News & Stories The Present, wins GoE Bridging The Borders Award at 2020 SHORTFESTBijan Tehrani06/24/2020
Making the Cow – Part 2By Bahman Maghsoudlou07/01/202515 Mins Read To read the first part of this article please touch or click here The first screening of The Cow took…
Wandering with Parviz Davayi in Beautiful PragueBy Abbas Yari07/01/20255 Mins Read My friendship with dear Parviz Davayi catapults me back fifty years, to when I was doing my military service. I’d…
Pouri Banayi, Still a Beloved Star in Iranian CinemaBy Abbas Yari06/26/20255 Mins Read It is entirely true that an acting career in cinema, theater, and television is limited and has an expiration date.…
To Rome, With LoveBy Bijan Tehrani06/24/20254 Mins Read Rome Is Not Just a City, It’s a Poem Flowing Through Time and Space Rome, the capital of memories, holds…
Horse is not a noble animal!By Reza Kamrani06/24/20256 Mins Read I Am a Villager, and I’m Proud of It I am a villager, and I take pride in it. My…
The tale of sufferings, tragedies, and enduring memories…By Bijan Tehrani06/22/20254 Mins Read Cinema, from its earliest days, was never merely a tool for entertainment. It became a medium for reflecting human suffering,…
War broke outBy Reza Mahdavi Hezaveh06/20/20252 Mins Read War broke out. Music, theater, cinema, and books were all shut down.Today, in the streets of the industrial city, people’s…
When death stands just one step away…By Bijan Tehrani06/20/20253 Mins Read War cinema has always been a stage for reflecting the darkness and light within humanity—from the voiceless cries of victims…
Mobile cinema had left its markBy Reza Kamrani06/18/20256 Mins Read Time: An autumn afternoon in 1964Place: One of the underprivileged villages in Kerman, Iran The schoolchildren had gone home. A…
Good Cop, Bad Cop…By Abbas Yari06/17/20254 Mins Read Police characters in films—especially in comedies—are often not portrayed with likable or respectable faces. Aside from crime/action films, in comedies…