An award-winning Iranian director, whose film is showing at the Cannes Film Festival, has fled Iran, only days after being sentenced to eight years in prison on national security charges.

The Cinema Organization of Iran has denounced the Cannes Film Festival for awarding Holy Spider, calling their decision to acclaim the drama about a serial killer in Iran an insulting and politically-motivated move. The France-based Iranian star of the film, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, won the best actress award at the festival for her portrayal of a journalist ...

Iranian drama Imagine will be competing in the 61st edition of La Semaine de la Critique Cannes Critics Week. Directed by Ali Behrad, the film follows a daydreaming cab driver who falls in love with a woman he cant have, leading to a series of encounters, filled with mystery and playful moments. Organized by the French Union of Film Critics,...

Press TV - Irans cinema is actively taking part in the 2020 special edition of the Cannes Film Festivals market, which is being held online this year due to a coronavirus pandemic. The Cannes March du Film the largest film market in the world was launched online on Monday and will last until June 26 to support professionals in the global film ...

IRNA - The world's top animations will be featured in various sections of the 11th International Animation Festival of Tehran. Among the works received by the International Section of 11th International Animation Festival of Tehran are the works that have been awarded in various sections of the festivals Cannes, Annecy, Hiroshima, Zagreb and also ...

MNA The 2018 Cannes jury announced the awards of the festival's 71st edition, with Japans Shoplifters winning Palme dOr and Irans Panahi sharing best screenplay prize for 3 Faces. Under the presidency ofCate Blanchett, the juryincluded filmmakersAva DuVernayand Denis Villeneuve and actorsKristen Stewartand La Seydoux, as well as Chinese actor ...

Financial Tribune- Ebrahim Hatamikias thriller Damascus Time was screened at the Cannes Film Market on Sunday. It was the films international premiere at one of the largest film markets in the world at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival, May 8-19, Cinematicket reported. The movie is about the so-called Islamic State terror group in Syria, where ...

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....

IRNA A Man of Integrity, the latest work of Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof, won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday evening. He had won the best director award in the same section in 2011 for Be Omid-e Didar (Goodbye). In this year's Cannes Festival, the US director Taylor Sheridan was ...

IRNA The illustrious Oscar-winner Iranian film director, Asghar Farhadi cast his vote on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival on Friday. The Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi participated in the presidential elections while attending the major annual film festival in Cannes, France. Farhadi, the winner of two Academy Awards, inaugurated ...

AP - Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has finally received his Oscar for best foreign language film, nearly three months after boycotting the Academy Awards ceremony. Farhadi received the statuette during the opening ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Wednesday. Farhadi boycotted the ceremony in February over President Donald Trump's ...

IFP - The two-time Oscar winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi will open the 70th edition of prestigious Cannes Film Festival later on Wednesday. The 70th edition of Cannes Film Festival will be opened on Wednesday with a speech by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, according to media reports. Farhadis films have earlier won several awards ...

A Saudi newspaper recently expressed its concerns over the success of Iranian cinema in prestigious film festivals, seeing Iranian actor Shahab Hosseini as being more dangerous than IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani. Heres IFPs translation of a report by Al Alam on the Saudi article:   Following the recent success of Asghar Farhadis ...

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" ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Most newspapers on Monday covered the success of Asghar Farhadis most recent movie, The Salesman, in the Sunday night closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival,...

Iranian Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi and actor Shahab Hosseini have won the rewards for the best screenplay and the best actor at Cannes respectively. Starring Hosseini, The Salesman got the Best Screenplay during the 69th edition of the festival Sunday and brought the Iranian superstar the Best Actor. Iranian actress Taraneh Alidousti ...

Renowned Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadis newest film The Salesman (released as The Client in French) will have its world premiere on May 21 at Cannes Film Festival 2016. The movie, which is the only Iranian production in this years Cannes competition lineup, will be screened just a day before the closing of the event after almost all other 20 ...

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) The Iranian feature film My Brother, Khosrow was well received at the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival market. The movie narrates the story of two brothers, one of whom suffersbipolar disorder and stays at his brothers house for a while. The story is around the annotations and events happening for this family, which are caused ...

TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) A member of Central Council of the Animated Film Association of Iran (ASIFA) has said 9 Iranian short animations will participate in Animation Day in Cannes. Ali Nouri Oskouei who is also a member of Planning Council of Animation Day in Cannes told Mehr News that the first edition of ceremony of Animation Day had been held;...