If you are curious as to what films Oscar voters overseas may be inclined to support, look no further than the nominees for the 37th European Film Awards. The European Film Academy revealed this year’s crop of honorees this morning and two potential Best Picture nominees, Pedro Almodovar’s “The Room Next Door” and Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez” led all films with four nominations including Best European Film. Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” also earned a Best European Film nom as well as Director and Screenplay.

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We often take for granted our freedoms in the U.S. In other countries, such as Iran, those freedoms just don’t exist, such as the freedom to make a feature film. And if there’s one person who has proven his commitment to the art, it’s filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof. Despite intense legal issues, including imprisonment, he continues to make films, such as “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.”

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As seen in the trailer, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” tells the story of Iman, a man in Tehran who lands a new job as a judge.

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CANNES – After screening “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” a world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, one has to breathe a sigh of relief that director and screenwriter Mohammad Rasoulof is safely out of Iran. A victim of a politically motivated jail sentence for supporting the 2022 Masha Amini hijab protests, Rasoulof‘s latest feature will likely anger the Iranian government even more. Especially considering how brilliant “Sacred Fig” is at deconstructing the rampant injustice in the totalitarian state.

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