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Asghar Farhadi is group to person an Honorary Heart of Sarajevo grant astatine nan upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival. The acclaimed Iranian head and screenwriter is group to judge nan grant successful person, while a retrospective of his activity will beryllium presented arsenic portion of nan festival’s ‘Tribute To’ program.
Farhadi returns to Sarajevo 8 years aft serving arsenic President of nan Jury for nan festival’s characteristic movie title successful 2018, wherever his film Everybody Knows was screened successful nan Open Air program.
The Iranian calved writer-director made his directorial debut with Dancing successful nan Dust in 2002. After nan occurrence of About Elly in 2009, for which he won nan Silver Bear for Best Director astatine Berlinale, Farhadi gained world nickname and captious acclaim with A Separation, which won an Academy Award and a César for Best Foreign Film.
He past near Iran for France to shoot The Past, which earned Bérénice Bejo nan Best Actress Award astatine nan 2013 Cannes Film Festival. After that film, Farhadi returned to Iran to direct The Salesman, which premiered In Competition astatine nan 2016 Cannes Film Festival, wherever it won Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Shahab Hosseini). That movie became Farhadi’s biggest occurrence and earned him nan 2nd Academy Award of his career. In 2021, his film A Hero won nan Grand Prix successful Cannes. His latest film, Parallel Tales, changeable successful France and besides screened successful Cannes earlier this year.
“It is difficult to overstate Asghar Farhadi’s value to world cinema,” said Jovan Marjanović, Director of nan Sarajevo Film Festival. “His singular assemblage of activity reminds america that nan astir profound dramas are often concealed wrong mundane life. His films do not connection easy answers; alternatively they induce america to look much closely, perceive much cautiously and prosecute pinch life’s complexities. We are honored to invited Farhadi backmost to nan show and coming him pinch nan Honorary Heart of Sarajevo.”
The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival takes spot August 14-21, 2026.
