After garnering dozens of honors at international events for A Hero, Asghar Farhadi scored his first domestic award for this acclaimed drama at the 1st Iran Screen Directors Celebration on Sunday. The gala has been initiated by the Directors Guild of Iran to select the best directors of the year in cinema and home video network productions. Due ...

The Iranian jury in charge of submissions for the Academy Awards has picked Ghahreman (A Hero), directed by Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, to represent the Iranian cinema in the 2022 Oscars. This is the fifth time Farhadi has represented Iran in the Acadamy Awards, which makes him the joint most submitted director from the country with Majid Majidi....

American digital and print magazine Hollywood Reporter has described Asghar Farhadis A Hero as a big favorite for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, which can return Iran to the Oscar race. According to Hollywood Reporter, A Hero, which was released for the first time on Tuesday night at the Cannes Film Festival and was also on-screen on ...

ISNA - Amir Jadidi and Mohsen Tanabandeh are two male actors joining Hero, the new film by Iranian two- time Oscar winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi. The Farsi-language project has officially entered pre-production stage and is due to shoot in Shiraz, Iran, this summer, Amir Jadidi and Mohsen Tanabadenh are the only professional actors picked for ...

IRNA Two Iranian films are among the 100 best films made since the year 2000, according to London-based daily, The Guardian, which released a list of the best films. Ten (2000) by Abbas Kiarostami and A Separation by Asghar Farhadi were placed 76 and 36 respectively in The Guardians list. Abbas Kiarostami had already proved himself a master ...

MNA A Separation directed by Asghar Farhadi has been selected among IndieWires "100 best movies from a decade that changed everything." A Separation directed by Asghar Farhadi in 2011 is among the IndieWires "100 best movies from a decade that changed everything". Winner of the Golden Bear, the Golden Globe, and the Academy Award for Best Foreign ...

DAZED | Nick Chen: The always-inventive filmmaker talks casting Penlope Cruz and Javier Bardem in his Spanish film with an Iranian soul Asghar Farhadiearned worldwide acclaim and two Oscars for domestic dramas likeA Separation,The PastandThe Salesman. So the Iranian filmmakers new movie,Everybody Knows, represents a left turn: its his first ...

RT - Iranian celebrities including Oscar-winning film director Asghar Farhadi and Grammy winner Kayhan Kalhor have launched a petition condemning US sanctions on Tehran, AFP said. Once again, the US has imposed sanctions against Iran Every Iranian will personally pay the price, reads the petition, named Voices Against Sanctions and posted on change....

Iran Daily - The multi-award winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will be the recipient of the 2018 Stockholm Visionary Award at the Stockholm International Film Festival. The Iranian director will be in Stockholm to accept the Bronze Horse and participate in question-and-answer sessions in conjunction with the screening of Everybody Knows on November ...

ISNA - The two-time Academy Award winner Asghar Farhadi and the cast of his Cannes opener film, Everybody Knows, were invited to the 43rd Toronto Intl Film Festival as guests. According to a report, with almost one week left to the inauguration ceremony of Toronto Intl Film festival, the administrators of the event released the list of guests for ...

MNA The screening schedules for Spanish-language psychological thriller Everybody Knows, directed by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, have been announced in various countries and film festivals across the world. Asghar Farhadis latest production, Everybody Knows(Todos lo saben), which opened Cannes Film Festival this year, will be screened ...

ISNA Two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi will preside over jury panel at 2018 Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. The Iranian director will attend the event as the residing jury for the International Feature Competition Program. The 15th section of Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival will be held July ...

IFP - Irans Oscar-winning film director Asghar Farhadi has been named jury president of the 24th Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The festival slated for August 10 to 17 will screen Farhadis latest movie Everybody Knows in its Open Air Section,ISNA reported. Starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, the Spanish-language ...

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 ...

Iran Daily The 71st Cannes Film Festival opened with the premiere of Asghar Farhadis Everybody Knows, starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. The shadow of disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein is looming over this years Cannes. For two decades, Weinstein had been an omnipresent figure at the festival, where several of his crimes took place, AP ...

MNA The 2018 Cannes Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Iranian director Asghar Farhadis Spanish-language drama 'Everybody Knows' on May 8. Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi gained international recognition after his 2012 drama A Separation brought him aGolden Globe Awardas well as twoAcademy AwardsforBest Foreign Language Film....

MNA Academy award-winning film The Salesman directed by Asghar Farhadi has been nominated for 2018 BAFTA Awards in the Best Film Not in the English Language category. The Salesman, which won acclaimed director Asghar Farhadi his second Oscar, has now been nominated by 2018 BAFTAs for Best Film Not in the English Language, along with Elle, First ...

Financial Tribune- Based on a list released by The Playlist, a film and TV news website, Everybody Knows, the new film by internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker, , is ranked 12th among the 100 most anticipated films in the coming year. The film of the two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker is ranked above many other prominent filmmakers, namely Gary ...

IFP - A list by IndieWire has put the performance of Iranian actress Leila Hatami in Asghar Farhadis Oscar-winning drama A Separation in its list of The 25 Best Female Movie Performances of the 21st Century. Asghar Farhadis Iranian tale of feuding parents in the midst of a divorce and the impact on their child may have won the director ...

IFP - Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, the two-time Oscar-winning director of A Separation and The Salesman, has started principal photography on Everybody Knows, his new psychological thriller starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. Budgeted at 10 million euros ($11.8 million), the Spanish-language film is being produced by Alexandre ...