Recasting a well-known character is one of the riskiest moves in film and television. Audiences form deep attachments to the ...

Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced in absentia in Iran to one year in prison, according to his lawyer via the AFP news agency. Panahi’s lawyer, Mostafa Nili, said the ...

He won best director, original screenplay and international feature for “It Was Just an Accident.” Best feature went to “One Battle After Another.” By Kyle Buchanan “One Battle After Another” was ...

Newcastle United's star defender Dan Burn is all set to voice the Genie in an Aladdin pantomime running over the Christmas period. Burn will make his debut in the world of entertainment, although he ...

Iran has sentenced acclaimed director Jafar Panahi to a year in prison and imposed a two-year travel ban on charges of “propaganda activities against the system," according to his lawyer CAIRO -- Iran ...

Iran has sentenced Palme d'Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi in absentia to one year in prison and imposed a two-year travel ban for alleged “propaganda activities,” his lawyer said on Monday. The ...

Oscar-bound filmmaker Jafar Panahi has reportedly been sentenced to prison by Iranian officials. The It Was Just an Accident director is widely expected to score major Oscar nominations. The 2026 ...

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi swept the 35th annual Gotham Awards in New York on Monday night, just hours after Tehran’s government sentenced him in absentia to a year in prison and a ...

Iran sentenced award-winning director Jafar Panahi to one year in prison in absentia and imposed a travel ban for what it called “propaganda activities” against the country. Panahi’s lawyer Mostafa ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. This article was first published two days before it was announced that Jafar Panahi has been sentenced in absentia to one ...

Jafar Panahi picked up three trophies at the Gotham Awards in New York on Monday Award-winning Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been given a prison sentence on charges of creating propaganda ...