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

Review: A Hero

Review: A Hero

CANNES 2021: Asghar Farhadi makes a satire on how social media is used to win over the court of public opinion in a film made in his signature style, with plenty of unexpected twists and turns  

14/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Review: Ballad of a White Cow

Review: Ballad of a White Cow

BERLINALE 2021: Iranian filmmakers Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha deliver a perfectly told story about deep emotional issues and ethical dilemmas  

05/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Review: District Terminal

Review: District Terminal

BERLINALE 2021: Set in a war zone, this Iranian-German film by Bardia Yadegari and Ehsan Mirhosseini is draining to watch, but offers some unexpected dark poetry and sunshine  

04/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Berlinale Encounters title District Terminal

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Berlinale Encounters title District Terminal

The feature by Iranian directors Bardia Yadegari and Ehsan Mirhosseini is world-premiering in the Encounters section of the 71st Berlinale  

02/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

Review: Radiograph of a Family

Review: Radiograph of a Family

Firouzeh Khosrovani wins the IDFA Award for the Best Feature-length Documentary with a superb personal essay about our divided world  

27/11/2020 | IDFA 2020

The Czech Republic and Slovakia co-producing Iranian mystery-thriller Absence

The Czech Republic and Slovakia co-producing Iranian mystery-thriller Absence

The third feature by Ali Mosaffa will probe the hidden corners where the histories of Iran and the former Czechoslovakia intersect  

22/07/2020 | Production | Funding | Iran/Czech Republic/Slovakia

Review: The Marriage Project

Review: The Marriage Project

Iranian filmmakers Atieh Attarzadeh and Hesam Eslami deliver a touching and rather bright documentary with a melancholy undertone, set in a Tehran psychiatric hospital  

26/05/2020 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2020

Review: There Is No Evil

Review: There Is No Evil

BERLINALE 2020: Mohammad Rasoulof makes a powerful point in his not-so-short film about killing  

29/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition

Massoud Bakhshi  • Director of Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness

Interview: Massoud Bakhshi • Director of Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness

"The world is torn between a rich minority that wants everything, and a majority that has nothing"

Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi discusses Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness, a majority European production recognised in Sundance and on its way to the Berlinale  

10/02/2020 | Sundance 2020 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness

Review: Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness

In his second feature, a largely European majority production, Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi creates a redoubtable and thrilling TV procedural with a female touch  

27/01/2020 | Sundance 2020 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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