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Iranian ‘My Favourite Cake’ Filmmakers Sound Alarm Over Court Summons & Anonymous Death Threats
Iranian ‘My Favourite Cake’ Filmmakers Sound Alarm Over Court Summons & Anonymous Death Threats
The drama is among a growing number of underground features coming out of Iran in the wake of the 2022 Woman Life Freedom protests, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, in which filmmakers challenge the Islamic Republic’s sexist rules around what women should wear and how they should act. The situation still remains extremely dangerous for filmmakers who stand-up to the regime with director Navid Mihandoust, for example, currently serving a three-and-a-half sentence on trumped up charges, related to his refusal to cooperate in a plot targeting U.S.-based Iranian activist journalist Masih Alinejad. Husband and wife team Sanaeeha and Moghadam were banned from travelling to Berlin for the premiere of My Favourite Cake, while Farhadpour and co-star Esmaeel Mehrabi were allowed to make the trip and held up photos of their absent directors at the press conference.
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