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Judge at WeAreOne #Iran Shortfilm Festival
Shiva Rahbaran is a judge at the Persia Educational Foundation's "We Are One #iran Short Film...
BBC WORLD SERVICE – Julian Worricker’s WEEKEND Programme
30 December 2023. In this BBC Weekend programme, Shiva Rahbaran discusses the continuing...
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung – ‘Kommt Und Tötet Mich!’
Die Ermordung des iranischen Filmregisseurs Dariush Mehrjui und die Wiederholung der Kettenmorde...
‘Come and Kill Me!’: Killing Mehrjui and the Repeat of 1990s Chain-Murders
‘I am a protester! […] I am a victim of [your injustice]. … Who are you [to act] like ghosts...
Who’s afraid of Iranian Cinema? Women, Life, Freedom and the Power of Film
It is no coincidence that filmmakers, actors and actresses have been important figureheads in the...
BBC WORLD SERVICE – Julian Worricker’s WEEKEND Programme
In this interview, Shiva Rahbaran discusses the case of Jafar Panahi's release from jail and the...
BBC WORLD SERVICE – Julian Worricker’s WEEKEND Programme
Panel Guests, Shiva Rahbaran and Peter Tatchell, UK-based human rights and democracy campaigner,...
BBC WORLD SERVICE – Paul Henley’s WEEKEND programme
Shiva Rahbaran's Radio Essay on the 2022 Iranian Uprising 'Zan, Zendegi, Azadi', which was sparked...
BBC Interview on the detainment of the Iranian director Jafar Panahi.
Paul Henley interviews Shiva Rahbaran about the imprisonment of Jafar Panahi and other filmmakers...
My personal history of sormeh on BBC World Service
In Nassim Hatam’s BBC documentary, MY PERSONAL HISTORY OF SORMEH, Shiva Rahbaran talks about eye makeup, women’s resistance and identity in post revolutionary Iran.
Panel Discussion on Radio Mani
Against the background of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Mani Tehrani discusses with Shiva Rahbaran and Mirza Agha Asgari the effects of artistic and literary censorship on the cultural development of Iran.
Patricia Duffaud review of Iranian Cinema Uncensored in Wasafiri Magazine, Issue 94, Summer 2018
In this review Patricia Duffaud shows how Shiva Rahbaran investigates the evolution of New Iranian Cinema in the context of the 1979 Revolution through extensive interviews with Internationally celebrated filmmakers living and working in Iran.
Panel Discussion on BBC World Service
On Paul Henley's Weekend program on BBC World Service, Shiva Rahbaran discusses with Jacquelin...
BBC: Iranian protest movement against compulsory hijab
In a BBC article by Nassim Hatam, Shiva Rahbaran comments on the recent protest movement by...
Review of Iranian Cinema Uncensored in First Things
Sohrab Ahmari reviews Shiva Rahbaran's Iranian Cinema Uncensored as a "fascinating collection of...
Kayhan London Interview on Farhadi’s Oscar Nomination
Mani Tehrani interviews Shiva Rahbaran about Asghar Farhadi’s success at the Cannes Festival and the Oscars.
Review of Iranian Cinema Uncensored in Asian Affairs
Antony Wynn reviews Shiva Rahbaran’s new book on contemporary Iranian cinema.
BBC Interview on Farhadi’s Oscar Nomination 2017
Shiva Rahbaran comments on Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar nomination and his standing as a filmmaker both in Iran and globally.