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“I’m going to go to prison for a year, and I’ll come out with a new script.” Before his recent return to his homeland, iconic Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi understood the risks. He has spent decades ...

Stephen Colbert had his funniest “I’m looking for a new gig after May” joke this week, and I don’t think it will ever be topped. It happened when he was talking to CNN national-security analyst Brett ...

Exactly a month before the Academy Awards, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi, whose latest film, “It Was Just an Accident,” is up for Best International Feature, headed north on Chrystie Street ...

He also discusses the production challenges of filming in Iran illegally and calls for solidarity with its people. Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the ...

Authorities in Iran have arrested the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian in Tehran. Mahmoudian co-wrote the film It Was Just an Accident with dissident director Jafar Panahi, and their film ...

This March, Jafar Panahi could win his first Oscar. But the decorated Iranian filmmaker—whose masterful It Was Just an Accident has already won numerous awards this season—is struggling to celebrate ...

"It Was Just an Accident" from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is nominated for the Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay Oscars. Jeffrey Brown met with Panahi to talk about his ...

With Iran gripped by nationwide protests that activists say have left at least 2,600 people dead, we recently spoke with renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, whose latest film, It Was Just an ...

Jafar Panahi at the National Board of Review Awards Gala (Udo Salters/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) Jafar Panahi called on Hollywood to support Iranian protestors during an acceptance speech at ...