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Curator Notes: Mohammad Rasoulof
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In May 2024, Mohammad #Rasoulof was sentenced to an eight-year prison term and a flogging, and had his property confiscated, for making a #film that threatened national security. It would not be the first time the director had been fallen foul of Iranian officials for filmmaking: he had been imprisoned on three separate occasions. In a holding pattern before his prison term was to begin, Rasoulof was presented with a two-hour window to flee #iran so, like a plot from a political thriller, he removed his tracking device and crossed the border on foot.
After a two-decade career making films in Iran that his fellow citizens are unlikely to see through official channels, Mohammad Rasoulof is now a filmmaker in exile.
This Spring, we follow Mohammad Rasoulof's career as his quiet resistance builds to an outspoken voice of protest – and as we become more cognisant of the oppressive forces that circle him, once veiled in poeticism, now emerging on screen as a present and omnipresent force to be navigated around and confronted head-on.
Join us in ACMI Cinemas as we celebrate works – many of which are rarely screened to Australian audiences – by the filmmaker who has spent a lifetime swimming against the tide and recognise the power of cinema to give voice to our truth, no matter the consequences.
This video was produced by RMIT Student Khanh Pham as part of her internship at ACMI.
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After a two-decade career making films in Iran that his fellow citizens are unlikely to see through official channels, Mohammad Rasoulof is now a filmmaker in exile.
This Spring, we follow Mohammad Rasoulof's career as his quiet resistance builds to an outspoken voice of protest – and as we become more cognisant of the oppressive forces that circle him, once veiled in poeticism, now emerging on screen as a present and omnipresent force to be navigated around and confronted head-on.
Join us in ACMI Cinemas as we celebrate works – many of which are rarely screened to Australian audiences – by the filmmaker who has spent a lifetime swimming against the tide and recognise the power of cinema to give voice to our truth, no matter the consequences.
This video was produced by RMIT Student Khanh Pham as part of her internship at ACMI.
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ACMI is Australia's national museum of screen culture. Watch, play, make and discover a universe of films, TV, videogames and screen-based art.
Follow us