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Berlinale Calls for Iranian Authorities to Allow ‘My Favourite Cake’ Directors to Travel to Festival: ‘Shocked and Dismayed’
The Berlinale has issued a statement calling for the Iranian authorities to allow 'My Favourite Cake' directors to travel to the festival.
The Berlinale has issued a statement calling for the Iranian authorities to allow “ My Favourite Cake ” directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha to travel to this year’s film festival. Since the announcement, Moghaddam and Sanaeeha have been banned from traveling by Iranian authorities and have had their passports confiscated, according to the Berlinale. Added Berlinale directors Carlo Chatrian and Mariëtte Rissenbeek, “We call for the Iranian authorities to return the passports and to end all restrictions preventing Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha from freely traveling to Berlin this February, together with the other international directors and filmmaking talents from around the world, so they can present their new film ‘My Favourite Cake’ as part of the Berlinale’s 2024 Competition.”
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