ISNA - The Iranian film No Date, No Signature directed by Vahid Jalilvand has been selected as the countrys official submission to the 91st Academy Awards in the best foreign language film category. A committee was assigned by Irans Farabi Cinema Foundation to choose the countys submission to the Oscar. Directed by Vahid Jalilvand, No Date, No ...

Iran Daily - The two-time Academy Award winner Asghar Farhadi will hold masterclass at the Training Ground section of the New Directors/New Films Festival. New Directors/New Films Festival is a unique gathering and celebration of emerging filmmakers. This annual event in a beach resort of Espinho is the most vibrant film festival in Portugal, focused ...

Variety- Mahershala Ali made history at Sunday nights Oscars, becoming the first Muslim actor to win an Academy Award. He won the first award of the night, best supporting actor, for Moonlight.It was one of the more uneasy races in the major categories. While Ali had been the critics champ and won the Screen Actors Guild prize, he lost the Golden ...

AP -- The latest on the 89th annual Oscar nominations announced Tuesday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from Beverly Hills, California (all times local): 5:25 a.m. The Oscar nominees for best original song in a motion picture have been announced by the film academy. They include: "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from "La La Land,...

Al Monitor| Zahra Alipour: Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadis latest project is aSpanish-language filmset in rural Iberia and starring Spains most celebrated acting couple: Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. Thefilm, not yet titled, will be Farhadis second production outside his native Iran. In 2013, he wrote and directed The Past,a drama ...

Latimes- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the shortlist of nine films making it on to the next round in the race for the Oscar for best foreign-language film. Whittled down from 85 films in consideration, the shortlist will be narrowed to five when Oscar nominations are announced on Jan. 24. In alphabetical order by country,...

Daily News| Rob Lowman: Asghar Farhadis A Separation won Irans only Foreign Language Film Oscar a few years back. Now the writer-directors The Salesman is the countrys official entry for this years contest, and was screened at the AFI Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday. In some ways its almost as good as Farhadis earlier humanist tragedy. In ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Oscar selection committee on Saturday selected Asqar Farhadi's latest movie, The Salesman (titled Forushande in Persian), to represent the country in the upcoming Oscar race for the best foreign language film award. The movie portrays Raana (Taraneh Alidousti) and Emad (Shahab Hosseini), a couple who are acting in the "Death ...

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) In a move to become more diverse, the Oscars invited 683 people to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Among the 683 invitees in a bid to honor vow to push for more diversity, almost half are women and nearly many from various races. The new invitees are heavily weighted to favor women (46 percent) and ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) There is a high chance that Iranian star Shahab Hosseini will win this years Oscar for Best Actor after taking home the best actor award at the 69th edition of the Cannes film festival. Hosseini won the best actor award at the Cannes film festival Sunday for his role as a husband shaken by an attack on his wife in "The Salesman" ...

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati says in some film festivals such as Oscars decisions to keep some movies in contention for the awards are politically motivated. He further said the decision not to whittle down Iran's Muhammad: The Messenger of God may be motivated by political and religious questions. "We need to wait and ...

The epic film "Muhammad" by director Majid Majidi, which portrays the childhood of the Muslim prophet, will represent Iran in next year's competition for an Oscar for best foreign film, media reported Saturday. With a budget of nearly $40 million (34 million), partly funded by the state, "Muhammad", is the most expensive film in the history of Iranian ...

A few hours ago, a new page was opened in the history of the Iranian cinema at the biggest night of the film industry at the Hollywood and Highland Center (formerly known as the Kodak Theatre). After days of waiting,Iranians eventually saw a happy ending to Farhadi's year of traveling around the world to sweep the awards, with'A Separation'won the ...

Since Asghar Farhadis film-Nader and Simin, A Separation was released, he hasbeen continuously criticized for different reasons. Despitereceiving domestic and internationalawards, Iranian director, Asghar Farhadi has dealt with several criticisms since the release of Nader and Simin, A Separation. The filmwasinitially invaded bysome media for ...

Iranian people, who are delighted by Asghar Farhadis proud success at the Golden Globes, impatiently wait for his Oscar. Oscars organizers unveiled Wednesday a shortlist of 9 foreign language movies vying for an Academy Award next month. And expectedly, Farhadis A Separation was one of the nominees. The list, which also includes films from Belgium,...