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Sandra Hüller, Sean Baker, Laura Poitras Call for Solidarity With Mohammad Rasoulof and Iranian Filmmakers in Open Letter (EXCLUSIVE)

Sandra Hüller, Sean Baker and others call for solidarity with Mohammad Rasoulof ahead of Cannes premiere of ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’

Other signatories include Fatih Akin, Aaron Altaras, Christopher Aoun, Emily Atef, Nabil Ayouch, Malick Bauer, Cynthia Beatt, Edward Berger, Bettina Böhler, Detlev Buck, Fred Burle, Šárka Cimbálová, Denis Côté, Jonas Dassler, Jonas Dornbach, Mike Downey, Fabian Gasmia, Valeska Grisebach, Thomas Hakim, Helene Hegemann, Julia von Heinz, Janine Jackowski, Rosh Khodabakhsh, Marie-Louise Khondji, Constantin Lieb, David Lowery, Roberto Minervini, Mariko Minoguchi, Ottessa Moshfegh, Shirin Neshat, Ulrike Ottinger, Ayşe Polat, Julian Rosefeldt, Ira Sachs, Uwe Schott, Christian Schwochow, Shaunak Sen, Jean-Christophe Simon, Maryam Touzani, Jeanne Tremsal, Tom Tykwer and Franz Rogowski, fresh off premiere of Andrea Arnold’s “Bird.” Only united can we stand up to the authorities, against censorship and suppression of critical voices,” it also aid in the letter, initiated by a group of Berlin-based filmmakers: Tara Afsah, Raquel Dukpa, Paulina Lorenz, Jorgo Narjes, Faraz Shariat and Maryam Zaree. In “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” sold by Films Boutique, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears.

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