The Oscars, which had never before recognized an animated short from the Middle East, nominated two Middle Eastern animated shorts today. The films are from Iran and Israel. The first Iranian animated ...

Iranian filmmakers Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani needed a miracle just to get to the 97th Academy Awards, let alone a second to win an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. They got both. A last ...

Iranian filmmakers Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, the creative duo behind the Oscar-nominated animated short “In the Shadow of the Cypress,” find themselves grappling with geopolitical hurdles ...

Exactly two weeks after the Trump administration said it was “officially putting Iran on notice” comes the news that an Iranian filmmaker has made a cg-animated feature about Iranian forces defeating ...

“In the Shadow of the Cypress” won Best Animated Short Film at this year’s Academy Awards, garnering Iran its third Oscar win. CNN’s Becky Anderson spoke with filmmakers Shirin Sohani and Hossein ...