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I fled Iran because I’ve more stories to tell: Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof
1 week, 4 days ago

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

New Indian Express  

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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Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s definition of home is shifting
2 weeks, 4 days ago

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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Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome on the ‘healing’ experience of making ‘Unstoppable’
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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Inside Mohammad Rasoulof’s harrowing escape from Iran for ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
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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To attend his Cannes premiere, he fled an Iranian prison sentence. The film is worth it
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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"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" explores the ideology of Iranian family members who "submit to power"
3 weeks, 6 days ago

"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" explores the ideology of Iranian family members who "submit to power"

Salon  

Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is a powerful indictment of totalitarianism and the Iran regime. In “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Iman, who works in the justice system, gets promoted to an investigator for the State. To give an example, one day, when I was in prison in 2022, at the height of …

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‘I can’t believe I’m standing here’: Escaped Iran director Mohammad Rasoulof arrives in Cannes
7 months 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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Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to debut his film in Cannes. ‘I have many more stories to tell,’ he says
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
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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Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison in Iran ahead of Cannes
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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Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison, lashings in Iran ahead of Cannes trip
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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Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof banned from attending Cannes Film Festival 2024; here's everything you need to know
7 months, 3 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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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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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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