News & Stories The Present, wins GoE Bridging The Borders Award at 2020 SHORTFESTBijan Tehrani06/24/2020
The cries of dissenting spectators that were lost in the corridors of history…By Ali Azarnivand02/12/20263 Mins Read It is recorded in the history of the Cannes Film Festival that on a night in May 1960, audiences booed…
2016 Oscar NominationsBy CWB News Department01/23/20268 Mins Read Sinners leads the 2026 Oscar nominations with a record-breaking 16 noms, including best picture, best director and best original screenplay. One Battle After…
Two Movies with one ticketBy Bijan Tehrani01/17/20268 Mins Read Vertigo Doctors say the cause of my vertigo is a disorder of the inner ear. But I know perfectly well…
Golden Globes 2026 WinnersBy CWB News Department01/13/202617 Mins Read “One Battle After Another,” a blistering satire about radical politics, and “Hamnet,” a look at William Shakespeare’s complicated domestic life,…
A Thinker–Filmmaker Who Was a Stranger in His Own LandBy Bijan Tehrani12/28/20252 Mins Read The late Bahram Beyzaie is a part of all of us. We have lived with his stories, plays, and films—from…
CWB at Sundance and Berlinale 2026By CWB News Department12/04/20252 Mins Read Reports by Nargess SamadiThe good news is that Ms. Nargess Samadi, Festival Reporter and Reviwer of Cinema Without Borders, will…
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk in LABy CWB News Department11/05/20252 Mins Read Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, firsthand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through…
GIRLS DON’T CRY wins Bridging the Borders Award at 2025 Lucas International Film FestivalBy Bijan Tehrani10/26/202512 Mins Read Cinema Without Borders jury announced the winners of the Bridging The Borders Award for 2025 Lucas International Film Festival for…
The Soft Skin: The Rhythm of DesireBy Narges Samadi10/25/20254 Mins Read François Truffaut’s The Soft Skin (1964) at first glance seems to tell a story of infidelity, yet it is, in…
Rodrigo Garcia received CWB’s Bridging the Borders AwardBy Bijan Tehrani10/23/20254 Mins Read On Tuesday, October 21, at 7:00 PM, the Cinema Without Borders Foundation honored acclaimed filmmaker Rodrigo García with its prestigious…