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Iran says protests to France over Cannes film selection

Cannes

Iran objected to France on Wednesday after the Cannes Film Festival picked a film about a serial killer in Iran who targets se* workers. “Holy Spider”, directed by Danish-Iranian Ali Abbasi, was nominated in Cannes’ main In Competition category at the festival that was held in the French Riviera resort last month. Iran’s Zar Amir Ebrahimi … Read more

Iran rejects Cannes movie award as ‘biased, political’

Iran

Iran rejected last week’s Cannes Film Festival award for a film about a serial killer who targeted sex workers in an Iranian Shiite shrine city as “biassed and political.” On Saturday, Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in “Holy Spider,” directed by Danish-Iranian Ali … Read more

Iran rejects Cannes movie award as ‘biased, political’

Iran

Last week’s Cannes award for a film about a serial killer who attacked s** workers in an Iranian Shiite shrine city was rejected by Iran on Monday as  “biased and political” Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for her performance in the film “Holy Spider”, … Read more