Hundreds of Iranians gathered Friday at Tehran Cinema Museum to celebrate Asghar Farhadi’s recent Academy Awards win for best foreign language film. In his short speech, Farhadi said the film was not a pre-planned project but, he added, ” was not supposed to be made at all.
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Workers build the red carpet arrivals area ahead of the 89th annual Oscars outside the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California on February 23, 2017. AFP / Robyn BECK Los Angeles: It’s no secret that “La La Land” is the big favorite to earn major Oscars glory on Sunday.
The Salesman
Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Feature for his 2011 film A Separation , and he’s been nominated again for his latest film, The Salesman .
Academy Calls Possible Ban of Asghar Farhadi from Oscars…
Filmmaker, whose film “The Salesman” is a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, may be the most prominent person affected by President Trump’s executive order The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences issued a statement Saturday, calling President Trump’s executive order that could prevent Iranian director Asghar Farhadi from entering the U.S. to attend next month’s Academy Awards “extremely troubling.” “The Academy celebrates achievement in the art of filmmaking, which seeks to transcend borders and speak to audiences around the world, regardless of national, ethnic, or religious differences,” the Academy statement reads.
Oscar nominee Asghar Farhadi may be kept from ceremony by Trump ban
The Trump administration’s immigration ban means that an Oscar nominee, Asghar Farhadi, may not be able to attend the awards ceremony next month. Farhadi is the director of “The Salesman,” which is up for the foreign language film award.
Trump refugee ban ensnares Iranian Oscar nominee Asghar Farhardi
… refugee ban, aimed at keeping would-be terrorists from entering the U.S., appears to already be affecting the entertainment industry by barring entry to a film director for this year’s Oscars. Two-time Oscar nominee Asghar Farhadi, who wrote and …
Movie review: ‘The Salesman’ plays out emotionally complex domestic tragedy
It will come as little surprise to admirers of the Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi that his new film, “The Salesman,” unfolds mainly in a couple of nondescript apartments. As he has demonstrated in the likes of “Fireworks Wednesday” , “A Separation” and “The Past” , Farhadi excels at finding the mystery in the mundane.