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I fled Iran because I’ve more stories to tell: Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof

How is it now to be in a free environment? It’s related to a specific chunk of contemporary Iranian history. It’s related to the life of a very interesting Iranian playwright, Abbas Nalbandian, who lived some 60 years ago. Before the revolution in Iran, a lot of Iranians said that they could see politician and religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini’s face …

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I don’t think I’ve left my restrictions behind, says Mohammad Rasoulof

New Indian Express

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has been one of the leading newsmakers this year with his 28-day flight to freedom from his country hitting the headlines the world over. He escaped to Germany in May after being sentenced in Iran to eight years in prison, flogging, fine and confiscation of property following the selection of his latest film, The Seed of …

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Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s definition of home is shifting

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Shortly before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years, Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran. A week after arriving in Germany, Rasoulof would premiere his film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print “The Seed of the …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome on the ‘healing’ experience of making ‘Unstoppable’

LA Times

In the latest episode of The Envelope video podcast, Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome discuss their inspirational sports movie, “Unstoppable,” and exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof recounts the harrowing experience making “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Kelvin Washington: Hello and welcome to another episode of “The Envelope.” I’m Kelvin Washington, joined by a couple of folks you know. She …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Inside Mohammad Rasoulof’s harrowing escape from Iran for ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’

LA Times

“The process of leaving Iran was, in fact, quite harrowing, and it was very, very scary, especially the mountainous road that I had to take,” says Mohammad Rasoulof, director of “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Mohammad Rasoulof made it to the Cannes premiere of his film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” but only after a perilous escape from …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

CRÍTICAS. Angelina Jolie en la ópera, peruanos en la encrucijada y más estrenos de cine

LA Times

Aunque la propuesta más comercial y familiar de esta semana se estrenó por adelantado, todavía quedan películas por lanzarse en las salas estadounidenses durante los días que rodean a la celebración del pavo. Anuncio Evitando nuevamente las trampas y los excesos de los ‘biopics’ convencionales, y trabajando una vez más con un guión escrito por el británico Steven Knight, quien …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

To attend his Cannes premiere, he fled an Iranian prison sentence. The film is worth it

LA Times

About a half an hour before the start of my conversation with exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, he gets tragic news from his home country. “In the last 15 years I’ve had very much to do with interrogators, the censors, the judicial system and the security apparatus of Iran,” Rasoulof says. “But as I got closer to the end of …

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Review: A tense household becomes a metaphor for Iran’s divisions in ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’

LA Times

Reality seeps into “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in multiple ways, including ones that writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof couldn’t have imagined back when he shot this absorbing drama in secret. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” was inspired by one such jail stint in 2022, which occurred during the same time as that summer’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, sparked by …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Payal Kapadia to Mohammed Rasoulof, checkout Cannes Film Festival 2024 award winners

India TV News

The last day of the 77th Cannes Film Festival came as a bliss for India. The list of Cannes 2024 awards winners is as follows: Palme d'Or- Anora Director: Shawn Baker Grand Prix - All We Imagine as Light Director: Payal Kapadia Jury Award Emilia Perez Best Director Miguel Gomes, Grand Tour Special Award Mohammed Rasoulof for The Seed of …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Anasuya Sengupta, first Indian to clinch top acting award at Cannes 2024 returns home | Watch

India TV News

Anasuya Sengupta, one of the lead stars of Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov's Hindi-language movie, The Shameless, has created history by bagging the Best Actress award in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Sengupta, who hails from Kolkata, is the first Indian artist to win the category's top acting honour, marking a significant milestone for India …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Cannes 2024: Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig gives The Sound of Music deja vu

Hindustan Times

Iranian rebel director Mohammad Rasoulof made a great escape from his homeland days before his movie, The Seed of the Scared Fig, was to play at the prestigious competition slot in the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. Director Mohammad Rasoulof poses for a portrait photograph for the film The Seed of the Sacred Fig at the 77th international film festival, Cannes. …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

‘I can’t believe I’m standing here’: Escaped Iran director Mohammad Rasoulof arrives in Cannes

The Hindu

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof arrived at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday after his dramatic escape from his homeland after being sentenced to eight years in prison. "I can't believe I'm standing here," AFP journalists heard him telling officials in the Palais des Festivals, where the world's biggest film festival is being held. But on the eve of the festival …

