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Asghar Farhadi Lifestyle FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2016 Asghar Farhadi on war, peace and writing from the heart sghar Farhadi stepped out into the biting happy that they were now speaking about cul- film at age 13 in a youth cinema club. A theater winter Tehran air clutching his Oscar, tak- ture. I had this impression that it was the people studies graduate of the University of Tehran, he Aen aback by the huge crowd waiting at of the two countries that were in communica- went on to read for a masters in stage direction the airport to crown him Iran's next national tion rather than the politicians talking." The film- at Tarbiat Modares University and started work hero. Cinema in the Islamic republic had been maker once again finds himself as a cultural go- immediately, directing television series he him- winning critical plaudits for decades but had between, representing Iran in Hollywood with self had written. failed to break into the mainstream until the cel- his latest film, "The Salesman," picked by his In 2002, he wrote and directed his first fea- ebrated auteur brought home the country's first country as its 2017 entry for the foreign film ture film, "Dancing in the Dust," before winning ever Academy Award in 2012. "I tried to go sur- Oscar. acclaim for "Fireworks Wednesday" a vivid por- reptitiously, precisely to avoid any kind of scene, trait of marriage against the backdrop of a and somehow they had managed to glean what Visceral Persian New Year. day I was arriving and there were crowds at the A taut, visceral morality tale about a married airport," Farhadi remembers. couple thrown into turmoil after the wife is 'Closer to peace' "The numbers were so huge that I began to attacked in their home, it picked up two major Psychological drama "About Elly" followed in be concerned about crowd control." The best awards at the Cannes Film Festival. As with "A 2009 before "A Separation" burst into the inter- foreign language win for Farhadi's "A Separation," Farhadi's new film presents a national public consciousness, winning best film Separation" prompted nationwide celebration nuanced Tehran that looks beyond the firebrand at the 61st Berlinale and going on to pick up as millions of Iranians burned the midnight oil to mullahs and morality police seen on Western prizes at festivals across the world. As well as watch the director, then 40, accepting the televisions and into the lives of ordinary people. winning the best foreign language film Oscar award. It came as huge morale boost to many Farhadi doesn't feel he has to address American and Golden Globe, it was nominated by the Iranians whose lives were overshadowed by civil misconceptions about Iranian society, but he Academy for its screenplay, earning the director unrest following the Arab Spring in nearby recognizes that his work is becoming something a place among the filmmaking elite. Farhadi's Egypt and Tunisia, the ever-present threat of of a dialogue between his own people and US work has been praised for showing life in all its Asghar Farhadi conflict and crippling economic sanctions. popular culture. moral complexity, not judging his characters but "It was a period of time when politicians both "When I sit and down and start writing a ing it, I should maybe do some extra things," he inviting audiences to draw their own conclu- in Iran and the United States were talking about script I don't say to myself this is a film that's says. "I approach it thinking the audience could sions. — AFP war," Farhadi tells AFP on a promotional visit to going to be viewed by foreign audiences and, be anyone anywhere and I write what my heart the US ahead of the awards season. "I was so because foreign audiences are going to be see- dictates." Farhadi, now 44, made his first short Zaradasht Ahmed's 'Nowhere to Hide' takes top prize at IDFA lthough the documentary world had plenty of recent upsets Other awards to concern itself with - not least the rise of nationalism across Best Dutch Documentary AEurope and America - the fallout from the Iraq war was not "Radio Kobani," Reber Dosky, Netherlands forgotten at this year's IDFA. The award for Best Feature-Length Special Jury Award For Dutch Documentary Documentary went to "Nowhere to Hide," a Norway-Sweden co- "Stranger in Paradise," Guido Hendrikx, Netherlands production directed by Zaradasht Ahmed that tells of the experi- Mid-Length Documentary ences of a male nurse named Nori Sharif who worked in a hospital "Death in the Terminal," Tali Shemesh, Asaf Sudry, Israel Special in Jawala, part of the "triangle of death" in central Iraq, from the Jury Award, Mid-Length Documentary: time the U.S. army left in 2011 until he was forced to leave the area "Come Back Free," Ksenia Okhapkina, Estonia by the arrival of ISIS in 2014. Said the jury: "There are those