The director risks imprisonment with this film, which reveals the brutality of tyranny in Iran following the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests.

Mohammad Rasoulof had crossed the Iranian border on foot into exile before the Tehran authorities got wind of his covertly shot new film The Seed of the Sacred Fig. In this domestic conspiracy ...

Children’s experience and tense family drama have been at the heart of many of the greatest Iranian films. Ahead of the release of the Oscar-nominated thriller The Seed of the Sacred Fig, we recommend ...

Just as Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof completed shooting his 10th film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, in April last year he was forced to flee his home in Tehran where he faced an eight-year ...

Secret Ink will be transmitted on the BBC News channel on Feb 1 at 10.30am and Feb 2 at 8.30am and 4.30pm. It will be ...

Mohammad Rasoulof's anti-authoritarian treatise defies categorization, a searing indictment of Iran's theocracy.

The Seed of The Sacred Fig is an astounding film based on the protests that swept Iran over hijab following the death of a ...

Iranian writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof’s new blood-freezing film The Seed Of The Sacred Fig was shot in complete secrecy ...

Iran is one of the most dangerous countries for lawyers. According to the National Union of Iranian Bar Associations (SCODA), since 2018, there have been at least 54 reported incidents of killings, ...

Soheila Golestani, Missagh Zareh, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Amineh Arani Runtime: 168 minutes (2 hours, 48 minutes) Platform: In theatres The ...

Mark Walsh looks ahead to what’s coming to the big screen in this column sponsored by the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse.

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s films bristle with rage about his country’s tyrannical treatment of its people. Rasoulof’s realist critiques, about themes ranging from state-sponsored ...