With eerie relevance, this week also happens to mark the start of the BAMPFA series Iranian Cinema: From Aesthetics to Politics (Sat/7-April 23), so you have an opportunity to familiarize yourself ...
Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari has long explored the quiet tensions and bureaucratic pressures of everyday life in Iran, from his acclaimed shorts to festival recognized features like “Disappearance,” ...
Starring director Bahman Ark as Bahram, the story centers on a mid-career filmmaker whose entire body of Turkish-Azeri-language work has never been screened in Iran. When his newest film is once again ...