films First Appearance Award An undated photo provided by Iranian filmmaker Keywan which are wonderful to see and there are films that the world needs "Who We Were," Sine Skibsholt, Denmark Karimi, shows Karimi during work on a scene in the movie to see. The film we [chose] is both of these things. The experience Special Jury Award, First Appearance (Dedicated To The ‘Drum’, in the Iranian capital Tehran early in 2016. — AFP was immersive and left us deeply touched. The director respected Memory Of Peter Wintonick) the unique perspective that only the subject could have and in "Plastic China," Jiu-liang Wang, China doing so he gave us an unprecedented window into the real-life Idfa Doclab Award, Digital Storytelling Iranian filmmaker imprisoned lasting consequences of war." "DeathTolls Experience," Ali Eslami, Iran In the same category, the Special Jury Award went to "Still Scenic Idfa Doclab Immersive Non-Fiction Award for a year over his work Tomorrow" (pictured) by Jian Fan, an intimate portrait of a Chinese "Deprogrammed," Mia Donovan, Canada woman named Xiuhua Yu, who, unexpectedly, became an internet Beeld En Geluid Idfa Award For Dutch Documentary ranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi has begun serving a year- sensation via her poetry. From a poor rural background, and dis- "Radio Kobani," Reber Dosky, Netherlands long prison sentence handed down over footage authorities abled with cerebral palsy, Yu finds her newfound success a means Arri Idfa Award, Best Student Documentary Ideemed insulting, his production company confirmed yester- to escape from her situation, but with bittersweet results. "When Will This Wind Stop," Aniela Astrid Gabryel, Poland day. The charges against the 30-year-old stemmed from a film he directed called "Writing on the City" that focuses on political graf- fiti in Iran from the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution to the con- tested 2009 election. He was initially sentenced to six years behind bars after being found guilty of "insulting sanctities" in Spike Lee sued for failing to pay union health contributions October 2015. In February, an appeals court reduced the sentence to one year but kept the requirement that Karimi endure 223 lashes as ilmmaker Spike Lee and his companies are being sued by stipulated in his original sentence. Speaking to The Associated the directors of three union benefit plans who contend he Press earlier this week, Karimi said he hopes to use the time Fdidn't make sufficient health and pension contributions. behind bars to complete the script for his next film. "Be sure, I'm The lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Lee, Forty Acres and a strong. Inside, and mentally, I'm ready," he said. Karimi was Mule Filmworks and Black Butterfly Productions. It claims an arrested by the Revolutionary Guard and held in solitary confine- audit found nearly $45,000 in unpaid contributions between ment in December 2013 after a trailer for "Writing on the City" September 2007 and March 2010. The suit said Lee controlled was posted on YouTube, according to Paris-based production Black Butterfly, a signatory to collective bargaining agreements, company Les Films de l'Apres-Midi. It confirmed he began his and treated its assets, which include the 2008 film, "Miracle at St sentence at Tehran's Evin Prison on Wednesday. Anna," as his own while failing to pay its debts. The production company is releasing Karimi's first feature "Despite multiple demands, Black Butterfly has failed to pay film, "Drum," which premiered this summer at the Venice the claims asserted by the Plans. Black Butterfly refuses, and con- International Film Festival. Iranian authorities could not immedi- tinues to refuse, to pay the amounts due for unpaid contributions ately be reached for comment. Karimi is one of several artists, disclosed by the audit," the lawsuit says. The plaintiffs manage poets, journalists, fashion models and activists who have been plans for the American Federal of Musicians, the International arrested in a crackdown on expression led by hard-liners who Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the International oppose President Hassan Rouhani's more moderate policies and Brotherhood of Teamsters Studio Transportation Drivers. They efforts to promote greater openness with the outside world. are seeking all unpaid damages, interest, audit costs and legal Karimi said he is determined to remain in Iran despite the chal- fees. Lee is a writer, director and actor. His films include "Do the lenges. "I want to reconstruct Iran based on my dream. Maybe it's Right Thing," and "Malcom X." His most recent movie, "Chi-Raq," In this file photo, Spike Lee attends the NYU Tisch School of crazy," he said. "But I'm thinking about the future, our children's is about gun violence in Chicago.
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