This meaningful film is written and directed by Narges Abyar. Drawing upon her experiences during the Iranian revolution, Abyar tells us the story of Bahar, a young girl who lives with her grandmother ...
Sreemoyee Singh’s documentary ‘And, Towards Happy Alleys’ explores Iran’s strict censorship that shapes the lives of Iranian artistes ...
1979’s Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this Iranian diaspora, many of ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Abbas Kiarostami, the writer-director who showed that Iranian cinema was one of the most original and emotionally engaging in the world, died in Paris on Monday from complications ...
There were nightclubs and bars. People mixed freely. Women could dress however they wanted: tight jeans, mini-skirts, hair loose. The king drove around in a luxury Cadillac, appeared to have a soft ...
Taghvai came to be known for standing against censorship, both before and after the 1979 Islamic revolution which toppled ...
At a wide-ranging conversation at the New York Film Festival on Friday, the two titans of cinema discussed what's next for ...