As the U.S. and Israel continued their spat over a looming nuclear deal with Iran, a tiny Israeli film bowed at Toronto to an audience packed with proud Iranian expats. “Baba Joon,” the freshman ...

An Iranian American teenager discovers the power of the written word in Shahi’s emotionally vulnerable verse debut. In July 2001 Arizona, Omid awaits the arrival of Baba Joon and Maman Joon, his ...

“Baba Joon,” winner of five Ophir Awards from the Israeli Academy of Film and Television and Israel‘s 2016 Oscar submission, stars Navid Negahban (“Homeland”) as Yitzhak, an Iranian immigrant in ...

TEL AVIV — “Baba Joon,” a low-budget indie from first-time director Yuval Delshad, nabbed best picture at Israel’s Ophir Awards Monday night and is now set to be the Jewish State’s submission for the ...