Buoyed by nationwide protests and the recent release of dissident directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, exiled Iranian filmmakers are trying to build an independent film infrastructure free of all government control.
“Releasing some individuals among thousands who have been arrested during a few past months, doesn’t lead me to optimism,” notes Iranian documentary filmmaker Farahnaz Sharifi . “Considering all these issues and censorship and restrictions we are facing with, there is a long process ahead to reach to a human condition and freedom of expression in our country,” says Sharifi, before adding, more hopefully, “but we are on the way.
A step on the path towards that freedom could come in Berlin, where independent Iranian filmmakers are gathering to try and sketch out a different future for Persian cinema.
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