US EditionBusan: ‘It Was Just An Accident’ Director Jafar Panahi Calls On Oscars To Separate Film Submissions From Government Control
Jafar Panahi criticizes government-influenced film submissions to the Academy, urging independence for filmmakers amid ongoing censorship in countries like Iran, as highlighted at BIFF.
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Jafar Panahi Urges Academy to Break Government Stranglehold on International Oscar Submissions
Fresh off France’s decision to submit his Cannes-winning “It Was Just an Accident” for Oscar consideration, Jafar Panahi leveraged his appearance at a Busan International Film Festival press conference to advocate for fundamental reform in how the Academy handles international feature submissions. The filmmaker, who received BIFF’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year honor, argued that […]
Busan: ‘It Was Just An Accident’ Director Jafar Panahi Calls On Oscars To Separate Film Submissions From Government Control
Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been selected by Busan International Film Festival as this year’s ‘Asian Filmmaker of the Year’, called on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to separate Best International Film submissions from the control of government-sanctioned selection committees around the world. He was speaking at BIFF just one […]
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