Shadi Sadr Wins Prize for Defense of Human Rights
Shadi Sadr has received the Lech Walesa Prize in a ceremony held in the Lech Walesa Foundation at Gdansk in Poland on Tuesday 30 September. Lech Walesa Foundation announced that Shadi received the prize for “her promotion of human rights, freedom of expression
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UPDATE! Siddiq Barmak’s “Opium War” wins two more prestigious awards
Opium War, a film by director Siddiq Barmak which had won the Golden Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award for Best Film at the Rome International Film Festival has now won two more prizes in two consecutive days: the Grand
Can We See Iran through Iranian Films?
Can We See Iran through Iranian Films? Houshang Golmakani, film critique, Editor Film Magazine It is now over twenty years that Iranian films have made their presence felt powerfully in world cinema. However, this has been mainly in the international arena of film festivals and cultural centres. Less