Members of the UK film community came together at the BFI Southbank.
Around 40 members of the UK filmmaking community came together at the BFI Southbank yesterday (October 10) to stand in solidarity with jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, the women leading the protest movement in Iran and all those demonstrating for freedom in the country.
BFI London Film Festival director Tricia Tuttle led the event, which was attended by filmmakers and executives including: Picturehouse’s managing director Clare Binns; former Sundance director Tabitha Jackson; All The Beauty And The Bloodshed filmmaker Laura Poitras; Blue Jean director Georgia Oakley; No Kings director...
Around 40 members of the UK filmmaking community came together at the BFI Southbank yesterday (October 10) to stand in solidarity with jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, the women leading the protest movement in Iran and all those demonstrating for freedom in the country.
BFI London Film Festival director Tricia Tuttle led the event, which was attended by filmmakers and executives including: Picturehouse’s managing director Clare Binns; former Sundance director Tabitha Jackson; All The Beauty And The Bloodshed filmmaker Laura Poitras; Blue Jean director Georgia Oakley; No Kings director...
- 10/11/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Venice jury head Julianne Moore joined activists from the International Coalition Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr) in a flash mob on the Venice red carpet Friday evening to call for the release of Jafar Panahi, the Iranian director who was detained in Tehran in July.
Venice jury member Audrey Diwan joined Moore on the frontlines of the protest alongside filmmaker Sally Potter, Orizzonti Jury President Isabel Coixet, and Venice festival head Antonio Barbera.
Venice Review: Jafar Panahi’s ‘No Bears’
The participants held placards depicting Panahi’s face alongside the message: “Release Jafar Panahi!”
The protest took place on the Palazzo Del Cinema red carpet prior to the screening of Pahani’s latest film No Bears, which screens in competition.
Panahi has been in custody since July 12 after going to the prosecutor’s office in Tehran to follow up on the whereabouts of filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad after they...
Venice jury member Audrey Diwan joined Moore on the frontlines of the protest alongside filmmaker Sally Potter, Orizzonti Jury President Isabel Coixet, and Venice festival head Antonio Barbera.
Venice Review: Jafar Panahi’s ‘No Bears’
The participants held placards depicting Panahi’s face alongside the message: “Release Jafar Panahi!”
The protest took place on the Palazzo Del Cinema red carpet prior to the screening of Pahani’s latest film No Bears, which screens in competition.
Panahi has been in custody since July 12 after going to the prosecutor’s office in Tehran to follow up on the whereabouts of filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad after they...
- 9/9/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The panel included Orwa Nyrabia, Vanja Kaludjercic and Alberto Barbera.
Venice Film Festival gathered a group of industry representatives in collaboration with activists’ association the International Coalition Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr) to raise awareness of the plight of filmmakers who have suffered oppression and arrests in the past year.
“The danger of forgetting these stories is very relevant,” said International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) director Orwa Nyrabia, one of the speakers at the Filmmakers Under Attack: Taking Stock, Taking Action panel organised in collaboration with the Icfr.
The panel also drew attention to an Icfr initiative that seeks to provide...
Venice Film Festival gathered a group of industry representatives in collaboration with activists’ association the International Coalition Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr) to raise awareness of the plight of filmmakers who have suffered oppression and arrests in the past year.
“The danger of forgetting these stories is very relevant,” said International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) director Orwa Nyrabia, one of the speakers at the Filmmakers Under Attack: Taking Stock, Taking Action panel organised in collaboration with the Icfr.
The panel also drew attention to an Icfr initiative that seeks to provide...
- 9/4/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
A panel of international figures joined forces today at the Venice Festival to pledge their support for filmmakers suffering oppression, harassment and imprisonment around the world.
Participants in the panel included the Director of the Venice Film Festival Alberto Barbera, Vanja Kalurdjercic (Croatia, Director of the Rotterdam International Film Festival), Sinem Sakaoglu (Turkey, director), Orwa Nyrabia (Director of the Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival), Mike Downey (President of the European Film Academy) and Kaveh Farnam (Iran, producer).
Vania Kaludjercic gave the context for the founding two years ago of the International Coalition Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr), arising out of a shared concern for independent storytellers whose lives and livelihoods at risk. In those two years, the Icfr has helped filmmakers from Afghanistan to Egypt, Myanmar to Iran, and most recently, in Ukraine.
She described how Icfr had mobilised the international film community to raise 420,000 euros, enough to help with emergency relocation,...
Participants in the panel included the Director of the Venice Film Festival Alberto Barbera, Vanja Kalurdjercic (Croatia, Director of the Rotterdam International Film Festival), Sinem Sakaoglu (Turkey, director), Orwa Nyrabia (Director of the Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival), Mike Downey (President of the European Film Academy) and Kaveh Farnam (Iran, producer).
Vania Kaludjercic gave the context for the founding two years ago of the International Coalition Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr), arising out of a shared concern for independent storytellers whose lives and livelihoods at risk. In those two years, the Icfr has helped filmmakers from Afghanistan to Egypt, Myanmar to Iran, and most recently, in Ukraine.
She described how Icfr had mobilised the international film community to raise 420,000 euros, enough to help with emergency relocation,...
