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Iran protests, internet blackout, travel ban shadow historic Oscar nod for Iranian documentary 'Cutting Through Rocks'

Hollywood’s most glamorous night came with a quiet ache this year. While cameras flashed and champagne flowed at the Academy Awards, the team behind the Iranian documentary ‘Cutting Through Rocks’ ...
Yahoo

Cannes documentary 'Rehearsals for a Revolution' uses personal lens to chart Iran's history

CANNES, France, May 20 (Reuters) - For Iranian filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani, making her documentary "Rehearsals for a Revolution," which blends her personal history with that of her homeland since ...
The Hollywood Reporter

She Won Cannes’ Best Documentary Award While Her Country Was at War

Iranian filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani discusses making a film about Iranian freedom fighters in exile, finishing it as bombs fell and winning Cannes' top documentary prize. By Jada Yuan The day after ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Into the Jaws of the Ogre’ Director on Her Cannes ACID Doc About Displaced Iranian Siblings and “Fertile” Ruins

The feature film debut from Iranian-French director Mahsa Karampour about her and her brother, a former member of indie rock band The Yellow Dogs, follows the journey of the search for a familial bond ...
Reuters

Cannes documentary 'Rehearsals for a Revolution' uses personal lens to chart Iran's history

First Cannes film from Iranian actor-turned-director Ahangarani Modern Iranian history told through family archives, newsreels Important to bring attention to situation there, says director CANNES, ...