In A Hero, the discovery of a bag of gold coins sets the scene for a knotted Bressonian morality tale. The director is Asghar Farhadi, a filmmaker who has spent his career examining those blurred lines between right and wrong; decency and hubris; righteousness and folly. Taking place in the city of Shiraz, it proves a return to familiar ground for him: both the first he has made in his native Iran after the awful misstep that was Everybody Knows, as well as a return to the moral complexities of A Separation, still his finest film to date.
Farhadi stakes a claim for his latest’s fable credentials with an opening flourish: a weightless craning shot across the marvelous facade of Persepolis, the ancient capital of Persia where visiting nobles would come to present their offerings. Rahim (Amir Jadidi) is not a noble man, per se, but certainly one with...
Farhadi stakes a claim for his latest’s fable credentials with an opening flourish: a weightless craning shot across the marvelous facade of Persepolis, the ancient capital of Persia where visiting nobles would come to present their offerings. Rahim (Amir Jadidi) is not a noble man, per se, but certainly one with...
- 7/17/2021
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
New York, March 10 (Ians) Bengaluru-based job enablement platform HireMee on Wednesday said it has made it to the list of 10 qualified teams in the $5 million Xprize Rapid Reskilling global competition.
Launched in June last year, the Xprize competition incentivises teams to develop and demonstrate the effectiveness of a quick training and reskilling solution for individuals most vulnerable to employment loss in the US.
"As we saw unemployment reach new heights and some jobs completely eliminated as automation accelerated during the pandemic, the Xprize Rapid Reskilling competition became critical in providing pathways to gainful long-term employment," Xprize CEO Anousheh Ansari said in a statement.
There were 118 entries from 20 countries. The 10 qualified teams from 4 countries will now move to the Qualified Teams round of the competition.
The 10 qualified teams will evenly split a 'Milestone Prize' purse of $1,000,000.
"We sought to tap the best leaders, talent and technologies around the world in solving...
Launched in June last year, the Xprize competition incentivises teams to develop and demonstrate the effectiveness of a quick training and reskilling solution for individuals most vulnerable to employment loss in the US.
"As we saw unemployment reach new heights and some jobs completely eliminated as automation accelerated during the pandemic, the Xprize Rapid Reskilling competition became critical in providing pathways to gainful long-term employment," Xprize CEO Anousheh Ansari said in a statement.
There were 118 entries from 20 countries. The 10 qualified teams from 4 countries will now move to the Qualified Teams round of the competition.
The 10 qualified teams will evenly split a 'Milestone Prize' purse of $1,000,000.
"We sought to tap the best leaders, talent and technologies around the world in solving...
- 3/10/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Antonin Baudry unconfined on the Lincoln Center Plaza in June, 2019 Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
A free virtual conversation with Antonin Baudry and Anousheh Ansari on Confinement: From Underwater To Outer Space, moderated by Leah Pisar, Chair of the Aladdin Project, presented by the French Institute Alliance Française in New York, will be held live on Zoom and Facebook, starting at 12:00pm (Edt), Friday, June 12.
Antonin Baudry, aka Abel Lanzac, is the director/screenwriter of the nuclear submarine thriller The Wolf's Call (Le Chant Du Loup), starring François Civil with Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz, Reda Kateb, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Damien Bonnard, Pierre Cevaer, and Paula Beer, shot by Pierre Cottereau. Antonin co-wrote the screenplay for Bertrand Tavernier’s The French Minister (Quai D’Orsay) which was based on his autobiographic graphic novel about his adventures as a speech writer in the French Ministry.
Anousheh Ansari is a CEO of the Xprize Foundation and was the first female.
A free virtual conversation with Antonin Baudry and Anousheh Ansari on Confinement: From Underwater To Outer Space, moderated by Leah Pisar, Chair of the Aladdin Project, presented by the French Institute Alliance Française in New York, will be held live on Zoom and Facebook, starting at 12:00pm (Edt), Friday, June 12.
