As The President, his new satire about a toppled dictator living in disguise, goes on release, the exiled Iranian explains why oppressed people are also to...
Released in 1996, Mohsen Makhmalbaf's “A Moment of Innocence” is an Iranian film that combines biographical fiction and documentary filmmaking.
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This quote by Hossein Sabzian, the protagonist of the film, perfectly defines the subject the film deals with, about an art lover hiding under a veil...
Historical experience suggests that the Iranian people, on their own and without effective international support, have little chance of...
Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf said to a parliamentary committee this morning as he pled with the UK government to house dozens of creatives in danger...
The great Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf has come to Jerusalem. The former Islamic militant and death-row prisoner under the shah,...
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the Iranian auteur who is a leading voice in art house film, says independent cinema is dying in the era of...
Recently screened at the 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival, "A Moment of Innocence" is a Iranian New Wave masterpiece.
From today through July 27, London's Close-Up Film Centre will celebrate its twentieth anniversary with a series of events,...
Our perception of Iran was largely through films before protests against the régime took to the streets. Decades back, Iranian cinema had...
Filmmaker and cultural figure who has criticized the Iranian government and expressed support for reformist movements.
