Yellow Letters and Emin Alper’s Salvation both won headline honours at the Berlin film festival and show dissenting cinema is thriving in the face of Erdoğan’s repression ...

In the end, political cinema won out. At the closing ceremony of a Berlin Film Festival blighted by controversy and discourse over the political responsibilities or otherwise of art, German-Turkish ...

Given the incendiary news from this year’s edition, it may surprise you to learn that the Berlinale is among the more logistically easygoing of the major international film festivals. Part of this is ...

Held alongside the UN Human Rights Council session, the festival brings together films and forums under the theme "Resisting Authoritarianism." ...

As war escalates and political turmoil grips Iran, two filmmakers — an Iranian and an Indian — reflect on jin, jiyan, azadi (woman, life, freedom) in the war-torn country through their cinema ...

On the assumption that Americans should understand who we’re bombing, here are five excellent Iranian films, all streaming ...

The political drama by Oscar nominee Ilker Catak took the top award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Interview with Kurdish filmmaker Sevînaz Evdikê about the situation of women in Rojava and the Islamist regime in Damascus. Sevînaz Evdikê (born 1992 in Serêkaniyê, Rojava) studied film in Northern ...

Fribourg Film Festival sidebars spotlight Colombian cinema, films like 'Volver' and 'The Piano,' and the Fribourg Cinema Award for Kaouther Ben Hania.

The Hong Kong International Film Festival will mark its 50th anniversary with a retrospective program celebrating ...

The 14th annual Watsonville Film Festival kicks off March 12, showcasing over 50 films, with events in Watsonville, Santa Cruz and Salinas.

The first MOV Film Festival featuring filmmakers from around the region and world will be held April 18-19 at WVU Parkersburg. The inaugural event is managed by students and was inspired years ago ...