Antonin Baudry, aka Abel Lanzac, is the director/screenwriter of the nuclear submarine thriller The Wolf's Call (Le Chant Du Loup), starring François Civil with Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz, Reda Kateb, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Damien Bonnard, Pierre Cevaer, and Paula Beer, shot by Pierre Cottereau. Antonin co-wrote the screenplay for Bertrand Tavernier’s The French Minister (Quai D’Orsay) which was based on his autobiographic graphic novel about his adventures as a speech writer in the French Ministry.
Anousheh Ansari is a CEO of the Xprize Foundation and was the first female.
- 6/11/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
While celebrating its 25th anniversary, Xprize, the global leading platform for innovation and impact through incentive competitions, announced five winning concepts during Visioneering 2019, the foundation’s annual gathering to design and evaluate future competitions.
Anousheh Ansari, Jules Ho, Jamee Natella, Pharrell Williams, Peter Diamandis
Credit/Copyright: Xprize
During Visioneering, over 50 Xprize designs were proposed, with five Xprize concepts winning in the categories of food and agriculture, human health and longevity, waste and circular economy, and housing and infrastructure. In the finals, the crowd voted the Charter Communities concept in the housing and infrastructure category as the top winner. The Charter Communities Xprize team was led by visionary artist, producer, songwriter, philanthropist and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams and supported by the Andrew Nikou Foundation and philanthropists like John-Paul Dejoria. The Xprize concept proposed a competition to create transformational public housing alternatives that will provide a self-sustaining life beyond subsidized housing. This latest...
Anousheh Ansari, Jules Ho, Jamee Natella, Pharrell Williams, Peter Diamandis
Credit/Copyright: Xprize
During Visioneering, over 50 Xprize designs were proposed, with five Xprize concepts winning in the categories of food and agriculture, human health and longevity, waste and circular economy, and housing and infrastructure. In the finals, the crowd voted the Charter Communities concept in the housing and infrastructure category as the top winner. The Charter Communities Xprize team was led by visionary artist, producer, songwriter, philanthropist and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams and supported by the Andrew Nikou Foundation and philanthropists like John-Paul Dejoria. The Xprize concept proposed a competition to create transformational public housing alternatives that will provide a self-sustaining life beyond subsidized housing. This latest...
- 10/14/2019
- Look to the Stars
Iranian media outlet hides bare flesh in report of Academy Award win for Asghar Farhadi’s film The Salesman
The victory for Asghar Farhadi’s film The Salesman at the Oscars on 26 February sent a strong message from Hollywood to Us president Donald Trump, whose attempted travel ban caused the director to boycott the ceremony. Trump’s policy was felt by many to have triggered a rash of protest votes for the film – and it is the second time Iran, and Farhadi, have taken the prize this decade.
Such a triumph was proudly reported on back in Iran – but with a few changes. The Iranian Labor News Agency’s coverage of the win included censorship of the outfits worn by presenter Charlize Theron, and by Anousheh Ansari, the first Iranian in space, who accepted the award in lieu of Farhadi.
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The victory for Asghar Farhadi’s film The Salesman at the Oscars on 26 February sent a strong message from Hollywood to Us president Donald Trump, whose attempted travel ban caused the director to boycott the ceremony. Trump’s policy was felt by many to have triggered a rash of protest votes for the film – and it is the second time Iran, and Farhadi, have taken the prize this decade.
Such a triumph was proudly reported on back in Iran – but with a few changes. The Iranian Labor News Agency’s coverage of the win included censorship of the outfits worn by presenter Charlize Theron, and by Anousheh Ansari, the first Iranian in space, who accepted the award in lieu of Farhadi.
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- 3/1/2017
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Sunday’s Academy Awards will be remembered for the Best Picture mix-up at the end of the show, but the night as a whole was undeniably a politically charged one.
