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Asghar Farhadi Talks Uprising in Iran: ‘The Result Will Be Rewarding’
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, Iran’s best-known director, was at the Zurich Film Festival...
‘A Separation’ Director Asghar Farhadi on the Delicate Art of Screenwriting, Being Local, Universal...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMARRAKECH – Compassion, understanding, not taking characters at face value. These are all...
Iran Verdict Rejects ‘A Hero’ Copyright Infringement Claim
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIranian authorities have rejected as “baseless” allegations that director Asghar Farhadi stole the...
Iranian Drama No Bears Shows an Artist Fighting Despair In the Face of Tyranny
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJafar Panahi's No Bears Credit - Courtesy of Sideshow and Janus Films The movies embattled Iranian...
Iran releases Oscar-winning film actress held over protests
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIran released a prominent actress from an Oscar-winning film on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after...
Iran Puts Two Film and TV Stars Behind Bars For Boldly Protesting in Public Without Headscarfs
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPopular Iranian actors Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi have been arrested and imprisoned in...
‘World War III’: Houman Seyyedi’s Venice Prize Winner Named As Iran’s International Feature Oscar...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHouman Seyyedi’s darkly comic drama World War III has been named as Iran’s entry for Best...
An Iranian masterwork opens with its director behind bars
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter being arrested for creating antigovernment propaganda in 2010, the Iranian director Jafar...
Peter Simonischek Dies: Austrian Actor From Oscar-Nominated ‘Toni Erdmann’ Was 76
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPeter Simonischek, the Austrian actor who rose to international prominence late in life through...
Iranian film director goes on hunger strike in prison
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn Iranian director who was arrested last summer, weeks before his latest film was released to...