Iran
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In a year when Hong Kong cinema made history in its own backyard, and prominent filmmakers were chased out of their home countries for daring to speak truth to power,… Read More
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Asia has not always been at the forefront of the fight for gender equality. Even in Asian cinema, too often it’s the men who wrestle with world-changing events, while the… Read More
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Faced with losing his job and his family on the same day, a shady municipal officer in contemporary Tehran is forced to make some difficult choices in Blockage, Mohsen Gharaie’s… Read More
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Pretty much epitomises what Abbas Kiarostami does so well – taking the mundane and making it profound. Homayoun Ershadi stars as a seemingly ordinary man driving around the hillsides on… Read More
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Abbas Kiarostami continues his filmmaking sabbatical away from his Iranian homeland, which began in Tuscany with Certified Copy and now moves to Tokyo. As with many of the director’s films,… Read More
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The latest from Abbas Kiarostami (Taste of Cherry) sees the Iranian auteur continue his globe-trotting which began with 2010’s Certified Copy. In Like Someone in Love, he heads for Japan,… Read More
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