- 9/3/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
In a new statement shared with the Venice Film Festival, imprisoned Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rosoulof have said the “hope of creating again” is a “reason for existence.”
Venice showed solidarity with persecuted filmmakers in Iran and Turkey as part of a session co-organized with the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr) that highlighted the plight of creatives in these countries, and the remaining work — and funds — required to raise awareness of their immense struggle, and fight for civil liberties.
Iran, in particular, is seeing a major crackdown on the filmmaking community. In early July, Mohammad Rasoulof, winner of the 2020 Berlin Golden Bear for “There Is No Evil,” and fellow filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad were arrested for posting a statement on social media in the wake of a violent government crackdown. Just days later, dissident Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi, known globally for prizewinning works such as “Offside” and “Taxi,...
Venice showed solidarity with persecuted filmmakers in Iran and Turkey as part of a session co-organized with the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr) that highlighted the plight of creatives in these countries, and the remaining work — and funds — required to raise awareness of their immense struggle, and fight for civil liberties.
Iran, in particular, is seeing a major crackdown on the filmmaking community. In early July, Mohammad Rasoulof, winner of the 2020 Berlin Golden Bear for “There Is No Evil,” and fellow filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad were arrested for posting a statement on social media in the wake of a violent government crackdown. Just days later, dissident Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi, known globally for prizewinning works such as “Offside” and “Taxi,...
- 9/3/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
New works by Darren Aronofsky, Andrew Dominik, Alejandro J. Iñárritu, Luca Guadagnino, Joanna Hogg and Laura Poitras are among the rich roster of titles that will launch from the Lido and compete for a Golden Lion at the upcoming Venice Film Festival, which is set for a standout stellar 79th edition.
Artistic director Alberto Barbera has unveiled a luscious, politically infused lineup comprising a slew of hotly anticipated pics from the U.S. and elsewhere around the world, featuring scores of stars.
Olivia Wilde, Penelope Cruz, Ana de Armas, Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Christoph Waltz, Sigourney Weaver and Mia Goth are just some top talents now expected to be on the Palazzo Del Cinema’s red carpet during the Aug. 31-Sept. 10 event. Chris Rock may be coming to Venice to promote a short titled “Look at Me” directed by Sally Potter.
But fest director Alberto Barbera...
Artistic director Alberto Barbera has unveiled a luscious, politically infused lineup comprising a slew of hotly anticipated pics from the U.S. and elsewhere around the world, featuring scores of stars.
Olivia Wilde, Penelope Cruz, Ana de Armas, Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Christoph Waltz, Sigourney Weaver and Mia Goth are just some top talents now expected to be on the Palazzo Del Cinema’s red carpet during the Aug. 31-Sept. 10 event. Chris Rock may be coming to Venice to promote a short titled “Look at Me” directed by Sally Potter.
But fest director Alberto Barbera...
- 7/26/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli and Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr), the Amsterdam-based body set up in 2019 to support cinema professionals in danger, has posted an open letter addressing the recent crackdown on Iran’s filmmaking community.
“The last weeks have seen a wave of arrests amongst the filmmaking and artistic communities in Tehran… a huge crackdown is underway and Iranian film artists now have a clear statement as to where exactly the red line lies,” wrote Icfr co-founders, producer Mike Downey and Orwa Nyrabia, who is the director of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
The letter follows in the wake of last week’s arrests of two of Iran’s most internationally high-profile directors, Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi as well as the lesser-known writer and filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad.
The detentions come amid a clampdown on freedom of expression in Iran as the government reins in a wave of popular...
“The last weeks have seen a wave of arrests amongst the filmmaking and artistic communities in Tehran… a huge crackdown is underway and Iranian film artists now have a clear statement as to where exactly the red line lies,” wrote Icfr co-founders, producer Mike Downey and Orwa Nyrabia, who is the director of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
The letter follows in the wake of last week’s arrests of two of Iran’s most internationally high-profile directors, Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi as well as the lesser-known writer and filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad.
The detentions come amid a clampdown on freedom of expression in Iran as the government reins in a wave of popular...
- 7/18/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Turkish producer Cigdem Mater, known on the festival circuit for backing arthouse titles such as the 2013 Venice competition drama “Sivas,” has been arrested and sentenced to 18 years in prison on trumped-up charges, along with other activists, in connection with the 2013 Gezi Park anti-government protests.
Mater, who is also a journalist, was incarcerated on Monday in Istanbul at the conclusion of a trial during which Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who was already in custody, was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of “attempting to overthrow the government” of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by allegedly financing the protests.
Mater and six other activists are accused by the Turkish court of supporting Kavala and being behind the protests that were prompted by construction of a mall in an Istanbul park. The protests snowballed and grew into nationwide anti-government unrest. Mater is also specifically accused of trying to raise financing for a documentary...
Mater, who is also a journalist, was incarcerated on Monday in Istanbul at the conclusion of a trial during which Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who was already in custody, was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of “attempting to overthrow the government” of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by allegedly financing the protests.
Mater and six other activists are accused by the Turkish court of supporting Kavala and being behind the protests that were prompted by construction of a mall in an Istanbul park. The protests snowballed and grew into nationwide anti-government unrest. Mater is also specifically accused of trying to raise financing for a documentary...
- 4/27/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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