Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: The selection of a documentary instead of a feature film to represent Iran at the Oscars has stirred negative reactions in some Iranian cultural circles, with the choice of Finding Farideh being likened to a coup. Every year, the Farabi Cinema Foundation, which is affiliated to the Culture Ministry, forms a committee ...

IRNA Finding Farideh, a documentary co-directed by Azadeh Mousavi and Kourosh Ataei, has been selected to represent Iran in the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards. This is the first time that Iran names a documentary to compete for the best non-English-language film Award at Oscars. The committee which selected Finding Farideh as Irans representative ...