The Iranian filmmaker said his own 2010 imprisonment ended his reliance on metaphor, while Oh spoke about returning to directing after nine years raising two sons.
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Naman Ramachandran Exiled Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof pointed to Jafar Panahi’s latest prison sentence as proof that Iranian cinema remains under repression, speaking at a Tokyo International Film Festival press conference for the Kurosawa Akira Award.
Rasoulof and Japanese director O Mipo are this year’s recipients.
“Of course, Iranian cinema continues to face repression, and my friends and colleagues remain under enormous pressure,” Rasoulof said in Persian. “Just a few days ago, another sentence was handed down against Jafar Panahi, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year: five more years in prison and the confiscation of his property.”
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