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‘The main issue was always the hijab’: the Iranian directors arrested for their gentle septuagenarian comedy

Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, makers of My Favourite Cake, received an ovation at the Berlin film festival while under house arrest in Tehran. They speak about the struggle of creating art under a dictatorship

The Guardian - UK

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging

Rasoulof is one of Iran’s leading directors and his film The Seed of the Sacred Fig is due to premiere at Cannes film festival

The Guardian - UK

Game, set and match: the 20 best sports movies

As Luca Guadagnino’s tennis film Challengers makes its case for sporting immortality, critic Guy Lodge chooses 20 of the genre’s undisputed heavyweights

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20 greatest Venice film festival Golden Lion winners – ranked!

With the 80th instalment of the festival on the Lido around the corner, we sort through the winners of one of cinema’s most prestigious accolades

The Guardian - UK

From The New Boy to Asteroid City: 10 films to see at the 2023 Sydney film festival

The festival’s June program includes climate heists, FBI whistleblowers, new Wes Anderson – and 20,000 bees

The Guardian - AU

On my radar: Ari Aster’s cultural highlights

The Hereditary and Midsommar film-maker on the genius of Daniel Clowes’s Eightball, a haunting Iranian drama and the revelatory writing of Édouard Levé

The Guardian - UK

Film-maker Jafar Panahi leaves Iran for first time in 14 years as travel ban lifted

The award-winning director who was released from prison in February is rumoured to be a juror at Cannes

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7 top new movies to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Apple and more this week (April 18-24)

The top movies online this week may feature Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, but this list also includes films that got much better reviews.

Tom’s Guide

New this week: 'Judy Blume,' Rodrigo y Gabriela, Minecraft

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from The Heavy and Rodrigo y Gabriela, a new Judy Blume bio-documentary and video games set in the Minecraft and Dead Island universes

The Independent UK

Film-maker Hassan Nazer on his love letter to Iranian cinema

The Scottish-Iranian director’s heartwarming new film, Winners, tells the tale of a child in Iran boy with a passion for movies

The Guardian - UK

Iran freedom struggle stars at Berlin film fest

Berlin (AFP) - The Berlin film festival, long a champion of Iran's embattled independent directors, is spotlighting its citizens' fight for basic rights with a series of screenings, events and a red-carpet protest.

AFP

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi released from prison after declaring hunger strike

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was released from prison in Tehran on Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Iranian director Jafar Panahi released after hunger strike

Paris (AFP) - Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been released on bail after starting a hunger strike to protest against his almost seven-month detention, supporters said on Friday.

AFP

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

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The Independent UK

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

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Reuters

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.

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The Guardian - UK

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

AFP

Jailed Iran filmmaker Jafar Panahi says on hunger strike

Paris (AFP) - Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who has been jailed for the past six months, said he has begun a hunger strike to protest his detention, according to a statement published by his wife Thursday.

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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…

AFP

Iran judiciary to rule on famed filmmaker's release: lawyer

Tehran (AFP) - Iran's judiciary is to rule by Friday on whether to release celebrated filmmaker Jafar Panahi on bail after his conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court, his lawyer said Saturday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Chicago Tribune

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

The facts are stark.

The Independent UK

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

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