Iranian Films
The political tone at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival
By Jordan Mattos, May 14, 2011
The recent Tribeca Film Festival screened some interesting works from Serbia, Hungary, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Korea, France and Romania in particular.
Toronto International Film Festival 2010—Part 5
What does it mean to take reality seriously?
By David Walsh, October 14, 2010
Films from Iran, China and Romania, including a conversation with Iranian filmmaker Rafi Pitts, director of The Hunter.
Jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi on hunger strike
By Richard Phillips, May 24, 2010
Acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been jailed for more than two months in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison.
No One Knows About Persian Cats: The struggle of young Iranian musicians
By Hiram Lee, May 8, 2010
Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi's latest film No One Knows About Persian Cats tells the story of underground musicians in Tehran who struggle to make their music, which has been outlawed in the country.
David Walsh looks at Taste of Cherry, a new film from Iran
Despair, hope, life
By David Walsh, April 11, 1998
Film review: Taste of Cherry, written and directed by Abbas Kiarostami
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