Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari has long explored the quiet tensions and bureaucratic pressures of everyday life in Iran, from his acclaimed shorts to festival recognized features like “Disappearance,” ...

Sanaz Toossi’s five-character ensemble drama/comedy “English” is about the precision of describing things exactly and using language in its clearest and most efficient manner. Its real power, however, ...

Are you an aspiring monkey astronaut? Join the Iranian space program today! Iran is running television ads to recruit animal volunteers, and David Letterman has the exclusive. Plus, a look back at the ...

Starring director Bahman Ark as Bahram, the story centers on a mid-career filmmaker whose entire body of Turkish-Azeri-language work has never been screened in Iran. When his newest film is once again ...