Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 's long imprisonment has captured global attention and has now been brought to the screen in the four-part BBC series, Prisoner 951, set to air this month on BBC One and BBC ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi says he plans to return home after touring with his new film, “It Was Just an Accident,” and ...

Jafar Panahi won multiple awards for "It Was Just an Accident," based on his experiences as a political prisoner. The ...

Iran has summoned France's representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised the Cannes-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression.” ...

Iran has sentenced Palme d'Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi in absentia to one year in prison and a travel ban over ...

Director Jafar Panahi talks about his latest film It was Just an Accident and explains why despite being imprisoned, he won’t ...

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has said he plans to return to Iran despite being sentenced to a year in prison and ...

Even before Saeed Roustayee’s “Woman and Child” premieres at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, the Iranian director’s new work is sparking heated controversy that reflects deep soul searching within ...

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association has stepped-up calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reappraise its relationship with Iran’s government-controlled Farabi cinema ...

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or in 2014 for "Winter Sleep" among many other accolades, has come under fire from the Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) ...

Pakistan's participation in the 43rd Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF), held in the historic city of Shiraz, Iran, ...