Veteran Iranian director Kianush Ayyari finally received the approval of cultural authorities to screen his movie “The Paternal House”, which was banned in the country for about ten years due to some allegedly violent scenes.Read More

TEHRAN – Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya has been selected for a jury of the 75th Venice International Film Festival running from August 29 to September 8, the organizers have announced. Motamed-Arya will judge the films competing in the Horizons section together with American director Michael Almereyda, French critic Frédéric Bonnaud, Egyptian screenwriter Mohamed Hefzy, Canadian...Read More