Leading up to the Oscars, Asghar Farhadi, director of Best Foreign-Language Film winner “The Salesman,” declined to attend the ceremony, citing Donald Trump’s executive order that banned entry to the United States for citizens of seven Muslim countries. Accepting the award on his behalf was Iranian-American space explorer, Anousheh Ansari, who read a pre-written speech that denounced “dividing the world into categories of ‘us’ and ‘our enemies'” and called for “empathy.”
Read More: Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’ Wins Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
Adding their voice to the congratulations Farhadi received was the U.S. State Department’s official Persian-language Twitter account, who tweeted and almost as quickly deleted their good wishes to the director and the people of Iran.
Leading up to the Oscars, Asghar Farhadi, director of Best Foreign-Language Film winner “The Salesman,” declined to attend the ceremony, citing Donald Trump’s executive order that banned entry to the United States for citizens of seven Muslim countries. Accepting the award on his behalf was Iranian-American space explorer, Anousheh Ansari, who read a pre-written speech that denounced “dividing the world into categories of ‘us’ and ‘our enemies'” and called for “empathy.”
Read More: Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’ Wins Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
Adding their voice to the congratulations Farhadi received was the U.S. State Department’s official Persian-language Twitter account, who tweeted and almost as quickly deleted their good wishes to the director and the people of Iran.
- 2/28/2017
- by Allison Picurro
- Indiewire
by Deborah Lipp
One of Oscar's best moments. Iranian-American engineer Anousheh Ansari accepting on behalf of protesting Asghar Farhadi
If I may use this year’s vernacular, Oscars are woke. Except, well, they can only be woke about one thing at a time. Last year after the Oscars, I wrote about the powerful “spotlight” (see what I did there?) the Oscars brought to the issue of rape and sexual violence. And I’m going to acknowledge, that yes, that was amazing.
But rape is so last year.
This year was all about diversity and inclusion. Those are wonderful topics, those are topics that matter to me. The diversity was beautiful to see. The powerful immigrant voices—from Iran, Mexico, and Italy, among other nations—moved me. It was important that people of color were not merely supporting characters—even though the winners were in the Supporting categories, they supported other people of color.
One of Oscar's best moments. Iranian-American engineer Anousheh Ansari accepting on behalf of protesting Asghar Farhadi
If I may use this year’s vernacular, Oscars are woke. Except, well, they can only be woke about one thing at a time. Last year after the Oscars, I wrote about the powerful “spotlight” (see what I did there?) the Oscars brought to the issue of rape and sexual violence. And I’m going to acknowledge, that yes, that was amazing.
But rape is so last year.
This year was all about diversity and inclusion. Those are wonderful topics, those are topics that matter to me. The diversity was beautiful to see. The powerful immigrant voices—from Iran, Mexico, and Italy, among other nations—moved me. It was important that people of color were not merely supporting characters—even though the winners were in the Supporting categories, they supported other people of color.
- 2/28/2017
- by Deborah Lipp
- FilmExperience
During Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony, Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi won Best Foreign Language Film for The Salesman, but he didn’t attend the event in person because of Donald Trump’s immigration ban. In his place, Iranian-American space traveler Anousheh Ansari read a statement Farhadi had written beforehand that called for empathy and denounced the desire to divide the world into “us and our enemies” just to create a “justification for aggression and war.”
Shortly after that, the U.S. State Department’s official Farsi-language Twitter account tweeted a message of congratulations to Farhadi and the people of Iran, but some time later the tweet was deleted. According to a statement given to Reuters, the State Department had decided that it wanted to “avoid any misperception that [the government] endorsed the comments made in the acceptance speech.” Supposedly, this decision came from within the department and not from a ...
Shortly after that, the U.S. State Department’s official Farsi-language Twitter account tweeted a message of congratulations to Farhadi and the people of Iran, but some time later the tweet was deleted. According to a statement given to Reuters, the State Department had decided that it wanted to “avoid any misperception that [the government] endorsed the comments made in the acceptance speech.” Supposedly, this decision came from within the department and not from a ...
