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Cannes 2024: ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ director Mohammad Rasoulof to attend premiere after fleeing Iran to escape harsh sentencing
7 months ago

Cannes 2024: ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ director Mohammad Rasoulof to attend premiere after fleeing Iran to escape harsh sentencing

The Hindu  

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will make a defiant appearance at the Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of his latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. His escape follows the Islamic Revolutionary Court’s harsh sentencing and subsequent pressure on him to withdraw The Seed of the Sacred Fig from Cannes. The Seed of the Sacred Fig will be …

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Iran bans Mahsa Amini’s family from traveling to accept the European Union’s top human rights prize
1 year ago

Iran bans Mahsa Amini’s family from traveling to accept the European Union’s top human rights prize

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities banned members of the late Mahsa Amini’s family from traveling to accept the European Union’s top human rights prize on her behalf, a civil rights monitor reported. The U.S.-based HRANA said late Saturday that authorities have refused to allow Amini’s father, Amjad, and two of her brothers to fly out to Strasbourg, France, …

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Iran bans Mahsa Amini's family from traveling to receive the European Union’s top human rights prize
1 year ago

Iran bans Mahsa Amini's family from traveling to receive the European Union’s top human rights prize

The Independent  

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‘No Bears’: Autofiction at the border
1 year ago

‘No Bears’: Autofiction at the border

Live Mint  

Zara is attending to customers at the Turkish café she works in when she gets a call. Flight from the country seems to have been a hot topic in the Panahi household around then—Jafar’s son, Panah, made his own directorial debut in 2021 with Hit The Road, about an Iranian family driving to the Turkish border to smuggle their older …

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Sky News Australia's annual staff Christmas party is scrapped and replaced with much tamer plans after Chris Smith disgraced himself at last year's event
1 year, 1 month ago

Sky News Australia's annual staff Christmas party is scrapped and replaced with much tamer plans after Chris Smith disgraced himself at last year's event

Daily Mail  

Staff at Sky News Australia are angry that their usual booze-fuelled Christmas party has been scrapped after former colleague Chris Smith disgraced himself at last year's gathering. Staff at Sky News Australia have been told their Christmas party has been cancelled after former colleague Chris Smith disgraced himself at last year's celebrations. Smith, who blamed his beheaviour at last year's …

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Alarm grows in Iran over reports that hundreds of schoolgirls were poisoned
1 year, 9 months ago

Alarm grows in Iran over reports that hundreds of schoolgirls were poisoned

CNN  

CNN — Concern is growing in Iran after reports emerged that hundreds of schoolgirls had been poisoned across the country in recent months. 1500Tasvir Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi, who visited affected students in Qom, said on February 15 that the symptoms included muscle weakness, nausea, and tiredness, but that the “poisoning” was mild, according to a report in state …

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Suspected schoolgirl poisoning attacks rattle a shaken Iran
1 year, 9 months ago

Suspected schoolgirl poisoning attacks rattle a shaken Iran

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on hospital beds. Officials in Iran’s theocracy initially dismissed these incidents, but now describe them as intentional attacks involving some 30 …

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Is Iran poisoning girls to stop them from going to school?
1 year, 9 months ago

Is Iran poisoning girls to stop them from going to school?

Firstpost  

A mysterious wave of illness gripped schoolgirls in Iran with many hospitalised after complaining of nausea, vomiting, headache and breathing difficulties. Panahi told reporters on Sunday that “certain individuals sought the closure of all schools, especially girls’ schools,” the semi-official news agency Fars reported. “After the poisoning of several students in Qom schools, it was found that some people wanted …

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Amid anti-hijab protests, Iran schoolgirls 'deliberately' poisoned to stop them from getting education: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Amid anti-hijab protests, Iran schoolgirls 'deliberately' poisoned to stop them from getting education: Report

India Today  

Even as Iran continues to see massive anti-hijab protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, the Islamic nation continues to curb the rights of women by poisoning schoolgirls to stop them from getting education. An Iranian deputy minister on Sunday said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down …

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‘This Is Not a Film’ documentary review: Jafar Panahi’s timeless protest against authoritarianism and censorship
1 year, 9 months ago

‘This Is Not a Film’ documentary review: Jafar Panahi’s timeless protest against authoritarianism and censorship

The Hindu  

This Is Not a Film is not a film; it is something bigger — a searing critique of the Iranian regime through a camera lens stuck in the house of a prisoner. This Is Not a Film Directors: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi Runtime: 75 minutes Cast: Jafar Panahi Synopsis: Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi makes a video diary in response to …

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Berlinale 2023: Film stars show solidarity with Iran protesters
1 year, 10 months ago

Berlinale 2023: Film stars show solidarity with Iran protesters

The Hindu  

Dozens of actors and filmmakers gathered on the Berlinale's red carpet on Saturday to show solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran, with one exiled Iranian film director predicting the imminent fall of the country's government. The Berlinale has this year boycotted Iranian film institutions but is showing a number of films by independent directors from the country, with Iran's quest …

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Iran frees filmmaker Rasoulof after 6 months over protests criticism: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Iran frees filmmaker Rasoulof after 6 months over protests criticism: Report

