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75 articles available in total starting from 10/02/2010. Last article published on 26/11/2025.

Massoud Bakhshi • Director of All My Sisters

Interview: Massoud Bakhshi • Director of All My Sisters

“The film is about ‘growth’ – the growth of three sisters, but also the growth of Iranian society”

The Iranian filmmaker tells us about how he used a camera to document the coming of age of his nieces in Tehran  

26/11 | IDFA 2025

Review: All My Sisters

Review: All My Sisters

Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi returns with a personal documentary 18 years in the making, zooming in on the lives of his two nieces as they grew up in Tehran  

24/11 | IDFA 2025

Review: Oh, What Happy Days!

Review: Oh, What Happy Days!

Secrets from the past, class and political conflict, and complicated family relations are the main elements fuelling Homayoun Ghanizadeh’s avantgarde film  

18/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Critics’ Picks

Review: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Review: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Iranian director Sepideh Farsi transforms her video calls with photo-journalist Fatma Hassona into a precious and heartbreaking testimony of daily life in Gaza under bombardment  

21/10 | Rome 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

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