Real Kashmir Football Club is inspired by Sandeep Chattoo and Shamim Meraj, the founders of the actual club. And Songs of Paradise tells us about Kashmir’s first female playback singer, Raj Begum.

In "One Battle After Another" Leonardo DiCaprio's Bob Ferguson, a former revolutionary scrambles to find his daughter after ...

Muhammad is a very smart and tactical fighter with the kind of rounded skills necessary to adjust his game plan for individual opponents. He’s a strong wrestler offensively and defensively, but his ...

Narges Mohammadi and several other Iranian activists were detained last Friday. She has been beaten, requiring emergency ...

With Oscar buzz building, Neon has released Jafar Panahi's Covid-era short film, 'Life,' as a standalone work.

Thanksgiving is a time to get together with loved ones, indulge in a big meal and spend quality time. In addition to watching football, friends and family can gather around the TV and laugh as they ...

Visit Tehran, as The Economist just did, and you might expect to find Iran’s rulers huddled defensively. It has been a brutal year for an unloved regime. A 12-day bombing campaign in June saw Israel, ...

The Iranian Revolutionary Court sentenced the Iranian director in absentia. Panahi won the prestigeous Palme d'Or for best film with his highly political piece "It Was Just an Accident." This is not ...

Iranian authorities arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi on Friday, her foundation said, citing her brother.

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan has responded to criticism regarding his participation in Iran‘s government-run Fajr Film Festival, saying that it should not be considered a show of support for the ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I'm looking at ...

Ahead of the festive season, Europe’s Q1 2026 film festivals are revving up for their upcoming editions. After Rotterdam’s ...