Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watching Iranian director Majid Majidi’s “Sun Children,” I was reminded of “The Florida Project.” One of the best films about ...

The Iranian director Majid Majidi, whose film 'Mohammad: Messenger of God' is an Oscar contender, speaks out after Paris attacks. By Nick Holdsworth The director of a controversial Iranian film about ...

Iran has chosen childhood labor drama “Sun Children” as its national representative for the Academy Awards best international feature film category. It is the sixth time that a firm directed by Majid ...

The director of Oscar-nominated “Children of Heaven” shifts focus from his homeland with his first Hindi-language feature. In 1998, director Majid Majidi’s “Children of Heaven” was nominated for an ...

Contrary to rumours Deepika Padukone's look test was not of a rag picker's part but a character who has a humble beginning in life for Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi's film Deepika Padukone ...

To cinephiles, Iranian director Majid Majidi’s always been deemed the poor man’s Jafar Panahi (or the poor man’s Abbas Kiarostami, per the next, more academic level of discourse). Of course, ...

The ceremony of the event was held on Thursday evening at the Nikita Mikhalkov Workshop 12 Theater in Moscow with the attendance of Russia’s Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova, presidential aide Vladimir ...

Filmmaker Majid Majidi says he has no interest in politics, which is probably a good thing, given that he lives in Iran, ruled by hardliner president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But that hardly means ...

Watching Iranian director Majid Majidi’s “Sun Children,” I was reminded of “The Florida Project.” One of the best films about children of the 21st century, “The Florida Project” takes place within a ...