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

Behrooz Karamizade's love story Empty Nets is in post-production

Behrooz Karamizade's love story Empty Nets is in post-production

The German-Iranian director has finished shooting his first feature, a drama that depicts the political and social reality of Iran  

13/04/2023 | Production | Funding | Germany/Iran

Review: Between Revolutions

Review: Between Revolutions

BERLINALE 2023: Vlad Petri’s documentary provides a compelling look back at the history of both Romania and Iran  

28/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Forum

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Berlinale Forum title Between Revolutions

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Berlinale Forum title Between Revolutions

Vlad Petri's hybrid film mixes politics with poetry, and past with present, in the story of the friendship between a Romanian woman and an Iranian one in between the revolutions in their countries  

13/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Forum

Review: Endless Borders

Review: Endless Borders

Iranian director Abbas Amini's Rotterdam prizewinner is an early contender for the most structurally complex and ethically nuanced film of the year  

06/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Big Screen Competition

Abbas Amini • Director of Endless Borders

Interview: Abbas Amini • Director of Endless Borders

“Exile is still a reality that exists in Iran”

The Iranian helmer talked us through the writing process behind his film, his work with the DoP and the composer, and the importance of forbidden love  

03/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Big Screen Competition

Review: Until Tomorrow

Review: Until Tomorrow

A single mother and her best friend try to find a person to take a baby in for one night in Ali Asgari’s heart-wrenching drama-thriller  

28/10/2022 | Zagreb 2022

Review: Subtraction

Review: Subtraction

Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi’s latest is a twist-laden doppelgänger thriller, following two warring families at opposite points on the class spectrum  

21/10/2022 | London 2022

Review: A Tale of Shemroon

Review: A Tale of Shemroon

The feature debut by Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi is a mature look at modern-day Iranian society and the limited options afforded to its younger generations  

28/09/2022 | San Sebastián 2022 | New Directors

Tahmina Rafaella • Director of Banu

Interview: Tahmina Rafaella • Director of Banu

“A complete storyline is something that we underestimate”

VENICE 2022: We chatted to the promising Azerbaijani director, whose debut feature follows a mother struggling to gain custody of her son in a patriarchal and sexist country  

06/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Biennale College Cinema

Jafar Najafi • Director of Alone

Interview: Jafar Najafi • Director of Alone

"Children should be living in a joyful, colourful world; they shouldn't be growing up too fast"

VENICE 2022: The Iranian director talks about his documentary that centres on a child who fights with all his might to stop his sisters from getting married too young  

03/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

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