Even before Saeed Roustayee's "Woman and Child" premieres at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, the Iranian director's new ...

Out of all the major filmmakers to emerge from Iran over the past decades, Mohammad Rasoulof has certainly grown into the most overtly political. His finely crafted dramas, including the superb ...

A claustrophobic thriller filmed secretly in Iran tops the DVD releases for the week of May 6. "The Seed of the Sacred Fig": Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's latest movie, for which he was ...

Japanese animation film in which a miniature family lives in the foundation of the house of a sick child. Lars Von Trier directs this story about a wedding that goes awry as the end of the world ...

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Last year, for instance, the Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years in order to release his film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Germany ...

The Seed of the Sacred Fig - (in cinemas) Judge Iman, paranoid amid Tehran's unrest, loses his gun. Suspecting family, he imposes harsh rules, straining relationships as society destabilizes.

Last year, for instance, the Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years in order to release his film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” ...