"Emilia Perez" (Netflix), "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" (Neon), "I'm Still Here" (Sony Pictures Classics) France’s “Emilia Pérez,” Germany’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” and Brazil’s “I’m Still Here” ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This is from the official trailer of “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” distributed by Neon. “The Seed ...

Najmeh (Soheila Golestani, l-r), Sana (Setareh Maleki) and Rezvan (Mahsa Rostami) in a scene from the film "The Seeds of the Sacred Fig Tree". The film by Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, who fled ...

The Iranian drama from exiled director Mohammad Rasoulof is Germany's entry for the 2025 Academy Awards. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The Seed of the Sacred Fig, the Iranian drama from ...

Iranian filmmaker and actress Soheila Golestani, who was unveiled as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Tiger Competition jury, has been barred from leaving Iran to travel to ...

The dissident director escaped imprisonment in Iran and debuted his feature in Cannes ahead of a Neon November release. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief A paranoid family faces Iranian oppression ...

Opening Friday, Feb. 7, at the Belcourt and AMC Thoroughbred 20 The film centers on Iman (Missagh Zareh), who was recently promoted to an investigating judge position in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary ...

Award-winning film studio NEON has announced that audiences are now able to experience ‘THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG’ for digital purchase and rental. The film will also be available on Blu-Ray starting ...

Earlier this year, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled his country to escape an eight-year prison sentence. His new film centers on a middle... Shot in secret, 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' calls ...

It’s a dialectic, pressure in, pressure out: Autocratic societies will almost by definition spawn rebellious responses, and so in a sense you could say that the filmmaking paradigm exemplified by ...

A family is torn apart by a missing firearm in "The Seed of the Sacred Fig," a searing thriller that rises to a white hot boil. The missing firearm is a stand-in for much larger conflicts — religious, ...