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One of the most anticipated features at Cannes this year is Jacques Audiard’s return to the Croisette with “Rust & Bone,” an adaptation of Craig Davidson’s short story starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts. The last time the helmer was here for “A Prophet,” he earned immense critical acclaim for himself and his film’s star, Tahar Rahim, leading to the film’s eventual Oscar-nomination in the Foreign Film category. From the sounds of our review this morning, “Rust & Bone” is another huge success for both the director and his lead actress.

Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter Shahram Alidi has been invited to participate in the 2012 Cinémas Du Monde Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival for his latest debut drama.

This week, the Omid Foundations have launched a virtual exhibition of photography in order to raise money to help young women at their center in Iran. The Beyond Dreams & Reality exhibition curated by Omid Salehi combines work from 11 prominent Iran photographers.

If anything belies the demagogic sheen of Iran’s image in the West, it is the irrepressible sophistication and class of Iranian cinema.

Berlin’s Babylon Theater is currently screening Iranian movies in a program entitled Controversial Iranian Cinema.

The winners of 30th FIFF in different categories were announced yesterday. In the closing ceremony of 30th Fajr International Film Festival which was held in Vahdat Hall the winners of different sections of Iranian Cinema Competition were announced.

Several theaters across the capital Tehran will be screening “Shirin” by Abbas Kiarostami, whose films have not been permitted to be shown in Iran over the past 15 years, in order to raise funds for the Kahrizak Charity Nursing Home.

Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's latest production Nader and Simin: A Separation has been nominated for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle has announced Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy as its 2011 Best Foreign Language Film.

Iranian documentary “The Last Days of Winter” has won the BlackBerry Award at the 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).

 
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