Asghar Farhadi

Cannes film fair kicks off, with 21 films vying for top prize

The 71st Cannes International Film Festival rose its curtain on Tuesday with a gathering of movie industry professionals and cinema stars headed from all over the world to the French Riviera.

May 09, 2018, 07:16 AM IST

Cannes Lineup includes films by Spike Lee, Jean-Luc Godard, Nandita Das

Artistic director Thierry Fremaux and festival president Pierre Lescure announced the lineup of the films in a press conference which also went live on Facebook and Twitter.

Apr 12, 2018, 17:09 PM IST

Oscars 2017: The winners and the diversity

The Oscar event in 2016 was marred by the #OscarsSoWhite row and hence, speculations hinted at the diversity in the nominations earlier this year.

Feb 27, 2017, 12:52 PM IST

Oscars 2017: Asghar Farhadi's ‘The Salesman’ wins Best Foreign Language Film

‘The Salesman’ tells the story of an Iranian couple Emad and Rana, who are forced to move to a new apartment, and how their life together is thrown into turmoil by an act of violence.

Feb 27, 2017, 09:39 AM IST