His most recent movie, the Palme d'Or-winning 'It Was Just an Accident,' is only the latest of a 30-year career that's thrown ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi about his new movie, "It Was Just An Accident." Panahi made the film right after being released from Iranian prison.

It Was Just an Accident' editor Amir Etminan talks cutting Jafar Panahi's movie in secret, in a makeshift apartment serving ...

Jafar Panahi was the subject of a tribute at the Mill Valley Film Festival, but his Oscar-contender "It Was Just an Accident" ...

Three films from Iran are present at the Sport Movies & TV 2025 - Milano International FICTS Fest, which is the Final of 20 ...

Marin Scorsese challenged streamers to embrace a new wave of Iranian filmmakers as he hosted a Q&A with Jafar Panahi at the New York Film Festival.

TEHRAN – Prominent Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter Nasser Taghvai passed away on Tuesday at the age of 84. His wife, ...

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 ...

Iranian director Soheil Beiraghi almost landed in prison for his latest film, Bidad. Now it's landed him the Special Jury Award at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech ...

Taghvai came to be known for standing against censorship, both before and after the 1979 Islamic revolution which toppled ...