- 2/28/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Oscar's iconic moment and all of the snubs and surprises from the 89th Academy AwardsOscar's iconic moment and all of the snubs and surprises from the 89th Academy AwardsAdriana Floridia2/27/2017 11:21:00 Am
As crazy as that final moment from the 89th Academy Awards was last night, we need to celebrate.
Moonlight, a film made on a budget of 1.5 million dollars, about a gay black man struggling with his identity, is the first Lgbt film to win the Best Picture Oscar. It's also the first Best Picture winner with an all-black cast. Most importantly, its big Best Picture win will open many more opportunities for diverse film-making and the representation of minority voices.
We're still in shock and awe about how it all went down last night, in a major Oscars first. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway took the stage to present the Best Picture winner, the most coveted award a movie can win,...
As crazy as that final moment from the 89th Academy Awards was last night, we need to celebrate.
Moonlight, a film made on a budget of 1.5 million dollars, about a gay black man struggling with his identity, is the first Lgbt film to win the Best Picture Oscar. It's also the first Best Picture winner with an all-black cast. Most importantly, its big Best Picture win will open many more opportunities for diverse film-making and the representation of minority voices.
We're still in shock and awe about how it all went down last night, in a major Oscars first. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway took the stage to present the Best Picture winner, the most coveted award a movie can win,...
- 2/27/2017
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
From Mahershala Ali to Janet Patterson - Screen runs through some of the buzz topics from last night’s Academy Awards.Best Picture
The presentation of best picture at the Academy Awards is arguably the biggest single moment in Hollywood’s calendar, making it all the more remarkable that through a clumsy series of envelope errors, the ceremony managed to temporarily crown La La Land before that film’s producer Jordan Horowitz announced that Moonlight was in fact the winner. Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has since taken the blame.
Echoing the notorious blunder at the 2015 Miss Universe pageant – when presenter Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner (which Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel alluded to by joking “personally, I blame Steve Harvey for this”) – the magnitude of the blunder is unparralleled in Oscar terms but not entirely without precedent.
At the 1934 Oscars Frank Capra took to stage thinking he had won best director for Lady For A Day when he heard...
The presentation of best picture at the Academy Awards is arguably the biggest single moment in Hollywood’s calendar, making it all the more remarkable that through a clumsy series of envelope errors, the ceremony managed to temporarily crown La La Land before that film’s producer Jordan Horowitz announced that Moonlight was in fact the winner. Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has since taken the blame.
Echoing the notorious blunder at the 2015 Miss Universe pageant – when presenter Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner (which Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel alluded to by joking “personally, I blame Steve Harvey for this”) – the magnitude of the blunder is unparralleled in Oscar terms but not entirely without precedent.
At the 1934 Oscars Frank Capra took to stage thinking he had won best director for Lady For A Day when he heard...
- 2/27/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
'La La Land' producer Jordan Horowitz (L) holds up the winner card reading actual Best Picture winner 'Moonlight' with actor Warren Beatty onstage. Beatty opened wrong envelope, mistakenly announced "La La Land" as Best Film. Finally "Moonlight" got best Oscar award. It was the most dramatic moment in the history of the Academy Awards. "There's a mistake. Moonlight, you won best picture," Fred Berger, the La La Land producer, announced to the gasps of a shocked crowd. He held up the card clearly showing the winner was Moonlight. It was an extraordinary scene. The La La Land team was halfway through their victory speeches when it was noticed that the wrong film's name had been read out by Warren Beatty and that Moonlight was actually the winner. Finally, the stars and crew of La La Land shuffled off the stage and handed their gold statuettes to a jubilant Moonlight team.
- 2/27/2017
- FilmiPop
How the winners reacted at this year’s uneventful Oscars.
