Bahram Beyzaie, Iranian Director of Venice Award-Winning ‘Bashu, the Little Stranger,’ Dies at 87

Asghar Farhadi remembered the filmmaker and playwright, who died due to complications from cancer, as his "great teacher." ...
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‘I Refused to Accept Her Death’

The film world was shocked yesterday to learn of the death of Fatma Hassona, a 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and the subject of Sepideh Farsi’s documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and ...
Variety

Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Milad Alami, Sepideh Farsi Discuss Censorship and Challenges for Diverse, Independent Iranian Cinema at Cannes Panel

Leading lights of contemporary Iranian cinema, including “Holy Spider” actor Zar Amir Ebrahimi, “The Siren” director Sepideh Farsi, “The Opponent” helmer Milad Alami and producer Kaveh Farnam, turned ...
The Boston Globe

‘Shayda’ is a tribute to writer-director Noora Niasari’s own mother

The closing credits reveal just how personal a film “Shayda” really is. We see old home-movie footage of an Iranian woman talking to the camera. She mentions that she’s doing OK and shows a picture of ...