Mohammad Rasoulof to Attend 2025 Göteborg Film Festival With ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ Germany’s Shortlisted 2025 Oscar Submission

With the film "Fruits of the Sacred Tree", which is banned in his home country, the award-winning Iranian director Mohammed Rasoulof will be one of the main guests during the 2025 festival.

Mohammad Rasoulof to Attend 2025 Göteborg Film Festival With ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ Germany’s Shortlisted 2025 Oscar Submission

Acclaimed Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will attend the upcoming 2025 Göteborg Film Festival with his latest film, family drama and political thriller “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Germany’s submission to this year’s international feature Oscar race which made the Oscar shortlist on Dec. 17. Variety rates the film, which he also wrote and co-produced, […]

'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' review: Political thriller comes doused in fire

A family is torn apart by a missing firearm in "The Seed of the Sacred Fig," a searing thriller that rises to a white hot boil. The missing firearm is a stand-in for much larger conflicts — religious, political and generational in nature

Review: The Seed of the Sacred Fig

The Seed of the Sacred Fig | Dir: Mohammad Rasoulo | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Writer /director Mohammad Rasoulo was in goal when there were riots on the streets of Tehran after 22 year old Jina Mahasa Amini was arrested by Iran’s “morality police” for alleged non-compliance with Iran’s laws on wearing the hijab, and died while in custody. This was in 2022 and since then Iranian security forces have escalated physical violence against women and girls who are p…