The Ficus Religiosa, a tree native to the Indian subcontinent, has an unusual and predatory lifestyle. Its seeds, contained ...

Nothing about Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” happened overnight. The authoritarian Iranian government is both the subject of the three-hour film and the background of the film’s ...

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Judge Iman, paranoid amid Tehran's unrest, loses his gun. Suspecting family, he imposes harsh rules, straining re ...

The Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof was in a Tehran jail when he hit on the idea for his Oscar-nominated film The Seed of the Sacred Fig. He was in solitary confinement for signing a petition ...

The Hope College Knickerbocker Theatre will continue its spring film series with the Academy Award-winning film “I’m Still ...

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” an Oscar-nominated movie filmed in secret in Iran, highlights the Iranian film world’s groundbreaking new work, inspired by the women-led protests in 202 ...

What Iranian women must deal with in ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Iranian Cinema is something to behold and to aspire to.

Soheila Golestani, 44, was the leading lady in The Seed of the Sacred Fig, which aims to shine a spotlight on the moral corruption and tension in Iranian society. The picture is up for the ...