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Iranian Director Freed on Bail after Going on Hunger Strike

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment last summer, his supporters said. Panahi was arrested last July and later ordered to serve six years on charges of propagandizing against the government, a sentence dating back to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been released on bail, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his six-year sentence

The Independent UK

Images of Emaciated Iranian Prisoner on Hunger Strike Prompt Outrage

Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian physician who went on hunger strike in support of demonstrations against the compulsory wearing of the hijab have caused outrage and warnings that he risks death. Farhad Meysami, 53, who has been in jail since 2018 for supporting women…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Images of emaciated Iranian prisoner on hunger strike prompt outrage

Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian dissident on hunger strike have caused outrage online as supporters warned on Friday he risks death for protesting the compulsory wearing of the hijab.

Reuters

Iranian film director Jafar Panahi starts hunger strike in prison - rights group

Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has started a hunger strike in prison to protest against authorities' refusal to release him temporarily on bail pending retrial, the activist HRANA news agency reported on Thursday.

Reuters

Film-maker Jafar Panahi begins hunger strike in Iranian prison

Panahi says he will not eat until he is released, after lawyer successfully challenged his detention

The Guardian - UK

Iran Probes Sexual Assault Allegations on Teens

Iran's sports minister has ordered a probe into allegations of sexual assault targeting teenagers at a football academy in the country's northeast, state media reported Saturday. "A former media manager for the Shahr Khodro football team has claimed on social media that the parents of 15 players from this club…

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Here’s What to Expect from Tuesday’s Oscar Nominations

There were, admittedly, some notable distractions at last year’s ceremony, so you might have missed it: The old Oscar rules have gone out the window. A film, streamed by Apple TV+, won Hollywood’s top award without a penny of box office. But this year — plot twist! — there isn’t…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘No Bears’ review: From Iran, a master class in house-arrest filmmaking from Jafar Panahi

The facts are stark.

Chicago Tribune

Here's what to expect from Tuesday's Oscar nominations

There were, admittedly, some notable distractions at last year’s ceremony, so you might have missed it: The old Oscar rules have gone out the window

The Independent UK

AP Top 25 Movies: Breaking down our panelists' picks

Fiercely original films, female-focused stories and theatrical-first releases had the clear edge in The Associated Press’s inaugural Top 25 Movies list

The Independent UK

Ranked: 12 best Asian films of 2022, with trailers

Tom Cruise and James Cameron may be vying for global box office dominance this year, but there has been no shortage of films emerging from Asia to delight, inspire and provoke audiences around the world.

Bangkok Post

An Iranian masterwork opens with its director behind bars

After being arrested for creating antigovernment propaganda in 2010, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi was banned from making films for 20 years

The Independent UK

The best movies of 2022 — and where to find them

The movies returned at something close to full force this year. COVID masks all but vanished from multiplex crowds, and from the audiences at the press screenings I attended (though I kept mine handy). Sundance did cancel its in-person screenings for the second January in a row, thanks to the…

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The Guardian - UK

Film: Mark Kermode’s 10 best of 2022

From Hindi crime drama to medieval teen empowerment, Graceland to Bradford to Iran, the year was rich in unforgettable performances

The Independent UK

'Aftersun,' 'Banshees' lead AP's best films of 2022

Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr have made their picks for the best films of the year

The Independent UK

Iran confiscates filmmaker’s passport and bars him from participating in Indian film festival, report says

Tehran-based filmmaker’s passport seized at airport

Evening Standard

The Euros 2024: the 12 best football films of all time, from Bend It Like Beckham to Gregory's Girl

Want more footy? We have you covered with these top films about the sport

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The Guardian - UK

No Bears review – Jafar Panahi’s piercingly self-aware study of film-making and fear

The Iranian director, who was imprisoned in July, crafts a complex meditation on artistic creativity and invisible borders

Evening Standard

No Bears movie review: Jafar Panahi’s urgent take on Iran’s culture wars

A statement of intent from a director, imprisoned by the Iranian judiciary, who is determined to keep the cameras rolling

The Guardian - UK

No Bears review – Jafar Panahi heads for the border in complex metafiction of fear

Jailed director Jafar Panahi plays a version of himself, forced to shoot his new film in a town near the border with Turkey

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Godland,’ set in Iceland, wins top award at Chicago film festival

The Gold Hugo winner also claims a Silver Hugo for its cinematography.

The Independent UK

‘The worst hours’: Evin prison fire raises fears about people jailed during Iran’s anti-regime protests

Thousands of people have been detained during the month-long uprising

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Crackdown on Filmmakers Escalates

One year after ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi came to power, Iranian authorities are targeting the country's cinema. The July arrests of directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, both icons abroad, reflect the pressure that filmmakers and actors are facing. The Iranian film community has been asking "who will be next?"…

France 24

‘A period of repression’: Iran’s crackdown on filmmakers escalates

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