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| Iran Directors Ridicule Suspended Jail Sentence of Filmmaker, Producer |
| 2023-08-20 |
| [ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Iranian cinema directors have ridiculed a six-month suspended prison sentence handed down to Saeed Roustayi and his producer for showcasing their movie at last year's Cannes Film Festival without authorization, saying it was designed to divert attention from the upcoming anniversary of the eruption of nationwide protests. They also said international reaction to the sentence earlier this week was laughable. The Iranian Cinema Directors Association said in an Instagram post that it was "the strangest judiciary sentence in the history of Iranian cinema". It said the movie, "Leila's Brothers", had been approved by the government and the Iranian government itself had participated at the Cannes festival for years. "Such a strange sentence is a futile attempt to humiliate this young and intelligent filmmaker of Iranian cinema," the association said, Rooters reported. Roustayi and Javad Noruzbegi have enjoyed heavy government funding throughout their careers. Several independent filmmakers said they saw the sentence as a diversion from the upcoming anniversary of the Sept. 16, 2022 death in jug of Mahsa Amini. She were tossed into the calaboose for allegedly flouting the dress code and her death sparked nationwide protests against Iran. "The sentence is a joke. They (the authorities) want us to forget Mahsa’s anniversary," filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi told Rooters. She also said international filmmakers' reaction was laughable as they had fallen into what she called the authorities' trap in giving the sentence too much importance. Filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola have shared a petition calling for "justice" for Roustayi and Noruzbegi. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Yeah, they got Roman but passed over Rob Lowe. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-08-20 04:07 |
| #1 Filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola have shared a petition calling for "justice" for Roustayi and Noruzbegi. That's nice, but what about the real victim here, RomanPolanski? |
| Posted by: Glomomble and Company7723 2023-08-20 03:30 |