The Independent Iranian Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) has praised a shift in filmmaking in Iran towards “defying censorship ...

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The filmmaker portrays the intimate workings of autocratic thinking through the prism of a middle-class family.

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The 40th Haifa International Film Festival opens October 15 with 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' by Iranian director Mohammad ...

Director Mohammad Rasoulof had escaped a prison sentence in Iran just days before his latest film screened at the Cannes Film Festival this year. "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" went on to stun critics ...

The 40th Haifa International Film Festival opens October 15 with 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' by Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof. A SCENE from the Iranian film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’ ...

PAUL LEHR POUR M LE MAGAZINE DU MONDE Before appearing in Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof's latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig (in French cinemas on September 18), made without ...