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Oscar-nominated screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian arrested in Iran

Mehdi Mahmoudian worked on the script of Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just An Accident', which won last year's Palme d'Or and is nominated for Best Screenplay and Best International Feature at this year’s Oscars.

Euronews

Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity

A set of shorts by film-makers from Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia are shocking, funny and mysterious in equal measure

The Guardian - UK

Iranian cultural figures condemn internet blackout as ‘blatant tool of repression’

Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof and Golshifteh Farahani among those to join outpouring of support for protesters

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Palme d’Or winning director Jafar Panahi sentenced to prison by Iran Revolutionary Court

Iran has sentenced acclaimed filmmaker and Cannes Palme d’Or winner Jafar Panahi to one year in prison and imposed a travel ban for allegedly engaging in “propaganda activities” against the state. The verdict, delivered in absentia, was confirmed by his lawyer Mostafa Nili.

Euronews

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'It Was Just An Accident' - Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winner

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's first film since being released from prison for “endangering national security” won this year's Palme d'Or. It's a tonally rich masterwork that will represent France at next year's Academy Awards. Euronews Culture crossing its fingers for an Oscar win.

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Iranian director Jafar Panahi urges Oscars to support independent filmmakers in authoritarian countries

Dissident director says Academy ‘should find a way to not tie the filmmakers to their governments’

The Independent UK

Venice Film Festival 2025: Paolo Sorrentino opens star-studded proceedings with 'La Grazia'.

A galaxy of Hollywood stars are turning out for the start of the 82nd Venice Film Festival opens, with industry expectations extremely high over entries for the much coveted awards. The proceedings begin with Paolo Sorrentino's new film, La Grazia.

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9 top new movies and shows to stream this weekend on HBO Max, Netflix and more (May 30-June 1)

'And Just Like That,' 'Mountainhead' and 'Dept. Q' lead our weekend watch list as May makes way for June.

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Jafar Panahi wins Cannes Palme d’Or for revenge thriller It Was Just an Accident

‘Cinema is society. Nobody is entitled to tell what we should or refrain from doing,’ Panahi said

The Independent UK

‘They first come for great acts of culture’: Cate Blanchett sets up grant for displaced film-makers

Actor and UN refugee ambassador delivers warning on authoritarian regimes as first five film-makers announced for funding

The Guardian - UK

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's presence in Cannes speaks volumes

Before this week, the dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi hasn’t attended the premiere of one of his films in more than 15 years

The Independent UK

Iran's Panahi Pokes Fun At Iran's Jailers In Cannes Comeback

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi makes his first appearance at an international film festival in 15 years at Cannes on Tuesday with a story about political prisoners trying to get their own back on their jailers.

International Business Times

The Academy are implementing new rules for voting, AI and refugee filmmakers

The Academy has put forth a handful of new regulations on issues including voting, AI, refugee filmmakers and the newly launched casting category. Here's everything you need to know.

Euronews

The Oscars mandate voters watch all nominated movies, set new rules for AI and refugee filmmakers

Oscar voters will no longer be able to skip watching some of the nominated films

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‘My Favourite Cake’ directors given suspended prison sentence in Iran for showing unveiled woman

‘My Favourite Cake’ directors Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam receive 14-month suspended prison sentences in Iran. The film’s heroine is seen without a headscarf, and the filmmakers were accused of ‘disturbing public opinion’.

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Oscars' International Film Category Faces Geopolitical Challenges

Explore the challenges and controversies surrounding the Oscars' best international film category and the call for reform in film selection processes.

The Independent UK

The Oscars are more international than ever. So why is the international film category broken?

The Oscars are more international than ever

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One of the most intense thrillers I’ve watched in the last year is now streaming — and it got 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

Crime drama 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' is nominated for Best International Feature Film at this year's Oscars —here's where you can stream it

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig review – Mohammad Rasoulof’s fearless drama is a damning indictment of the Iranian regime

A government official comes into conflict with his wife and daughters when violent protest grips Iran in the exiled director’s Oscar-nominated latest

Evening Standard

The Seed of the Sacred Fig review: this Oscar-nominated thriller is a blistering attack on the Iranian regime

5/5 If Mohammad Rasoulof was to make just one film worth having to flee Iran for, this gripping family thriller would be it

The Guardian - UK

Iranian Oscar nominee Mohammad Rasoulof: ‘After my arrest, I told myself: don’t hold back’

His new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, is up for an Academy award – but the film-maker had to direct it from his sofa. Even under sentence of arrest and flogging, he won’t be silenced, he says

The Independent UK

Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's definition of home is shifting

Shortly before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years, Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran

International Business Times

Iran Director In Exile Says 'Bittersweet' To Rep Germany At Oscars

Forced to flee Iran, dissident director Mohammad Rasoulof says it is bittersweet that his latest movie will contend at the Oscars -- under the banner of another country.

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig: release date, awards, trailer, cast and everything we know about the thriller

Here's what you need to know about The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany's entry for Best International Film at the Oscars 2025.

France 24

Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof on fleeing Iran after making a movie in secret

In this arts24 episode, we talk to fugitive director Mohammad Rasoulof about his powerful Iranian film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”, a brazen and startling picture about the misogyny and theocracy in his country. The director had to flee Iran where he was sentenced to prison for his filmmaking.…

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