Iranian director facing jail for film highlighting corruption
- 22-Dec-2017
TEHRAN: It is not easy to lead a good and virtuous life in Iran if the film-maker Mohammad Rasoulof’s latest film, “A Man of Integrity”, is anything to go by. Its downtrodden hero struggles to make an honest rial from his goldfish farm, caught in a nightmarish, distorting fish bowl of corruption at every turn. […]
Defiant Iranian director sends banned film to Berlin fest
- 06-Feb-2015
TEHRAN: Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi's latest picture defying an official ban, "Taxi", will premiere Friday at the 65th Berlin film festival, marking a new chapter of his career in the shadows.