All eyes on Iranian film at the OscarsA May 25, 2025, photo shows Iranian director, screenwriter and producer Jafar Panahi receiving the Palme d'Or for 'Un simple accident' at the Cannes Film Festival. This year, an Iranian film could win an Oscar. If it wins Best International Feature or Best Screenplay, it'll be the second Iranian film to receive the honour (the first was Asghar Farhadi's A Separation from 2012, which won both categories). To Thai audiences, the release of Majid Majidi's 1997 film Children of Heaven at Siam Theatre was an eye-opening introduction to Iranian cinema. And yet the life in cinema of Iranian filmmakers has long resembled a different kind of war.

Source: Bangkok Post March 16, 2026 01:20 UTC