Hollywood stars, Oscar-winning directors, Asian heavyweights, and European auteurs will vie for top honours at this year's stellar Venice Film Festival, all looking to make a splash at the start of ...

Mohammad Rasoulof’s nail-biting thriller got a 13-minute standing ovation at Cannes film festival, where it also won the special jury prize.

After years of run-ins with the authorities, the Iranian director was forced to direct his most recent film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, remotely and in secret. But the methods are at odds with the ...

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof and Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres are among the competition jurors for the 82nd ...

Mohammad Rasoulof’s own story illustrates the continuing pressures placed on artists who dare to question the regime. Shortly before The Seed of the Sacred Fig played at Cannes, ...

The Venice competition jury will include Fernanda Torres, Mohammad Rasoulof, Cristian Mungiu and more alongside president ...

Mohammad Rasoulof and Golshifteh Farahani at the Cannes Film Festival. An outspoken critic of Iran's rulers, Rasoulof had already served two prison terms over his uncompromising political films ...

The 82nd Venice Film Festival announced new additions to this year's competition jury, including actress Fernanda Torres and ...

Fernanda Torres, Mohammad Rasoulof, Zhao Tao, Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero and Cristian Mungiu will be joining Alexander ...

Chinese actress Zhao Tao, and Romanian director will also join two-time Oscar winner Alexander Payne, this year's jury ...

In Mohammad Rasoulof’s Cannes Special Award-winning “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” the central figure, Iman (Missagh Zareh), is a lawyer whose appointment to the Revolutionary Court in Tehran creates a ...

Iran’s Jafar Panahi has been named Asian Filmmaker of the Year by Busan International Film Festival, recognising his ...