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‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ Actress Soheila Golestani Barred From Leaving Iran To Serve On Rotterdam Jury
Soheila Golestani was scheduled to sit on the festival's Tiger Competition jury.
Taking inspiration from Iran’s Woman Life Freedom protests, the film revolves around a devout man who is promoted to the position of investigating judge at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, just as his daughters become swept up in the pro-equal rights and democracy movement. Golestani was slated to sit on the competition jury alongside Yuki Aditya, Winnie Lau, Peter Strickland and Andrea Luka Zimmerman. The Seed of the Sacred Fig director Mohammad Rasoulof will appear at the festival and is also scheduled to speak on a panel titled “Cinema and the Rise of Authoritarianism” on February 3.
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