Iranian independent filmmakers step into limelight at Cannes screendaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from screendaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Karlovy Vary Film Festival has planned a program focused on Iranian cinema with a selection of films made in the past four years. It will also celebrate the work of Japanese filmmaker Yasuzo Masumura.
Mehdi Rajabian has spent years in prison, lived through solitary confinement and endured hunger strikes just to put his music out in the world. His latest album It Arrives puts his life on the line once again.