Cinema Without Borders

The film Train Dreams is one of those rare works that unfolds with a remarkable calm, yet deep within, it resonates with the echo of a profoundly human epic—an epic not of flashy, exaggerated Hollywood heroics, but one drawn from ordinary, forgotten, seemingly simple lives that for...

Opening Hot Docs 2026 with Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions feels like more than a programming choice; it is a return to Toronto’s own unruly cultural memory—where music, sexuality, and resistance once collided on stage through the voice of Carole Pope.

Antidiva is far more than a conventional music documentary. It unfolds as a portrait o...

By Arameh Etemadi:

When a secret comes to light, love doesn’t just break. The whole world collapses. Secrecy can be a bomb. One withheld truth, one night, and suddenly a relationship is in crisis. The Drama makes this look almost simple.

Last Tuesday, I sent the message issued by our country’s prominent filmmaker Asghar Farhadi regarding the brutal attacks by the enemy to several major international media outlets with which I have close collaborations. It was met with widespread reactions and gained extensive media coverage. The text of his message was: “I ask artists and filmmakers arou...

The 21st annual South East European Film Festival #SEEfest, co-presented by ELMA foundation for European Languages and Movies in America, is bringing to Los Angeles, U.S. premieres, European talent, and Industry panels and workshops from April 29 – May 6. The festival will showcase feat...