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 for freedom one of this year's main themes. Other Iranian films on show this year include Mehran Tamadon's Where God is Not and And, Towards Happy Alleys, Indian filmmaker Sreemoyee Singh's poetic postcard to the country. At the time, Berlinale directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian called the arrest of Panahi, a former winner of the festival's prestigious Golden Bear award, "a violation of freedom of expression".

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Iranian filmmaker and producer face prison for showing film at Cannes without state permission
1 year, 4 months ago

Iranian filmmaker and producer face prison for showing film at Cannes without state permission

The Hindu  

An Iranian filmmaker and his producer reportedly face prison time and being barred from filmmaking after they showcased a movie at the Cannes Film Festival without government approval, drawing immediate criticism internationally from leading American director Martin Scorsese and others. The film also depicts security forces beating demonstrators protesting Iran's ailing economy, which has already sparked mass protests and bloody …

Berlinale 2023: Two films relive torture in Iranian prisons
1 year, 10 months ago

Berlinale 2023: Two films relive torture in Iranian prisons

The Hindu  

In Where God is Not, Iranian filmmaker Mehran Tamadon’s unflinching account of the torture of former political prisoners in Iran, the director asks his interviewees to relive the horrors of their incarceration. The film — which opened at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 18, 2023 as part of a Tamadon double-bill exploring abuse in Iranian prisons — spotlights …

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 …

Iran: Authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie on charges of spreading falsehoods about anti-hijab protests
2 years ago

Iran: Authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie on charges of spreading falsehoods about anti-hijab protests

Firstpost  

The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie ‘The Salesman,’ was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently executed for crimes allegedly committed during the protests Cairo: Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests …

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, …

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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