Hindustan Times  

Iran has released an award-winning filmmaker more than six months after arresting him for criticizing the government, a pro-reform newspaper reported Monday. Mohammad Rasoulof, whose 2020 film, “There is No Evil,” won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, is one of several prominent artists, athletes and other celebrities detained in recent months for criticizing authorities. Authorities also …

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Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment last summer, his supporters said. Panahi had issued a statement earlier this week saying he would refuse food or medicine starting Wednesday “in protest against the extra-legal and inhumane behavior of the judicial and …

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Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike

The Independent  

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Jailed Iran filmmaker Jafar Panahi says on hunger strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Jailed Iran filmmaker Jafar Panahi says on hunger strike

The Hindu  

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who has been jailed for the last six months, said he has begun a hunger strike to protest his continued detention, according to a statement published by his wife Thursday. Panahi, whose films have won prizes at all of Europe's main film festivals, was arrested in July even before the current wave of protests that …

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An Iranian masterwork opens with its director behind bars
2 years ago

An Iranian masterwork opens with its director behind bars

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After being arrested for creating antigovernment propaganda in 2010, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi was banned from making films for 20 years. Film critic Justin Chang of The Los Angeles Times called “No Bears” 2022’s best movie. A week after “No Bears” premiered at the Venice Film Festival, with Panahi already behind bars, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died …

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IFFK 2022 | ‘No Bears’ movie review: Jafar Panahi continues to create subversive art amid adversity
2 years ago

IFFK 2022 | ‘No Bears’ movie review: Jafar Panahi continues to create subversive art amid adversity

The Hindu  

A filmmaker appearing as himself for the entirety of a film might be forgiven the first time. His latest film No Bears was made just before the Iran judiciary in July ordered him to serve a six-year prison sentence from a decade ago, on charges of producing “anti-government propaganda”. The film, being screened in the World Cinema category at the …

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‘Aftersun,’ ‘Banshees’ lead AP’s best films of 2022
2 years ago

‘Aftersun,’ ‘Banshees’ lead AP’s best films of 2022

Associated Press  

The Associated Press’ Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr’s picks for the best movies of 2022: JAKE COYLE: 1. It’s a dazzling blend of “Beauty and the Beast,” a girl’s wrenching battle with grief and self-doubt, and possibly the best movie ever made about the Internet. “ Lingui, the Sacred Bonds ”: Chadian filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s film is one …

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No Country for Schoolgirls: How Iran is crushing dissent by killing teens
2 years, 2 months ago

No Country for Schoolgirls: How Iran is crushing dissent by killing teens

Firstpost  

Sixteen-year-old Asra Panahi died after students were assaulted in a raid at a high school in Iran’s Ardabil. The world must know we fight against Taliban & Islamic Republic together.#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/yv2OCbZe1V — Masih Alinejad 🏳️ October 14, 2022 Before this, on 23 September, there were reports that 16-year-old Sarina Esmailzadeh, who posted popular vlogs on YouTube, was killed when the …

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Jafar Panahi | High reward, high risk
2 years, 5 months ago

Jafar Panahi | High reward, high risk

The Hindu  

Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was ordered to serve a six-year prison term last week after visiting the Evin prison in Tehran to ask about one of two fellow film directors — Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-e Ahmad — who had been arrested recently for critical social media posts about the collapse of a 10-storey building in Abadan in May. …

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Iran says acclaimed filmmaker to serve out 6-year sentence
2 years, 5 months ago

Iran says acclaimed filmmaker to serve out 6-year sentence

The Hindu  

Iran's judiciary on Tuesday ordered one of the country's leading filmmakers to serve out a six-year prison sentence from a decade ago that had never been enforced. Masoud Setayeshi, spokesman for Iran's judiciary, announced that award-winning director, Jafar Panahi, perhaps Iran's best-known film director, would fulfill his six-year prison term handed down in 2011 on charges of producing antigovernment propaganda, …

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Iran says acclaimed filmmaker to serve out 6-year sentence
2 years, 5 months ago

Iran says acclaimed filmmaker to serve out 6-year sentence

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s judiciary on Tuesday ordered one of the country’s leading filmmakers to serve out a six-year prison sentence from a decade ago that had never been enforced. Masoud Setayeshi, spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, announced that award-winning director, Jafar Panahi, perhaps Iran’s best-known film director, would fulfill his six-year prison term handed down in 2011 on …

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Iran arrests 3rd outspoken filmmaker in escalating crackdown
2 years, 5 months ago

Iran arrests 3rd outspoken filmmaker in escalating crackdown

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has arrested an internationally renowned filmmaker, several newspapers reported Tuesday, the third Iranian director to be locked up in less than a week as the government escalates a crackdown on the country’s celebrated cinema industry. Panahi has won multiple festival awards, including the 2015 Berlin Golden Bear for “Taxi,” a wide-ranging meditation on poverty, …

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"If Will Smith was a white guy...": Right-wing Twitter reacts after Chris Rock slapped at Oscars
2 years, 8 months ago

"If Will Smith was a white guy...": Right-wing Twitter reacts after Chris Rock slapped at Oscars

Salon  

Conservative commentators are challenging Hollywood and the left's moral integrity after A-list actor Will Smith publicly slapped comedian Chris Rock for making an off-color joke about his wife while onstage at the Oscars. "Keep my wife's name out of your f**king mouth," Smith yelled at Rock after sitting back down at his table. "It says something about Hollywood's warped moral …

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