Oscars: Germany Submits Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ For International Feature Film Race
deadline.comGermany has selected Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
This decision was taken by an independent jury of experts appointed by German Films, who looked at 13 films submitted for consideration.
Rasoulof has been living in Germany ever since his dramatic flight from hisnativeIran last May, in the face of fresh threats of a flogging and imprisonment from the country’s authoritarian Islamic Republic regime. “It is an outstanding work by one of the great directors of world cinema and someone who has found refuge in Germany from state despotism in Iran.
We are very happy to know that Rasoulof is safe in our country. And we are delighted that he will be representing Germany at the Oscars in 2025,” the committee said in a statement explaining their choice. RELATED: ‘The Substance’ And ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ Among First Wave Of 2024 European Film Award Hopefuls Taking inspiration from the Woman Life Freedom pro-democracy protests which swept Iran in September 2022, in response to the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a political thriller mixing fiction with authentic images of the demonstrations.
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