Writer-director Soheil Beirgahi’s fourth feature follows a rebellious young performer who pays a hefty price for her insubordination. By Jordan Mintzer Depictions of Iran in mainstream U.S. media tend ...

Director Soheil Beiraghi introduces a young female character the likes of which the country typically attempts to suppress: a symbolic figure who refuses to be silenced. Living at home with her ...

The Iranian filmmaker discusses his fourth feature, 'Outcry' in English, which premieres at Karlovy Vary, and possible arrest in his home country: "Totalitarian regimes try to control and restrict.

Iranian director Soheil Beiraghi is coming to Karlovy Vary Film Festival to present the independently made drama “Bidad.” But he won’t be joined by his cast and crew. “They decided not to come. I ...

The French film critic-turned-filmmaker Jacques Rivette once said that “every film is a documentary of its own making.” In the case of the Iranian film “Bidad,” or “Outcry,” it’s a work as much about ...

Depictions of Iran in mainstream U.S. media tend to show a country filled with religious zealots burning American or Israeli flags in the streets. But anyone who's seen a good Iranian movie, whether ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whereas Hollywood has told and retold “A Star Is Born” so many times as to make trite its plot — of a preternaturally gifted young ...

Festival programmers held back on unveiling the 12th movie in the Crystal Globe Competition until the last minute to allow the filmmaker to travel to the Czech fest. After all, the movie about a Gen Z ...