Today it was announced that the Oscars’ selection committee has removed the strong Iranian film Cause of Death: Unknown from the shortlist for Best International Feature Film—for known and unknown reasons alike. A film that had itself waited for several years in Iran just to receive a screening permit has now been excluded once again. Experience has shown that winning awards at ceremonies that increasingly resemble one another has little real impact on raising the artistic quality of cinema. At a time when most films—especially comedies—have reached the end of the theatrical road, and through the endless repetition of cheap gags…
Author: Sarina Sadeghi
Sarina Sadeghi
Sarina Sadeghi studied graphic design and is currently a cinema student at Pars University. Sadeghi has completed interview and film criticism courses at Jam-e Jam newspaper and currently writes film reviews for Golshan-e Mehr-e Golestan newspaper. She has also been a directing student in courses conducted by Majid Barzegar.