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.
Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's ...
Her second fiction feature, starring Turkish actress Melisa Sözen, premieres in the Berlinale's Panorama section: "I didn't ...
With protests raging and artists detained, Iranian filmmakers at the Berlinale say global festivals are one of their few remaining outlets to tell the truth - and to be heard.
Dissident director Mahnaz Mohammadi on depicting Iran’s Evin Prison, where she spent time behind bars, in Berlin Film 'Roya.' ...
In Iran's 2022 protests, security forces deliberately targeted women's faces, especially their eyes, intending to blind them. This brutal tactic was used to silence and intimidate women leading the ...
Iranian screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian, co-writer of an Oscar-nominated film, was arrested in Tehran after signing a statement ...
Dissident Iranian film director Jafar Panahi told AFP he believes ordinary Iranians risk being "sacrificed" in talks between ...
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