Asghar Farhadi’s latest film, The Past, has been nominated for the best foreign language film at the Golden Globe Awards. The nominees for the 71st Golden Globe Awards were announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on December 12. Farhadi’s The Past will compete with: Blue is the Warmest Colour, the French film and […]
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Japan honours Iranian filmmaker for invaluable contributions
The Japanese government has bestowed its Medal of Honour upon Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. ISNA (Iranian Student News Agency) reported today, Nov. 3, that Japan awarded the honour to Abbas Kiarostami on account of his invaluable services in creating cultural exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and Iran, elevating the level of filmmaking in […]
Filmmakers acquitted of “collaborating with BBC”
A group of documentary makers who had been accused by the Iranian judiciary of “collaborating with BBC” have been acquitted of the charges. The Mehr News Agency reports that Behzad Ebtehaj, a legal advisor for the Iran Cinema Organization, said: “In this file a number of filmmakers whose films had been sold to the […]