Read more:
Oscars 2017: Full list of winners
Oscars best picture gaffe sends Academy into tailspin
Hollywood reacts to Oscars best picture gaffe
Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt (best picture, La La Land), on stage:
Berger: “We lost by the way, but you know.”
Horowitz: “Guys, I’m sorry, no, there’s a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture.”
Platt: “This is not a joke, I’m afraid they read the wrong thing.”
Barry Jenkins (best picture, Moonlight, after La La Land was originally announced as the winner) on stage:
“Very clearly, even in my dreams this could not be true, but to hell with dreams, I’m done with it because this is true, oh my goodness.
“And I have to say, and it is true it’s not fake, we’ve been on the road with these guys for so long and that...
Read more:
Oscars 2017: Full list of winners
Oscars best picture gaffe sends Academy into tailspin
Hollywood reacts to Oscars best picture gaffe
Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt (best picture, La La Land), on stage:
Berger: “We lost by the way, but you know.”
Horowitz: “Guys, I’m sorry, no, there’s a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture.”
Platt: “This is not a joke, I’m afraid they read the wrong thing.”
Barry Jenkins (best picture, Moonlight, after La La Land was originally announced as the winner) on stage:
“Very clearly, even in my dreams this could not be true, but to hell with dreams, I’m done with it because this is true, oh my goodness.
“And I have to say, and it is true it’s not fake, we’ve been on the road with these guys for so long and that...
- 2/27/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Was there a bigger star in attendance than Gary from Chicago? What must Donald Trump have made of it all? Here is what we learned from this year’s Academy Awards – aside from the need for more clearly labelled envelopes
It was anticipated to be the most politically vocal Oscars ceremony in a generation – but aside from a handful of neat jokes and pointed references, Donald Trump came away relatively unscathed by Hollywood’s elite. The most vociferous statement came from the Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who won the best foreign language film award for The Salesman. He boycotted the ceremony over Trump’s travel ban, saying in a statement read out by the first Muslim woman in space, Anousheh Ansari: “My absence is out of respect for the people of my country, and those of the other six nations who have been disrespected by the inhumane law that...
It was anticipated to be the most politically vocal Oscars ceremony in a generation – but aside from a handful of neat jokes and pointed references, Donald Trump came away relatively unscathed by Hollywood’s elite. The most vociferous statement came from the Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who won the best foreign language film award for The Salesman. He boycotted the ceremony over Trump’s travel ban, saying in a statement read out by the first Muslim woman in space, Anousheh Ansari: “My absence is out of respect for the people of my country, and those of the other six nations who have been disrespected by the inhumane law that...
- 2/27/2017
- by Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Lanre Bakare, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywood’s biggest night — and the glitzy, glam-filled capper of the annual awards season — unfolded Sunday at Hollywood & Highland’s Dolby Theatre, where the entertainment industry’s biggest and brightest turned out en masse to celebrate (and potentially walk away with a statuette of their very own). By the time Oscar Sunday bowed (a little dark, a touch rainy) there was still plenty left up in the air (though few could predict the wild turn the ceremony eventually took in its final moments).
Ultimately, big nominee “La La Land” walked away with 6 Oscars — including Best Actress and Best Director — though there’s no question the biggest story of the night (of the year? of the Oscars ever?) was an announcing flub from Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, who initially announced that “La La Land” had won Best Picture, before issuing a correction that the accolade actually belonged to Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight.
Ultimately, big nominee “La La Land” walked away with 6 Oscars — including Best Actress and Best Director — though there’s no question the biggest story of the night (of the year? of the Oscars ever?) was an announcing flub from Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, who initially announced that “La La Land” had won Best Picture, before issuing a correction that the accolade actually belonged to Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight.
- 2/27/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
These were supposed to be the Academy Awards of Trump. These were supposed to be the Oscars where every joke, every speech, every absent nominee (except for Natalie Portman) was in reference to the two-bit reality television star who — despite claiming that he wouldn’t be tuning in — probably had a television installed in the Oval Office just so he could watch the broadcast. And, for almost four hours, they kind of were. And then someone handed Warren Beatty the wrong envelope and the night was given a Hollywood ending unlike anything we had ever seen.
