Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's ...

In a room of 1,500 men, Sara Shahverdi becomes the only female leader in her region of Iran - a new film joins her as she pushes for change.

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) was back at the Berlinale this year with a stand, flashmob and a ...

Her film Roya tells the story of a fictional teacher detained in Evin, but it is also deeply personal for Mohammadi, who has been arrested multiple times in Iran on charges of propaganda.

Melisa Sözen stars as a teacher imprisoned for her beliefs who faces a big choice in Mahnaz Mohammadi's new fiction feature, debuting in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival.

From prison cells to clandestine sets, Mohammadi discusses Berlinale-premiered ‘Roya’, resistance, hope and why ‘cinema can’t ...

Making history as Iran’s first-ever Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, a breathtaking new film chronicles the extraordinary life of a lone female leader fighting for change in a patriarchal r ...

Dissident director Mahnaz Mohammadi on depicting Iran’s Evin Prison, where she spent time behind bars, in Berlin Film 'Roya.' ...

The drama, led by Turkish actress Melisa Sözen, immerses viewers in the nightmare of imprisonment through sound, distorted ...

Reporting on the ground under tight controls, they turned to open-source intelligence and visual forensics to help tell the story of Iran’s nuclear program. Sebastian Walker examining one of the ...