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Global Directors Talk Creative Inspiration for Oscar Contenders at Palm Springs Fest: “It’s Those Events That Change Your Life”

The Hollywood Reporter
Story by Etan Vlessing
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Global directors share behind-the-scenes stories of how personal experiences shaped their Oscar-contending films at the Palm Springs Film Festival
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  • Walter Salles based his family drama 'I'm Still Here' on a childhood friend's book, inspired by the father's disappearance under Brazil's military dictatorship
  • Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof resisted censorship in his home country by including a trio of empowered women in his Oscar contender 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig'
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Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Maura Delpero, Mati Diop, Mohammed Rouselof, Soheila Golestani, Setareh Maleki, Mahsa Rostami, Matthew Rankin, Palm Springs Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter, Cannes Film Festival, I'm Still Here, Vermiglio, Dahomey, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Universal Language
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