Makhmalbaf, a decorated auteur who has been campaigning and helping around 800 Afghani creatives and their families exit the nation for the past three years, appeared in front of the UK’s ...

This week’s New York opening of Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President (Corinth Films) premieres one of best Iranian movies yet seen. Its story of a despot (Mikheil Gomiashvili) caught in the midst ...

Yasmeen Khan watches the latest Cannes award winner from Belgium's leading cinematic siblings: a contemporary tale about a lonely lad which defies easy 'social realism' pigeonholing. Photo by ...