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Oscar Hopeful Mohammad Rasoulof, Director of ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ Sets Animated Feature About Iranian Revolution
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is charting a new path in exile, looking toward animation and to films like "Universal Language" for inspiration.
With this upcoming project, Rasoulof wants to focus on three pivotal decades in modern Iranian history – a period he feels he can only properly evoke with a more stylized filmmaking form. Indeed, now based in Germany, and speaking with Variety from the Marrakech Film Festival, the fugitive filmmaker has no immediate plans to return to his native Iran – but he won’t stop telling stories from his home country. “Not being nurtured by an environment while pretending you’re still a part of it is a challenge, but I know it’s possible, and I’ll give myself some time and distance to let a new idea take hold and push me to explore new methods to deal with those new restrictions.
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