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64 articles available in total starting from 10/02/2010. Last article published on 24/05/2025.

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Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi • Directors of In the Land of Brothers

Interview: Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi • Directors of In the Land of Brothers

“This film will be controversial, and we don’t have a problem with it”

The duo of Iranian filmmakers show that something is rotten in their home country via a story about the lives of three Aghan refugees  

22/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Celluloid Underground

Review: Celluloid Underground

Ehsan Khoshbakht’s documentary returns on the painful but beautiful period of his own burgeoning cinephilia and the past of his native Iran  

17/10/2023 | London 2023

Farhad Delaram • Director of Achilles

Interview: Farhad Delaram • Director of Achilles

“My film is a call for artists to engage more profoundly with real-world challenges”

The independent Iranian filmmaker talks us through his storytelling inspirations, Iran's sociopolitical backdrop, his love for road movies and his experiences with European collaboration  

27/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | New Directors

Review: Achilles

Review: Achilles

Farhad Delaram's feature debut emerges as an evocative narrative, blending a realistic portrayal of oppression with an introspective journey of resistance  

18/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Discovery

Ayat Najafi • Director of The Sun Will Rise

Interview: Ayat Najafi • Director of The Sun Will Rise

“It was really tragic what was happening, but it also inspired me because I could see the bravery of these people”

VENICE 2023: The director talks about his Iranian-shot film, which documents the trials and tribulations of a theatre company, while outside, in the streets, youngsters are demonstrating  

31/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Critical Zone

Review: Critical Zone

Ali Ahmadzadeh’s third film defies Iran’s authoritarian regime, painting the portrait of a tired and unpredictable society which now believes in nothing but artificial paradises  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Clips and poster for Locarno competition title Critical Zone

EXCLUSIVE: Clips and poster for Locarno competition title Critical Zone

Ali Ahmadzadeh's film follows a man who, while wandering through the underworld of Tehran, still manages to find the seed of resistance  

31/07/2023 | Locarno 2023

Behrooz Karamizade • Director of Empty Nets

Interview: Behrooz Karamizade • Director of Empty Nets

“I wanted to let young Iranian people have their say and show the world that there are other sides to Iran, too”

The German-Iranian director breaks down the masculine world of fishing, the prospects for the young generation of Iranians and his relationship with the sea  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Review: Empty Nets

Review: Empty Nets

Behrooz Karamizade's debut feature shows how even the most ordinary Iranian citizens are only ever just a few strokes of bad luck and desperate decisions away from losing everything  

04/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Vlad Petri • Director of Between Revolutions

Interview: Vlad Petri • Director of Between Revolutions

“I consider that the most important revolutions of the second half of the 20th century happened in Iran and Romania”

The Romanian filmmaker reveals the cultural inspiration and the factual research underpinning his fictionalised, poetic documentary  

20/06/2023 | Transilvania 2023

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