An interview with Peter Hames, a Czech cinema expert, on Věra Chytilová, a pioneer of the Czechoslovak New Wave.
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Taxi, the newest film by renowned Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear on February 15. The Iranian government has banned Panahi from making films for 20 years.
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“I believe that 1942 is the closest that you can get to an Oscar-level film for China because of the censorship.” In this interview, The Hollywood Reporter‘s Scott Feinberg had a chance to ask the celebrated writer/director Feng Xiaogang about censorship in China, as well as his life and career.
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On October 16th, three video bloggers from Saudi Arabia were detained because of a documentary that they produced on poverty in Al-Jaroudiya, a district in the capital of Riyadh.
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The Iranian government arrested 6 documentary filmmakers, accusing them of conspiracy. The filmmakers made documentaries about famous Iranians and Iran’s national history. Sampsonia Way compiled brief overviews and filmographies of the directors.
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Clips from award-winning movies by Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, who submitted their entries secretly to the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival because they’re banned from making movies.
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