Their film was shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran. It won an award at Sundance

Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's ...

Iranian film body IIFMA collates list of dead & detained musicians, filmmakers, actors & artists – Berlin

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) was back at the Berlinale this year with a stand, flashmob and a ...

Iran's motorcycling midwife and rights campaigner is star of Oscar-tipped film

In a room of 1,500 men, Sara Shahverdi becomes the only female leader in her region of Iran - a new film joins her as she pushes for change.

Iranian director unveils film confronting Tehran's Evin prison torture

Her film Roya tells the story of a fictional teacher detained in Evin, but it is also deeply personal for Mohammadi, who has been arrested multiple times in Iran on charges of propaganda.

Mahnaz Mohammadi on Depicting Iran's Evin Prison in Berlin Film ‘Roya': ‘You Have to Tell the Story Through the Displacement, Silence and Rupture'

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi - known internationally for works such as "Women Without Shadows,” “Travelogue" and "Son-Mother" - is at the Berlinale with “Roya," about a woman who, just ...