The ten films were chosen by the Oscar Selection Committee at the Farabi Cinema Foundation. The films were selected by a jury board including Pantea Panahiha, Abolhassan Davoudi, Ali Dehkordi, and Farhad Touhidi.
The Old Bachelor is among the top ten best-selling movies of the current Iranian year (which started on March 21, 2025). It is about an abusive father who lives with his two sons and narrates their issues.
Iran has previously won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with Asghar Farhadi’s “A Separation.”
Hadi Marzban, Theater Director, Passes Away
November 23, 2025
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Farzaneh Kaboli announced that Hadi Marzban passed away today at 7 a.m. in the hospital. Marzban had been hospitalized in the ICU in recent weeks
