Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the ...

When it comes to art corresponding with life, consider the authoritarian drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig, written and ...

Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam's "My Favorite Cake" was acclaimed at the 2024 Berlinale. Now they are being charged ...

And at that point, I thought it would be very interesting to make a film about a family like his, with this profound rift at ...

Iman (Missagh Zareh) is a newly promoted judge, just as the clampdown on 2022’s protests at the death of student Mahsa Amini in morality police custody ... And today we are again, art always has to do ...

It’s a wonder that they are even making films when their films are considered illicit and have to be smuggled out of the ...

Sacred Fig is the type of work that is monumental simply for existing — but it’s also a gripping political thriller that is ...

A leading figure in the international contemporary art scene, the artistic director of the Sharjah Biennial, whose 2025 ...

"They are so smart," one viewer on TikTok said, while another added: "Let the sweet dog on the couch, poor fellow." ...

urged officials on Monday to listen to dissent from the Iranian people and avoid further crackdowns like those that followed the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini. “The enemies are hoping that by ...