{"id":141154,"date":"2023-09-03T20:29:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=141154"},"modified":"2023-09-03T20:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:29:18","slug":"jane-campion-damien-chazelle-zar-amir-ebrahimi-join-venice-flash-mob-in-support-of-iran-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/lifestyle\/jane-campion-damien-chazelle-zar-amir-ebrahimi-join-venice-flash-mob-in-support-of-iran-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Campion, Damien Chazelle & Zar Amir Ebrahimi Join Venice Flash Mob In Support Of Iran Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jane Campion, Damien Chazelle, Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Guy Nattiv joined a flash mob on the Venice Film Festival’s red carpet on Saturday in support of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests in Iran.<\/p>\n
They were among around 100 filmmakers, artists and pro-democracy activists joining the flashmob, which took place ahead of tonight’s gala screening of Maestro.<\/em><\/p>\n The group carried placards with portraits of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody last September, after she was arrested for not wearing her veil correctly, sparked the protests.<\/p>\n Breaking News<\/span><\/p>\n Breaking News<\/span><\/p>\n There were also banners for Leila’s Brothers<\/em> director Roustayi, who it emerged last month had been sentenced to six months in prison on charges of “anti-regime propaganda activity” for screening the family drama in Cannes in 2022.<\/p>\n Saeed Roustee had previously participated at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 in the Orizzonti section with Just 6.5 (Metri Shesho Nim).<\/p>\n The arrests are believed to be part of a crackdown as Iranian’s draconian Islamic Republic regime attempts to stifle dissent in the run up to the first anniversary of Amini’s death on September 16.<\/p>\n Earlier in the day, Nattiv and Ebrahimi’s ground-breaking collaboration Tatami<\/em> – as the first film uniting an Israeli and an Iranian filmmaker as co-directors – world premiered in Venice’s Orizzonti section.<\/p>\n It tells the story of a young female judoka who faces a life-changing decision during the World Championship when the Iranian authorities want her to withdraw from the competition.<\/p>\n In other activities in support of the Iran democracy protests, parallel section Giornate degli Autori, screened the under radar film The Sun Will Rise<\/em> by Ayat Najafi, in a pre-screening event on Wednesday (September 30).<\/p>\n The film revolves around a rehearsal by an Iranian theatre company in Tehran for a performance of the Greek comedy Lisistrata by Aristophanes. <\/p>\n During the scene of the assault on the Acropolis, which was occupied by the women of Athens, the troupe discovers that they have been surrounded by the riot police.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nRelated Stories<\/h3>\n
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