Mohammad Rasoulof, Pedro Almodóvar, Juliette Binoche Sign Petition Supporting ‘My Favourite Cake’ Directors as ‘Propaganda’ Trial Starts in Iran
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Support is mounting across the global film community for Iranian directing duo Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha ahead of their trial over “propaganda against the regime” allegations related to their film “My Favourite Cake.” The two are set to face Iran‘s Revolutionary Court on Saturday.
Signatories include Mohammad Rasoulof — the director of the Oscar-nominated feature “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” who in May fled from Iran to avoid prosecution related to that film — as well as Pedro Almodóvar, Juliette Binoche, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Agnieszka Holland, Hiam Abbas, Isabel Coixet and the directors of the Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam and Sydney film festivals.
The petition, launched by the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR), has gathered over 3,000 signatures so far.
After months of interrogations and continuous travel bans over the past two years — which prevented them from attending last year’s Berlin Film Festival, where “My Favourite Cake” bowed in competition — Moghaddam and Sanaeeha are now due to appear in court.
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