At the time, there was a lot of suspicion in the Iranian community, because we’re all second-generation kids, raised by parents who lived through a revolution in which the extremes of poverty had some ...

With eerie relevance, this week also happens to mark the start of the BAMPFA series Iranian Cinema: From Aesthetics to Politics (Sat/7-April 23), so you have an opportunity to familiarize yourself ...

Filmmaker Omid Iranikhah says his short film "Farsi With Maman" is intensely personal — but not autobiographical. The film, which just had its East Coast premiere at Dances With Films New York, ...

We speak to the minds behind ’The Friend’s House is Here’, a Sundance sensation that uses art to resist oppression in Iran ...

From prison cells to clandestine sets, Mohammadi discusses Berlinale-premiered ‘Roya’, resistance, hope and why ‘cinema can’t ...

Americans have been fretting for a long time now that other countries are doing things that only Americans used to do well, and doing them even better. Crimson Gold provides another reason to feel ...

Amid the US, Israel and Iran conflict, several Iranian-born Bollywood actors have also come into the spotlight. Elnaaz Norouzi shared a post about Iran on social media. Find out which Bollywood actors ...

Director Sepideh Farsi on the shock of losing Fatma Hassona, the Palestinian subject of her film, in an Israeli missile strike just weeks before its Cannes premiere. Photo: Sepideh Farsi This article ...