The Seed of the Sacred Fig director Mohammad Rasoulof was a surprise guest at this year's Locarno Film Festival and talked ...

Iran's Mohammad Rasoulof is considering making his next film in the West following Oscar nominated 'The Seed of the Sacred ...

New York Film Festival 2025 Main Slate includes Cannes winners Jafar Panahi’s 'It Was Just an Accident' and Joachim Trier’s ...

Joachim Trier, Park Chan-wook and Kelly Reichardt will also be showing films at the 63rd festival, taking place Sept. 26-Oct.

Director Jafar Panahi poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'It Was Just an Accident' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

Take heed: Jafar Panahi is no longer the filmmaker he once was, transforming from understated humanist (in films such as "The White Balloon" and "Offside") to openly critical of the Iranian regime ...

CANNES, France (AP) — Before this week, the dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi hadn’t attended the premiere of one of his films in more than 15 years. Panahi, one of the leading ...

Jafar Panahi Speaks Out for First Time in 14 Years as New Film 'It Was Just an Accident' Premieres at Cannes: I Spent 'Eight Hours a Day Blindfolded' and 'Being Interrogated' in Iran Prison ...

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Before this week, the dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi hadn’t attended the premiere of one of his films in more than 15 years.