Taxi, the newest film by renowned Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear on February 15. The Iranian government has banned Panahi from making films for 20 years.
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I doubt that people’s attention to popular culture leads to fascism. The use of art for propaganda has an expiration date, of which there are many incidents.
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When the diplomatic relationship between two countries, for whatever reason, is strained, sports and the arts ease tension.
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International recognition of Iranian cinema is, to a great extent, indebted to the efforts of the independent filmmakers who face painfully imposed limitations on their work.
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In a way, one can see the publication of Lolita in Afghanistan as mutually beneficial to the literary cultures of both Iran and Afghanistan.
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“This art demonstrates the creativity of the young artist(s), risking it all to share the sentiments of their generation in Iran’s closed and heavily controlled environment.” Yaghoub Yadali examines the work of Black Hand, a dissident street artist using graffiti to make a political stance.
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“Now, what happens when writers and directors copy a show from a country that is called ‘the great Satan?'” Yaghoub Yadali highlights blatant similarities that exist between an Iranian series and a popular American one and uses this case study as a window into deep-seated issues in Iranian television.
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