“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is an anguished cry from the heart of Mohammad Rasoulof, the Iranian filmmaker who just fled his home country for Europe after an eight-year prison sentence from the ...

HARLEM, Mont. – While working with Indigenous people on six continents, ecologist Cristina Eisenberg has found a common thread – seeds are sacred. “There are seeds in medicine bundles in almost every ...

The dissident director escaped imprisonment in Iran and debuted his feature in Cannes ahead of a Neon November release. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief A paranoid family faces Iranian oppression ...

There are only a handful of films you’ll see in a lifetime that will capture a moment in time with a fraction of the same clarity, conviction, and compassion as Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This is from the official trailer of “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” distributed by Neon. “The Seed ...

Najmeh (Soheila Golestani, l-r), Sana (Setareh Maleki) and Rezvan (Mahsa Rostami) in a scene from the film "The Seeds of the Sacred Fig Tree". The film by Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, who fled ...

Woman, life, freedom. Down with theocracy! The slogans shouted in the bloody streets of Tehran over the past year echo through The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Mohammad Rasoulof’s long, heartfelt story of ...

On Friday, Feb. 22, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” was screened at the Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater. A 2024 Prix Spécial and FIPRESCI Prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival, this emotional and ...

Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof said his decision to flee Iran on foot this month was necessary with the release of his new film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” imminent, and he knew while making the movie ...

A family implodes against a backdrop of paranoia and protest in this deeply upsetting masterwork from the Iranian filmmaker, who just fled his home country after yet another prison sentence. “The Seed ...