Mohammad Rasoulof, director of the Oscar-nominated film "The Seed of the Sacred Fig," is standing behind the members of his ...

This slow burn thriller from Iran exposes the brutality of authoritarianism and its devastating impact on families.

The moment comes early in Mohammad Rasoulof’s new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, which won the Special Prize at Cannes ...

Nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the forthcoming Oscars, The Seed Of Sacred Fig’s behind the scenes ...

The Seed of the Sacred Fig, 2024. Written and Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Starring Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa ...

If Mohammad Rasoulof was to make just one film worth having to flee Iran for, this gripping family thriller would be it ...

Iman will soon seek to assert control of his private patriarchy. The story has the air of fable, but plays bold games with convention. A gun appears early, before a dark, droll twist on the usual ...

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is a representation of how the state uses both ideological and physically repressive means to ...

Sacred Fig is the type of work that is monumental simply for existing — but it’s also a gripping political thriller that is ...

The film won the special jury prize at Cannes and an Oscar nomination. But it also earned its director, Mohammad Rasoulof, an eight year jail sentence. Rasoulof and many of the cast and crew managed ...

Shot entirely in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, centers on a family thrust into the public eye when Iman is appointed as an investigating judge ...

Amid news of Iran developing new ballistic missiles and unveiling an underground missile city, we’ll be looking at the truth ...