But, as much as “La La Land” producer Jordan Horowitz’s urgent, eminently generous handoff of the Best Picture prize end up becoming the defining story, Trump still loomed over a large part of the evening. If anything, the mix-up spared him an additional burn after he had been charred by one celebrity after another.
But, as much as “La La Land” producer Jordan Horowitz’s urgent, eminently generous handoff of the Best Picture prize end up becoming the defining story, Trump still loomed over a large part of the evening. If anything, the mix-up spared him an additional burn after he had been charred by one celebrity after another.
- 2/27/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The film world is still recovering from Best Picture blunder unlike anything the Oscars has seen, but let’s not let that overshadow the rest of the night.
The evening was not short on inspirational speeches, one of the most powerful coming from someone who wasn’t even there: Asghar Farhadi. The Iranian filmmaker won Best Foreign Film for “The Salesman,” and engineer and the first female space tourist Anousheh Ansari, accepted the Oscar from his behalf, read from a prepared statement from the director who spoke about against Trump’s “inhumane law” regarding the Muslim ban.
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The evening was not short on inspirational speeches, one of the most powerful coming from someone who wasn’t even there: Asghar Farhadi. The Iranian filmmaker won Best Foreign Film for “The Salesman,” and engineer and the first female space tourist Anousheh Ansari, accepted the Oscar from his behalf, read from a prepared statement from the director who spoke about against Trump’s “inhumane law” regarding the Muslim ban.
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- 2/27/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
There isn't a screenwriter in Hollywood who could have written a twist that's both as shocking and joyous as the end of the 2017 Oscars. As the producers of La La Land were giving acceptance speeches for what they thought was a Best Picture win, the film's producers learned that they had in fact lost – to Moonlight. "Personally, I blame Steve Harvey for this," quipped host Jimmy Kimmel as the cast and crew of Moonlight ascended the stage for what turned out to be a peaceful transition of power.
Presenter Warren Beatty...
Presenter Warren Beatty...
- 2/27/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Just two years after the #OscarsSoWhite controversy highlighted the Academy Awards’ diversity problems, Sunday’s ceremony saw a varied slate of winners and nominees — concluding with an upset win for Best Picture, with Moonlight triumphing over La La Land.
And in a frequently political show, diversity was a topic addressed by stars onstage and around the world.
Mahershala Ali, the first winner of the night, was also the first Muslim in the Academy’s history to win the Best Supporting Actor award. He took home the trophy for his role in Moonlight.
Not long after, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and...
And in a frequently political show, diversity was a topic addressed by stars onstage and around the world.
Mahershala Ali, the first winner of the night, was also the first Muslim in the Academy’s history to win the Best Supporting Actor award. He took home the trophy for his role in Moonlight.
Not long after, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and...
- 2/27/2017
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
In a shock finale to Sunday’s 89th Academy Awards, the drama was named best picture moments after La La Land had been declared the winner in error.Read: Oscars 2017: Full list of winners
Faye Dunaway had announced the musical as the winner at the Dolby Theatre after co-presenter Warren Beatty, who opened the envelope and appeared lost for words, handed it to his Bonnie And Clyde co-star.
As chaos reigned, Beatty walked up to the microphone and explained the envelope read, “Emma Stone, La La Land”.
The actress had already received her best actress Oscar in one of the key awards of the night alongside Casey Affleck’s triumph in the best actor category for Manchester By The Sea.
La La Land won six Oscars on the night led by Stone and Damien Chazelle, who became the youngest person to win the best directing Oscar. The film started the night on a joint-record 14 nominations.
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Faye Dunaway had announced the musical as the winner at the Dolby Theatre after co-presenter Warren Beatty, who opened the envelope and appeared lost for words, handed it to his Bonnie And Clyde co-star.
