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Cannes 2023 :: Killers of the Flower Moon :: Martin Scorsese’s Bitterest Crime Epic Martin Scorsese triumphs yet again. A story about greed, corruption, and the mottled soul of a country that was born from the belief that it belonged to anyone callous enough to take it.. |
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Berlinale 2023 :: Full Winners List This year’s jury, headed by Kristen Stewart, gave
the Golden Bear award to the French documentary “On the Adamant..” The Silver Bear for
Best Lead Performance notably went to child star Sofia Otero for “20,000 Species of Bees.”
Philippe Garrel's “The Plough” was.. |
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BAFTA 2023 :: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Dominates BAFTA Awards With Seven Wins “All Quiet on the Western Front” dominated the BAFTA Awards in London on
Sunday night with a record-breaking seven wins for a film not in the English languag,
including for Best Director.. |
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Berlinale 2023 :: Golshifteh Farahani :: Talks Role Of
Art In Iran “In A Dictatorship Like
Iran, Art Is Essential, It’s Like Oxygen.” Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who is at the
Berlin Film Festival as a member of Kristen Stewart’s jury, has talked passionately about the
importance of art.. |
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SIFF 2023 :: Shirin Ebadi :: Until We Are Free
This is the amazing, at times harrowing,
simply astonishing story of a woman who would never give up, no matter the risks. The first
Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around
the globe.. |
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IFFR 2023 Awards :: 'Le spectre de Boko Haram' and
'Endless Borders' are the victors Cyrielle Raingou’s documentary took home the Tiger Award, whilst Abbas
Amini’s feature won the VPRO Big Screen Award, as the Dutch gathering celebrated its in-
person comeback.. |
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Winners of the 2022 ‘Sepanta Awards’ :: 15th Annual
Iranian Film Festival This year, the
festival presented 50 films from Iran, USA, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Greece, UK, Canada,
Australia, and Denmark…, ranging from fiction, documentary, short, animation…. to the
music video.. |
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Opinion :: Will Venice Protests Help or Hurt filmmakers
in Iran? As the Venice Film Festival
celebrates Iranian cinema — with four Iranian films screening at the 79th Biennale — back
home in Tehran, Iranian filmmakers and artists are facing the harshest crackdown in
decades.. |
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Biennale Cinema 2022 :: Awards Ceremony
Official Awards of the 79th Venice Film Festival.
Announced by the five international Juries, chaired by Julianne Moore, during the Awards
Ceremony that was held on Saturday 10th September at 7:00 pm..
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Coming: 15th Annual Iranian Film Festival! : San
Francisco: Sep. 17-18 This year, the
festival presents 50 films from Iran, USA, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Greece, UK, Canada,
Australia, and Denmark…, ranging from fiction, documentary, short, animation…. to the
music video. We are happy and proud to.. |
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Film Orgs Petition Iranian Authorities To Lift Charges Against Directors Maryam Moghadam & Behtash Sanaeeha
By Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline December 20, 2023
Some 30 film organizations, festivals and professionals as well as freedom of speech NGOs have signed an open letter calling on Iranian authorities to immediately drop all charges against directors Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha as well as lift a travel ban.
The signatories include the Berlinale, the Amsterdam-based International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk, and PEN America in New York.
The filmmakers, whose last collaboration Ballad Of A White Cow made waves on the festival circuit, have become caught in the crosshairs of their country’s hardline Islamist regime in relation to their upcoming film My Favourite Cake (My Favourite Cake wins the Eurimages Award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market).
The pair were due to fly to Paris in September to complete post-production on the feature, exploring “life behind closed doors of an aging woman who dares to live her desires in a country where women’s rights are heavily restricted.”
Their passports were confiscated at Tehran airport, however, and they were notified that they would be standing trial on charges believed to be related to the film.
The incident followed a raid on the home of the film’s editor by Iranian security forces, during which they seized rushes and other material related to the production.
“We fervently urge the Iranian authorities to cease the relentless persecution of filmmakers, writers, artists, musicians, and all who courageously articulate the aspirations, humanity, and dreams of the Iranian people,” read the letter.
“Now is the time for change, starting with Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghadam, whose latest film, My Favourite Cake, is believed to have angered the country’s hard-line Islamist authorities, although details of the charges have yet to be communicated.”
There have been a raft of bans and arrests involving artists, writers, and other cultural workers over the past two years as part of a crackdown on dissent.
The crackdown began prior to the rise of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, in the wake of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s police custody in September 2022, but has intensified as the Iranian authorities attempt to rein in the pro-democracy movement.
The letter noted that Iran ranked second on the PEN America 2022 Freedom To Write Index list of top 10 jailers of writers, and topped the list for jailers of female writers.
Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghadam Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images for ZFF
It also alluded to the cases of director Saeed Roustayi, who was sentenced this year to six-months in prison on charges of “anti-regime propaganda activity” for screening his film Leila’s Brothers at Cannes in 2022 without permission; jailed journalist and Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, and rapper Saman Yasin, who says he has been tortured while in jail.
“Filmmakers, writers, and other artists play an essential role in establishing free and vibrant societies, serving as architects of communication and collaboration and inspiring citizens to dream of better futures based on new possibilities and ideas. Instead of stifling their voices, governments must elevate and celebrate artists for their invaluable contributions to society,” read the letter.
The directors have been told notified they will be tried by a judge connected to Iran’s Evin jail, which is one of the harshest penitentiary institutions in the country.
Moghadam, who holds Iranian and Swedish citizenship, was previously banned from travelling for two years after playing the lead role in Jafar Panahi’s 2013 clandestinely shot film Closed Curtain.
In 2019, she was sacked from a major Iranian film production on the orders of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance. She responded with an open letter condemning the action.
Sanaeeha and Moghadam were also sued by the Revolutionary Guards for Ballad of A White Cow, which tells the devastating story of a woman who discovers her executed husband was innocent of the charges against him.
The pair were charged with “propaganda against the regime and acting against national security”. They were later acquitted but the film remains banned in Iran to this day.
Outside of the country, Ballad of A White Cow world premiered in Competition at the Berlinale in 2021 and then played in a raft of festivals including Stockholm, Zurich and Tribeca.
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