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71 articles available in total starting from 10/02/2010. Last article published on 06/09/2025.

Review: Divine Comedy

Review: Divine Comedy

VENICE 2025: Ali Asgari’s metafictional sibling to Terrestrial Verses takes a deep dive into the absurdity buried within the world of Iranian film censorship  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Past Future Continuous

Review: Past Future Continuous

VENICE 2025: Morteza Ahmadvand and Firouzeh Khosrovani find an original and poetic way to reflect with intensity upon exile, nostalgia for home and the reality of being far from those we love  

02/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and trailer for Giornate degli Autori title Past Future Continuous

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and trailer for Giornate degli Autori title Past Future Continuous

Morteza Ahmadvand and Firouzeh Khosrovani’s documentary is an exploration of exile, memory and the fragile bonds that connect us to places and loved ones we can no longer reach  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Jafar Panahi • Director of It Was Just an Accident

Interview: Jafar Panahi • Director of It Was Just an Accident

“I wanted to show young directors that it’s impossible to stop a filmmaker”

At Cinehill, where he was presented with the Maverick Award, the Iranian filmmaker broke down his reflection on trauma and violence, and the fragile hope of banishing them  

12/08 | /France/Luxembourg/Iran

Review: Cutting Through Rocks

Review: Cutting Through Rocks

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s hard-hitting doc follows the first elected councilwoman in a rural Iranian village, as she attempts to dismantle deeply rooted patriarchal structures  

29/07 | Giffoni 2025

Gözde Kural • Director of Cinema Jazireh

Interview: Gözde Kural • Director of Cinema Jazireh

“I didn’t want one story, but rather a small world of memory and resilience”

The Turkish director unveils the challenges of filming her second feature in Afghanistan and speaks out about the oppression faced by both genders under the Taliban  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Review: Cinema Jazireh

Review: Cinema Jazireh

In her second feature, Turkish filmmaker Gözde Kural pairs an unrelentingly bleak story with a sensitive observational approach  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Saeed Roustaee • Director of Woman and Child

Interview: Saeed Roustaee • Director of Woman and Child

"People haven't yet learned to be honest"

CANNES 2025: The Iranian filmmaker deciphers his multi-faceted film centred on a broken woman who opens her eyes, picks herself up and becomes a driving force for change  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Review: Woman and Child

Review: Woman and Child

CANNES 2025: Saeed Roustaee weaves a highly sophisticated narrative and visual constellation around a grieving woman who decides to stop compromising  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Review: It Was Just an Accident

Review: It Was Just an Accident

CANNES 2025: A gripping tale of revenge and reckoning, Jafar Panahi’s latest drama lays bare the vicious cycle of violence under repression  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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