Trust cinema Mohammad Rasoulov, a director who left Iran a few months ago, was introduced as the head of the jury of the “New Currents” section of the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.
According to the media, the “New Currents” competitive section at the Busan International Film Festival evaluates the first or second film of emerging Asian directors, and finally the jury selects two winning films, each of which will receive a cash prize of $30,000. .
After secretly filming the movie “Dane Anjir Maabed” and at the same time receiving a sentence of eight years in prison and whipping, Mohammad Rasulov secretly left Iran and currently lives in Hamburg, Germany.
But Rasulof’s presence at the Busan festival in South Korea is also associated with obstacles, because Mr. Rasulof does not have a passport, and it is not known whether he can leave the European Union with his current travel documents.
Meanwhile, one of the spokespersons of the Busan Film Festival told the “Screen Daily” website on Tuesday, August 30 that the festival is trying to manage Mr. Rasoulof’s travel schedule, but nothing is clear.
The 29th Busan Film Festival will be held from October 2 to 11.
The film “The Fig Seed of the Temples” by Mohammad Rasoulov was shown for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival in May of this year and won the special prize of the jury in the main section.
It was also announced last week that this movie has been selected as one of the 13 German candidates to be nominated for the 2025 Oscar Awards in the category of Best International Film.