A separation has become the first movie ever to take an academy award to iran after winning the best foreign language oscar, prompting national celebration at. Oscar success of a separation celebrated back home in iran film. When asghar farhadi, an iranian director, accepted the academy award for best foreignlanguage film on sunday night, after a few customary words of thanks, he unfolded a piece of paper and read a carefully worded speech dedicating his oscar to the people, not the government, of iran speaking in english, mr. Iran cancels ceremony to honour a separation director. Screenwriter chris terrio adapted the screenplay from the book by the u.
Iran returned to the oscar race on tuesday with domestic drama the salesman in a foreign language film category that included a danish war drama, a quirky german comedy, australian entry about a. Iran lauds oscars boycott by the salesman director. Asghar farhadi, director of iranian film a separation accepts the oscar for best foreign language film at the 84th academy awards in hollywood, february 26, 2012. Film editing the artist annesophie bion and michel hazanavicius. Central intelligence agency operative tony mendez, the master of disguise, and the 2007 wired article by joshuah bearman, the great escape. The iranian domestic drama a separation has won the best foreign language film at the academy awards. Argo is a 2012 american historical drama film directed by ben affleck. Majid majidis children of heaven, which was nominated in 1999. The award was the second oscar for farhadi, after his film a separation won in the same category for 2012. Iran won the 2012 oscar for best foreign language film with the a separation by director asghar farhadi. List of iranian academy award winners and nominees wikipedia. Tehran, iran irans state tv dismissed the oscarwinning film argo on monday as an advertisement for the cia and some iranians called the award a political statement by america for its.
Sandra bullock presents director asghar farhadi with the oscar for foreign language film for irans a separation at the 84th academy awards. This list details the performances of iranian filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an academy award. Mohammad hosseini, irans culture minister, on tuesday confirmed that his country would not submit a film for consideration at next years oscars in protest of innocence of muslims, the antiislam youtube video that has sparked deadly riots. Oscar success of a separation celebrated back home in iran. Mendez slipped into revolutionary iran in 1980 and brought out six american diplomats who were granted refuge by the canadian embassy. Javad shamaqdari, the director of the iran cinema organization, argued its victory was a sign that american judgment bowed before the iranian culture and oscar voters showed a different reaction to the zionist lobby, which is escalating war, the tehran times reported. The best moments academy awards moments that came with tears and laughter. This is a list of iranian academy award winners and nominees. Bahman ghobadi and reza mirkarimi were each chosen to represent iran at the oscars on two occasions. Irans state tv described the countrys foreign film oscar win on monday as a victory over israel, in a gesture of official approval towards the. After the children of heaven, nominated for best foreign language film in 1998, this is the second film by majidi being submitted to the academy awards from iran.
Ward off cynicism, movies can change the world with a number of this years films focusing on terrorism, their directors debate what impact they will have. Iran picks asghar farhadiu2019s film u2018the pastu2019 as. Farhadi, known for films that weave the drama of ordinary peoples lives into tapestries that reveal humanitys complexity, won irans first oscar in 2012 for a separation and another in. Iranian filmmaker asghar farhadis a separation, starring leila hatami and peyman moadi, won the 2012 best foreign film oscar. Iran returns to oscar race with the salesman reuters. A separation won the oscar for best foreign language film on sunday.
A version of this article appears in print on 100120, on page c 3 of the newyork edition with the headline. The first film from iran to win an academy award for best foreign language film, asghar farhadis captivating dramaa separation jodaeyeh nader az simin, starring his daughter sarina farhadi, leila hatami, and peyman moaadi, revolves around a middleclass couple who separate, and the intrigues which follow when the husband. Join our oscar insider email list to get the latest news on all things academy awards. Writing original screenplay written by asghar farhadi. List of iranian submissions for the academy award for best. The 88th academy awards will be held on february 28. The movies title is the title of the script for a proposed film that agent tony mendez ben affleck suggests as a cover for a rescue mission concerning six americans held as guests with some canadian representatives in iran in order to avoid capture by the iranian terrorists during the hostage crises of 197980.
On 24 september 2012, the film a cube of sugar was selected as the iranian entry for the best foreign language oscar at the 85th academy awards. Irans a separation, took the oscar for best foreign language film, making it the first from the country to win the honor. Martin scorseses 3d film hugo and silent movie the artist topped the night with five wins. Iran to boycott 20 oscars in wake of antiislam film. Cast members leyla hatami l and payman moadi, stars of iranian a separation, pose as they arrive at a reception. It received the golden bear for best film and the silver bears for best actress and best actor at the 61st berlin international film festival, becoming the first iranian film to win the golden bear.
A separation won the oscar for best foreign language film in 2012, becoming the first iranian film to win the award. Iran will boycott oscars to protest antimuslim video. Best foreign language film was won by asghar farhadis film a separation. Farhadi said the award for his family drama, a separation, was a triumph for. Iran claims oscar win is victory over israel telegraph. The iranian director chose to dedicate the award to the people of iran and delivered a message of peace irans state tv has described the countrys foreign film. A separation wins best foreign language film golden. During the ceremony, the academy of motion picture arts and sciences presented academy. Tony mendez, the argo spy who rescued americans in iran. Backlash as iran hardliners label oscar favourite a dirty picture this article is more than 8 years old as international tensions rise, critics close to the regime dismiss praise for a separation. Iran has submitted films for the academy award for best international feature film regularly. Irans a separation has won the oscars for the best foreign film at the 2012 academy awards. With ben affleck, bryan cranston, john goodman, alan arkin. Iran signals cultural thaw with oscar choice the new.
Iran web abuzz at oscar winning film 27 february 2012 bbc. Martin scorsese s 3d film hugo and silent movie the artist topped the night with five wins. A separation, an iranian film that won a golden globe award earlier this month has. Published on mar 14, 2012 madonna presents the award for best foreign language film to a separation iran.
Iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif said he saw the prize as taking a. Israeli audiences flock to irans oscarwinning a separation. Iran claims an oscar win, warily the new york times. The film earned two prizes at the cannes film festival in may. A separation, a farhadi film that won an oscar in 2012.
How an iranian oscar winner made a film that feels so. How the cia used a fake scifi flick to rescue americans. Peyman moadi l in a scene from the iranian film a separation in this undated handout photo. Iranian film wins oscar nomination radio free europe. Acting under the cover of a hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a cia agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six americans in. Iranians take to social media to praise academyaward winning film. A separation from iran wins best foreign film firstpost. A separation becomes first iranian film to win an oscar the. The film was nominated for best foreign film for the. Winners names appear in bold, followed by their fellow nominees in alphabetical order. How the cia used a fake scifi flick to rescue americans from tehran. The commissioner for education, culture, multilingualism and youth, ms androulla vassiliou, will award the first eu media prize to the iranian director asghar farhadi on. Backlash as iran hardliners label oscar favourite a dirty. Iran cancels ceremony to honour a separation director this article is more than 8 years old authorities deny permit for event which asghar farhadi.
Since then, iran has nominated 21 films for best foreign language film, and only three have made it to the shortlists. Argo is a 2012 american historical drama thriller film directed by ben affleck. Director asghar farhadi thanks michael barker, tom. Cinema a separation wins oscar in first for iranian film. The 84th annual academy awards took place sunday, feb. Leila hatami left and peyman moadi in a scene from the oscarnominated iranian film a separation. Film at the 84th academy awards in hollywood, february 26, 2012.
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