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 ...

21 Jul – Zhao Tao has recently been named one of the jury members of the upcoming 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

The full international juries roster for this year’s Venice Film Festival has been unveiled. The director-heavy lineup ...

The regime's brutality towards its people has created a reservoir of resentment that foreign powers can exploit.

Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera is set to unveil the lineup for the event’s upcoming 82nd edition, ...

Oscar-nominated director Alexander Payne returns to the Lido as president of the main competition jury. Joining him are Brazilian actress and writer Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”), Iranian auteur ...

Fernanda Torres, Mohammad Rasoulof, Zhao Tao, Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero and Cristian Mungiu will be joining Alexander Payne on the International Jury for the 82nd Venice Film Festival, which takes ...

From the dystopian visions of Brazil and Twelve Monkeys to the surreal odyssey of The Fisher King, Terry Gilliam has spent half a century defying cinematic convention. In this wide-ranging interview, ...

Pacifica Grey, run by Marcelo Quesada and Karina Avellán, have pounced on the distribution rights to Gabriel Mascaro’s ‘The ...

Iran’s politicized court system has a central role in public discontent with the Islamic Republic’s clerical elite.

The reforms are designed to allow more international productions, and talent, to compete for Germany’s top film honor, the Lolas.

As Jafar Panahi's "It Was Just an Accident" plays the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, IndieWire looks at Iran's recent ...