The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” an Oscar-nominated movie filmed in secret in Iran, highlights the Iranian film world’s ...

Ila Firouzabadi, a co-writer on the film alongside Rankin and Nemati, said that the scene of the family was designed to evoke the warmth of certain homes in Tehran, where Firouzabadi was born.

Two films from the Middle East won Oscars at Sunday's Academy Awards, highlighting the growing reputation of the region's ...

Iranian short animation ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’ won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 97th Oscars.

TEHRAN, March 2 — Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig won a special prize at the Cannes film ...

Berlin (AFP) – Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" won a special prize at the Cannes film festival last year and is hoping to go one better at the Oscars on Sunday.