Mohammad Rasoulof Talks Making 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' in Secret

Story by Harrison Richlin

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Dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof secretly shoots acclaimed festival hit 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' while on the run from authorities.

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Rasoulof's film 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' won the Special Award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered after the director fled Iran to avoid a prison sentence.
Rasoulof has been a vocal critic of the Iranian government and was previously arrested in 2020, but continues to defiantly make films that challenge the regime's oppression.

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Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig