The filmmaker portrays the intimate workings of autocratic thinking through the prism of a middle-class family.

Upon hearing the setup of Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s latest film, one might be forgiven if they immediately begin ...

In this arts24 episode, we talk to fugitive director Mohammad Rasoulof about his powerful Iranian film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”, a brazen and startling picture about the misogyny and theocracy in ...

Payal Kapadia’s Cannes grand prix winner All We Imagine As Light and Mohammad Rasoulof’s special prize recipient The Seed Of ...

The Independent Iranian Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) has praised a shift in filmmaking in Iran towards “defying censorship ...

Germany has selected Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. This decision was taken by ...

The 40th Haifa International Film Festival opens October 15 with 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' by Iranian director Mohammad ...

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Director Mohammad Rasoulof had escaped a prison sentence in Iran just days before his latest film screened at the Cannes Film Festival this year. "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" went on to stun critics ...

See: Neon’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” for example, which would never be the submission for Iran, given how director ...