Erige Sehiri’s narrative debut chronicles and animates the lives of a group of women Tunisian fig harvesters. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic The camera is a shrewd interlocuter in Erige Sehiri ...

One of the most anticipated films premiering at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival is The Seed of the Sacred Fig, the latest from acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof. His films have show ...

"You'd better not let him catch you." Film Movement has revealed an official US trailer for a Tunisian indie drama titled Under the Fig Trees, made by documentary filmmaker Erige Sehiri as her first ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof learned he had been sentenced to eight years in prison while he was completing his latest film, the tense political thriller “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Rasoulof, ...

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” sprouted as a secret film. The award-winning thriller “centers on a family thrust into the public eye when Iman (Misagh Zare) is appointed as an investigating judge in ...

The German Film Academy has unveiled the nominees for the 2025 Lolas, Germany's equivalent of the Oscars. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief September 5, Tim Fehlbaum’s real-life thriller based ...

Berlin-based sales agency Films Boutique has closed the first international sales for Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” ahead of its world premiere on Friday in the ...

“Under The Fig Trees” will roll out to theaters in 2023, followed by a wide release on all leading home entertainment and digital platforms. The announcement was made by Michael Rosenberg, president ...

Acclaimed Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will attend the upcoming 2025 Göteborg Film Festival with his latest film, family drama and political thriller “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Germany’s ...