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68 articles available in total starting from 10/02/2010. Last article published on 12/08/2025.

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

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Visions du Réel title My Paper Life

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Visions du Réel title My Paper Life

Vida Dena’s debut centres on a Syrian family living in a house in Brussels that seldom leaves the confines of its four pink walls  

12/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022

Faeze Azizkhani  • Director of The Locust

Interview: Faeze Azizkhani • Director of The Locust

“I watched so many films and found out how everyone could tell their own stories…”

In this Iranian-German drama, a female scriptwriter faces many obstacles while trying to stay true to her original idea  

21/03/2022 | SXSW 2022

Review: The Locust

Review: The Locust

Iranian director Faezeh Azizkhani’s second self-reflexive and cinephilic feature portrays a broke woman amidst personal crises and artistic frustrations  

18/03/2022 | SXSW 2022

Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha  • Directors of My Favourite Cake

Interview: Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha • Directors of My Favourite Cake

“For us, the Eurimages Award is the first sign that a promising film will be made”

We chatted to the Iranian directors to get more information about their new project, which scooped the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Berlinale  

10/03/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Review: See You Friday Robinson

Review: See You Friday Robinson

BERLINALE 2022: Ebrahim Golestan and Jean-Luc Godard, New Wavers Iranian and French, embark on an email round-robin conversation in this amusing documentary from Godard collaborator Mitra Farahani  

21/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

Asghar Farhadi  • Director of A Hero

Interview: Asghar Farhadi • Director of A Hero

“When people say, ‘You’re on TV,’ it means you’re on the side of the government”

CANNES 2021: The Iranian director, quite the hero himself, is back in his home country after his Spanish sojourn Everybody Knows  

14/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

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