-written by “It Was Just An Accident” scribe Shadmehr Rastin, the film begins with the balding, middle-aged Arash (Missagh Zareh), shot at a languid distance, staring vacantly at his espresso ...

“Falling House” has emerged as one of the buzzy titles that premiered in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival. Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei’s “Falling House” has sold to a raft of ...

Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei's "Falling House" has sold to a raft of international territories following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Paris-based company Paradise City Sales has ...

EXCLUSIVE: Close to four years have passed since Iran’s Woman Life Freedom protests were sparked by the death in police custody, on September 16, 2022, of Mahsa Amini following her arrest for not ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

Short-drama firms are using a low-capital production approach, before investing in marketing titles that gain audience traction. Entertainment media firms are increasingly competing on distribution ...

In Ali Asgari's drama, 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' star Misagh Zareh plays a doctor who loses faith in the future after being arrested by the Iranian regime and having his medical practice shut down.

An unauthorized Iranian film released for free on YouTube is stirring debate by openly challenging restrictions on women singing and Iran’s compulsory hijab rules. Bidad, or Outcry, directed by Soheil ...