By Tom Grater International Film Reporter Several high-profile European organizations have today called for the freedom of Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, who last week was ordered to serve a one-year prison sentence by his home country’s government.
The European Film Academy, Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Deutsche Filmakademie, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Filmfest Hamburg, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands Film Fund and Accademia del cinema italiano-Premi David di Donatello, all today issued notices campaigning for the director’s release.
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