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7 months ago

Amid exile, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof premieres film at Cannes

NPR

Amid exile, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof premieres film at Cannes Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, premiered at Cannes Film Festival. But as NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports, he was at the Cannes Film Festival today for the premiere of his latest movie. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Mohammad Rasoulof enjoyed a long, rapturous standing …

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7 months ago

Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to debut his film in Cannes. ‘I have many more stories to tell,’ he says

Associated Press

Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison — and likely more considering the uncompromising nature of his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” — when he decided to flee Iran. “I have many more stories to tell, many more narratives to create and films to make,” said Rasoulof, speaking Thursday through an interpreter at Cannes’ Palais des …

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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

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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Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe after prison sentence ahead of his Cannes premiere

Associated Press

CANNES, France — After being sentenced to eight years in prison, the award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof says he’s fled to Europe shortly ahead of the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his latest film. Rasoulof said the prison sentence came before he revealed his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” That film premieres in competition in Cannes on …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison in Iran ahead of Cannes

Associated Press

The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press Thursday. “This judgment is issued due to Mr. Rasoulof signing statements in support of the Iranian people,” his lawyer Babak Paknia told the AP. Shortly after receiving …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging

The Hindu

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has been handed an eight-year prison sentence, as reported by his lawyer. In a statement on X, Rasoulof's lawyer Babak Paknia detailed that Iran's Islamic Revolution Court imposed an eight-year prison term on Rasoulof, along with flogging, a fine, and property confiscation. The development follows Iranian authorities placing significant pressure on Rasoulof to withdraw his latest …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison, lashings in Iran ahead of Cannes trip

LA Times

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, shown in 2013 in Cannes, has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the 2024 film festival in the south of France. The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

At Cannes Film Festival, drama unfolds even outside the cinemas

Hindustan Times

The unique aspect about the Cannes Film Festival is the presence of drama – not just inside the darkened auditoriums, on the giant screens, but also outside on the streets. Festival General Delegate Thierry Fremaux holds a press conference to announce the official selection of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Festival statement A Festival statement said: “They …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof banned from attending Cannes Film Festival 2024; here's everything you need to know

Hindustan Times

In what seems like an annual ritual, dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been banned by Teheran from attending the Cannes Film Festival, where his latest work, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, is vying for the top Palme d'Or. Mohammed prohibited from attending Cannes 2024 Iran's decision came on Thursday, and it has been regularly imposing such harsh and …

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1 year, 10 months ago

US grooming Islamist militants for attack, Russian spy service claims

Hindustan Times

Russia's foreign spy service said that it had received intelligence that the US military was grooming Islamist militants to attack Russia. The Russian foreign intelligence service, known by the initials SVR, is headed by an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin- Sergei Naryshkin. This comes as Russian defence ministry said that its troops have advanced 2 kilometres to the west …

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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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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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I fled Iran because I’ve more stories to tell: Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof

I don’t think I’ve left my restrictions behind, says Mohammad Rasoulof

Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s definition of home is shifting

Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome on the ‘healing’ experience of making ‘Unstoppable’

Inside Mohammad Rasoulof’s harrowing escape from Iran for ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’

CRÍTICAS. Angelina Jolie en la ópera, peruanos en la encrucijada y más estrenos de cine

To attend his Cannes premiere, he fled an Iranian prison sentence. The film is worth it

Review: A tense household becomes a metaphor for Iran’s divisions in ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’

Payal Kapadia to Mohammed Rasoulof, checkout Cannes Film Festival 2024 award winners

Anasuya Sengupta, first Indian to clinch top acting award at Cannes 2024 returns home | Watch

Cannes 2024: Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig gives The Sound of Music deja vu

‘I can’t believe I’m standing here’: Escaped Iran director Mohammad Rasoulof arrives in Cannes

Amid exile, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof premieres film at Cannes

Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to debut his film in Cannes. ‘I have many more stories to tell,’ he says

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

Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe after prison sentence ahead of his Cannes premiere

Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison in Iran ahead of Cannes

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging

Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison, lashings in Iran ahead of Cannes trip

At Cannes Film Festival, drama unfolds even outside the cinemas

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof banned from attending Cannes Film Festival 2024; here's everything you need to know

US grooming Islamist militants for attack, Russian spy service claims

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

Jafar Panahi | High reward, high risk