Incarcerated Iranian star’s film gets encore screening on World Movies
World Movies will screen Australian-Iranian co-production My Tehran For Sale in the wake of lead actress Marzieh Vafamehr’s incarceration in Iran.
In a case of life imitating art for Vafamehr, My Tehran for Sale, is the story of a young actress in Iran whose theatre work is banned by authorities and forced to lead a secret life to express her art. Vafamehr has received one year in jail and 90 lashes by the Irani regime.
The film, in part funded by the South Australian Film Corporation for the Adelaide Film Festival in 2009, and produced by Cyan Films’ Julie Ryan and Kate Croser as well as writer/director Granaz Moussavi, was not officially released in Iran, however, it was seen by authorities via distribution through the black market.
Moussavi, who emigrated from Iran in the 1990s, returned to her native country to film the picture. Moussavi told ABC’s 7.30 Report: “I didn’t do anything wrong in the film according to the rules and regulations of filming in Iran.”
The special encore screening will be held next Wednesday, 19 October at 6:50pm.
The news comes after Iranian directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof were jailed in December of last year.
Iranian film A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi won the grand prize at this year’s Sydney Film Festival.
Of course Encore covered My Tehran for Sale back when it premiered in 2009.
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