And at that point, I thought it would be very interesting to make a film about a family like his, with this profound rift at ...

Iman will soon seek to assert control of his private patriarchy. The story has the air of fable, but plays bold games with convention. A gun appears early, before a dark, droll twist on the usual ...

"Hatred cannot be the path," says Amirali Navaee as he gets ready to world premiere his debut feature film at the Rotterdam Film Festival.

A romantic drama about an elderly couple who share a night together to escape their loneliness has landed its Iranian ...

The Seed of the Sacred Fig, 2024. Written and Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Starring Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa ...

Protests in Iran against the current regime inspired the filmmakers to make people in Tehran feel heard and seen. The short film raised over $4,500 for its production through a crowdfunding campaign. ...

I came to Germany after making this film without Iranian travel documents,” he says (the authorities confiscated his passport in 2017 so his journey out of the country was a treacherous one, on foot, ...

The Seed Of The Sacred Fig Tre e premiered in Cannes last May, where it won the Special Jury Prize. Golestani and male lead ...