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Mohammad Rasoulaf

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45 total appearances

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Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

In the year 2022, it was the last time that I was arrested and I had been in prison for When the movement happened, it was a few months into my arrest and I was following the events of the movement in prison.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

For my previous films and for what I had written on social media about social and political events.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

For my previous films and for what I had written on social media about social and political events.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

For my previous films and for what I had written on social media about social and political events.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

The most important complication was how I was going to direct from a distance. I was constantly watching a monitor when I was afar and the monitor was on set. And I also had two assistants who were present on set. One of them was my liaison with the actors, with the artistic team, and the other was my liaison with with the technical team and I was communicating through sound.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

The most important complication was how I was going to direct from a distance. I was constantly watching a monitor when I was afar and the monitor was on set. And I also had two assistants who were present on set. One of them was my liaison with the actors, with the artistic team, and the other was my liaison with with the technical team and I was communicating through sound.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

The most important complication was how I was going to direct from a distance. I was constantly watching a monitor when I was afar and the monitor was on set. And I also had two assistants who were present on set. One of them was my liaison with the actors, with the artistic team, and the other was my liaison with with the technical team and I was communicating through sound.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

Everything that was happening I could hear and I could tell them what to do through sound. And technically it was a little difficult but we got used to it as we went on and in the end We ended up having a very good and close collaboration. And some of the scenes, actually, it worked better. But the other complication I had was how to keep my focus. I was under a lot of pressure.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

Everything that was happening I could hear and I could tell them what to do through sound. And technically it was a little difficult but we got used to it as we went on and in the end We ended up having a very good and close collaboration. And some of the scenes, actually, it worked better. But the other complication I had was how to keep my focus. I was under a lot of pressure.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

Everything that was happening I could hear and I could tell them what to do through sound. And technically it was a little difficult but we got used to it as we went on and in the end We ended up having a very good and close collaboration. And some of the scenes, actually, it worked better. But the other complication I had was how to keep my focus. I was under a lot of pressure.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

I was really stressed out. And at any moment, anything could have happened. So we were always in a state of in-between hope and hopelessness.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

I was really stressed out. And at any moment, anything could have happened. So we were always in a state of in-between hope and hopelessness.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

I was really stressed out. And at any moment, anything could have happened. So we were always in a state of in-between hope and hopelessness.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

Well, when I was in jail and I was released, My family was in Germany and I no longer could work in Iran. I no longer could make films. And I decided that I had to leave because otherwise I had to go to jail and play the role of the victim. And I did not want to be a victim of the censorship. So I decided to leave Iran through the mountains through a very, very difficult trip.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

Well, when I was in jail and I was released, My family was in Germany and I no longer could work in Iran. I no longer could make films. And I decided that I had to leave because otherwise I had to go to jail and play the role of the victim. And I did not want to be a victim of the censorship. So I decided to leave Iran through the mountains through a very, very difficult trip.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

Well, when I was in jail and I was released, My family was in Germany and I no longer could work in Iran. I no longer could make films. And I decided that I had to leave because otherwise I had to go to jail and play the role of the victim. And I did not want to be a victim of the censorship. So I decided to leave Iran through the mountains through a very, very difficult trip.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

And after I got to a neighboring country, I contacted the German consulate and they knew that my family was in Germany. So they helped me travel to Germany. And in addition to that, my post-production all happened in Germany. The editing process and my actors, after they left Iran, they also went to Germany and they started living there. The budget of the film also partly came from Germany.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

And after I got to a neighboring country, I contacted the German consulate and they knew that my family was in Germany. So they helped me travel to Germany. And in addition to that, my post-production all happened in Germany. The editing process and my actors, after they left Iran, they also went to Germany and they started living there. The budget of the film also partly came from Germany.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

And after I got to a neighboring country, I contacted the German consulate and they knew that my family was in Germany. So they helped me travel to Germany. And in addition to that, my post-production all happened in Germany. The editing process and my actors, after they left Iran, they also went to Germany and they started living there. The budget of the film also partly came from Germany.

Today, Explained
The messiest Oscars category

But there is also more meaning to this for me. People who chose to nominate this film on behalf of Germany to the Oscars gave a very strong message to the other filmmakers outside. And that is that there is always going to be hope for filmmakers who are working under a lot of pressure.