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The Amsterdam-based International Coalition For Filmmakers At Risk (ICFR) has issued a statement protesting the arrest of Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti and demanding her immediate and unconditional release. The body, created in 2019 to advocate for cinema professionals at risk of political…

Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi has demanded the release of actress Taraneh Alidoosti, who was arrested in Iran. In an Instagram post, Farhadi wrote: “I have worked with Taraneh on four films and now she is in prison for her rightful support of her fellow countrymen and her opposition to the…

Colombian director Laura Mora's drama The Kings Of The World has clinched the Golden Eye for best feature film at the Zurich Film Festival. The award follows hot on the heels of the film's triumph at the San Sebastian Film Festival exactly a week ago, where it world premiered and then won the Golden…

An Iranian government official has warned that action will be taken against celebrities who publicly show support for anti-government protests, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody. These demonstrations have garnered an unprecedented level of public support from a number of prominent…

Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is imploring everyone worldwide to unite “in solidarity” with protesters following the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s morality police. In a video message on Instagram, Farhadi said, “You must have heard recent news from Iran and seen images of…

Asghar Farhadi will preside over the jury for the International Feature Film Competition at this year's Zurich Film Festival. Farhadi will judge the festival's competition category alongside Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (All Quiet on the Western Front). The acclaimed…

If the jury press conference for the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is anything to go by, we're in for a pretty punchy ride on the Croisette the next few weeks. Iranian director Asghar Fahradi spoke for the first time of a plagiarism suit that was filed against him from his former film student Azadeh…

The Cannes Film Festival has set Vincent Lindon as its jury president for the 75th edition, which kicks off next month. The Frenchman, who won the 2015 Best Actor award at Cannes for The Measure of a Man, starred in last year's Palme d'Or winner Titane. Joining jury this year are: actor-director-writer Rebecca Hall…

UPDATE with producer statement: A Hero producer Alexandre Mallet-Guy has released a statement following reports of a plagiarism judgement against Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi in Iran over the movie. The complaint was lodged by Azadeh Masihzadeh, a former student of Farhadi’s who accused the filmmaker of…

EXCLUSIVE: Film Movement Classics has acquired North American rights to 2K digital restorations of Asghar Farhadi’s first two features Dancing in the Dust and Beautiful City, which have been signed off on by the two-time Oscar winner himself. Both restored dramas will be released theatrically this year, with a release…

From the perspective of filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, the character at the center of A Hero was “a very dangerous” one, such that without careful casting, and rigorous work both in rehearsals and on set, his latest film might have turned out “totally different” than that which he’d originally envisioned. “This was a…

Editors note: Deadline's Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year's movie awards race. For Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi, A Hero was the culmination of a long rumination on a recurring phenomenon he'd noticed being reported in his nation's…