Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s Nader and Simin, A Separation has been awarded by the 2012 Broadcast Film Critics Association.
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A Separation – Iran’s Oscars hope after Golden Globe nomination
The Iranian film A Separation – which has won many international awards such as the Golden Bear award in Berlin – has its sights on a possible Oscar after a nomination at the Golden Globe awards.
Revolutionary Guard Confiscated Confidential Footage to Fabricate Film, Says Nourizad
Following the release of a private and confidential film about his personal life, renowned filmmaker and journalist Mohammad Nourizad spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the illegality of its release.
Iran’s ‘A Separation’ bringing people together
By Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times December 11, 2011When Iranian cinema has been in the news of late, it is largely for the legal troubles of leading filmmakers, faced with jail terms, house arrests and bans from travel, interviews and even making future films.
Iranian Director Wins Top Prize At Asia’s Biggest Film Festival
Iranian director Morteza Farshbaf has won one of the top two honors at Asia’s largest film festival, South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival.
Film body urges authorities to observe rights of filmmakers
Iran’s House of Cinema is calling on authorities to observe the rights of filmmakers and other members of the film community that have been arrested in the past week.
Iran’s “Nader and Simin, a Separation” goes for an Oscar
Iran has submitted “Nader and Simin, a Separation”, an acclaimed film by director-writer Asghar Farhadi, to the 84th Annual Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Films category in 2012.
Making Film About His Holiness “Muhammad (S)” could help Iranian cinema evolve, U.S. cineaste
Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor and filmmaker Scott E. Anderson has said that the Iranian blockbuster “Muhammad (S)” could aid progress for the palate of the Iranian motion picture industry.
Film group to pursue case of detained actresses, director
Iran’s Khaneh Cinema (House of Cinema) has formed a committee to look into what’s happened to members of the Iranian film community who have been arrested.