©Courtesy of Neon To avoid an eight-year prison sentence for making his latest film The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled his native country to begin a life in exile. In two hours, he made the decision to embark on the risky escape on foot across the mountains. Two weeks later his film…
Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, today announced the 2024 jury members who will select winning projects in the film, games, and audio storytelling sections. The Festival has 17 competition categories in which jurors will honor winning storytellers and creators with artistic awards. This year’s festival jury includes a diverse roster of groundbreaking filmmakers, award-winning actors,…
In the ancient capital of Italy (Torino lead the Kingdom of Italy right after it’s unification in 1861 until 1865), there is the impressive National Museum of Cinema. This institution welds the beauty of architecture of the Mole Antonelliana with the history and futurism of the motion picture industry. This is one out of the…
Karen Cooper, left, will step down as director of Film Forum in June. Succeeding her will be Sonya Chung, right.Credit…Left: Henny Garfunkel. Right: Robin Holland. After exactly half a century (1972-2022) as Director of Film Forum, the nonprofit cinema in Lower Manhattan, Karen Cooper will step down from the position and will be succeeded by…
The United Kingdom selects a Farsi language film, set in the heart of Iran, as its entry for the 2023 Academy Awards. Winners — directed by Scotland-based filmmaker of Persian descent Hassan Nazer — had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. The film also received the…
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has been indicted on plagiarism charges surrounding the provenance of his film A Hero, which took the top prize at Cannes last year. The complainant, Azadeh Masihzadeh, one of Farhadi’s former students, argued before a Tehran court that the two-time Oscar winner had stolen the idea for the film from her…
The definition of a criminal has many variations. It typically refers to someone who has broken a law, which may or may not be in effect in a neighboring country, state, or city. A person can be held accountable and imprisoned based on local doctrines, though assigning guilt or impure intentions is a murkier matter….
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