Filmmakers Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani nearly missed the Oscars but saw their film In the Shadow of the Cypress make ...

Iranian filmmakers Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi have highlighted their nation's worsening economic crisis, citing U.S.

The directors of the Oscar-winning Iranian animated short film 'In the Shadow of the Cypress' were granted a last minute visa ...

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The Oscar for animated short film went to “In the Shadow of the Cypress,” a wordless 20-minute animated film from married ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Flow,″ a wordless cat parable, won the Oscar for animated feature at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards. The ...

The directors of an Iranian film which won the animated short Oscar described their victory as a “miracle” having landed in ...

Why these Oscar winners nearly missed the ceremony - The directors of an Iranian film which won the animated short Oscar ...

Two films from the Middle East won Oscars at Sunday's Academy Awards, highlighting the growing reputation of the region's ...

Whether it was Zoe Saldaña calling out her husband’s beautiful hair during her acceptance speech or June Squibb claiming that ...

In the Shadow of the Cypress has ridden a challenging road to being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short.

Both the feature and short animation categories were huge upsets by little films that weren't backed by money, celebrity, or ...