‘Don’t be afraid’: exiled director Mohammad Rasoulof sends a message to Iranian cinema from Cannes
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, the film for which Rasoulof was given an eight-year prison sentence for criticising the Iranian regime, receives standing ovation on the Côte d’Azur
August 2023
20 greatest Venice film festival Golden Lion winners – ranked!
With the 80th instalment of the festival on the Lido around the corner, we sort through the winners of one of cinema’s most prestigious accolades
April 2023
Film-maker Jafar Panahi leaves Iran for first time in 14 years as travel ban lifted
The award-winning director who was released from prison in February is rumoured to be a juror at Cannes
February 2023
Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi released on bail after hunger strike
Film-maker Jafar Panahi begins hunger strike in Iranian prison
January 2023
Iran to rule on release of film-maker Jafar Panahi
Lawyer for award-winning director says court of appeal expected to decide on case by end of week
November 2022
Mark Kermode's film of the week
No Bears review – Jafar Panahi’s piercingly self-aware study of film-making and fear
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
No Bears review – Jafar Panahi heads for the border in complex metafiction of fear
July 2022
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Hit the Road review – all of Iranian life on four wheels
Panah Panahi juggles joy, heartbreak and surreal humour in a road movie his imprisoned father would be proud of
Cate Blanchett and Harry Styles to head to Venice for 2022 edition of film festival
Competition slots for jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, Martin McDonagh and Darren Aronofsky, while actors on show range from past winner Blanchett to Bill Nighy and Harry Styles
‘You cannot imagine how crazy the system is’: Jafar Panahi’s film-maker son on Iranian censorship
Jafar Panahi sentenced to six years in jail
Jafar Panahi is third film-maker in a week to be arrested in Iran
September 2020
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Streaming: the Barbican's first-person documentary season
Film-makers get personal in the Barbican Cinema on Demand’s first fully themed season
March 2019
3 faces review – another brave act of cinematic defiance
A brave road movie from the banned Iranian director
September 2018
Kiarostami to Panahi: photographs by Iranian film-makers – in pictures
CAMA Gallery of Iranian art presents an exhibition of photographs by prestigious Iranian film directors.
May 2018
3 Faces review: Jafar Panahi's latest is calm, modest – and inscrutable
The great Iranian director, currently under house arrest, has delivered a purposefully oblique – if always enjoyable – meditation on acting, reportage and political unrest
Cannes 2018: Asghar Farhadi demands Iran lift travel ban on Jafar Panahi
At the press conference for opening night film Everybody Knows, Farhadi expressed solidarity for Panahi, whose new drama Three Faces is also playing in competition
Cannes 2018: The directors who are banned from attending the film festival
Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi and Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov – who both have films competing for the Palme d’Or – have been prevented from leaving their respective countries
April 2018
Cannes film festival 2018: full list of films
The official selection has been announced for the 71st Cannes film festival running 8-19 May. Here are all the titles screening