As chaos reigned, Beatty walked up to the microphone and explained the envelope read, “Emma Stone, La La Land”.
The actress had already received her best actress Oscar in one of the key awards of the night alongside Casey Affleck’s triumph in the best actor category for Manchester By The Sea.
La La Land won six Oscars on the night led by Stone and Damien Chazelle, who became the youngest person to win the best directing Oscar. The film started the night on a joint-record 14 nominations.
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- 2/27/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Iranian film The Salesman won the prize for Best Foreign Language Film, although its director Asghar Farhadi stayed home as a way to protest President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which prohibits citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries — Iran among them — from entering the United States. The order was blocked by a federal court. On Sunday night, Anousheh Ansari accepted the […]
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- 2/27/2017
- by Pablo Mena
- Uinterview
As much as the 89th annual Academy Awards were about the celebrities and the fashion, it was also about politics.
From winners to presenters to host Jimmy Kimmel, there were plenty of President Donald Trump-centric moments — and many happened without even saying his name. The broadcast hit on controversial topics including the immigration ban executive order, fake news and a member of Trump’s cabinet.
Here are all the political mentions during Sunday’s show (so far):
And the winner for most Trump mentions is … Kimmel!
The host did not hold back as he took aim at the president,...
From winners to presenters to host Jimmy Kimmel, there were plenty of President Donald Trump-centric moments — and many happened without even saying his name. The broadcast hit on controversial topics including the immigration ban executive order, fake news and a member of Trump’s cabinet.
Here are all the political mentions during Sunday’s show (so far):
And the winner for most Trump mentions is … Kimmel!
The host did not hold back as he took aim at the president,...
- 2/27/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
As expected, Asghar Farhadi was not in the Dolby Theatre when his drama The Salesman won Best Foreign Language Film, having declared that he would not attend the Oscar ceremony due to Donald Trump’s immigration ban. Iranian-American Anousheh Ansari, the first Muslim woman to travel to space, took the stage on his behalf alongside Firouz Nader to share words the director had prepared. “I’m sorry I’m not with you tonight,” the statement read. “My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of other six nations whom have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the U.S.”
While condemning Trump’s policy, Farhadi also called for filmmakers to make work that elicits “empathy” between cultures. He said: “Dividing the world into the ‘us and our enemies’ categories creates fear, a deceitful justification for aggression and war...
While condemning Trump’s policy, Farhadi also called for filmmakers to make work that elicits “empathy” between cultures. He said: “Dividing the world into the ‘us and our enemies’ categories creates fear, a deceitful justification for aggression and war...
- 2/27/2017
- by Esther Zuckerman
- avclub.com
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi spoke out against President Trump's travel ban in a poignant statement ready by Anousheh Ansari after the filmmaker won Best Foreign Language Film for The Salesman at the 2017 Academy Awards.
Farhadi announced that he would not attend this year's ceremony in protest of the ban, which prohibited immigrants and travelers from seven countries, including Iran, from entering the United States. While the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals later halted the executive order, the Trump administration has vowed to replace it with a similar order soon.
In his statement,...
Farhadi announced that he would not attend this year's ceremony in protest of the ban, which prohibited immigrants and travelers from seven countries, including Iran, from entering the United States. While the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals later halted the executive order, the Trump administration has vowed to replace it with a similar order soon.
In his statement,...
- 2/27/2017
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump‘s executive order banning citizens from seven Middle Eastern countries from entering the U.S. may be lifted, but an Iranian director previously affected by the controversial directive made good on his promise to sit out the awards show for political reasons.
On Sunday night, Asghar Farhadi was not present to accept his Best Foreign Film Oscar for The Salesman.
Instead, he sent Iranian American engineer Anousheh Ansari, known as the first female space tourist, to accept the award on his behalf and read a statement from the filmmaker.
“I’m sorry I’m not with you tonight.
On Sunday night, Asghar Farhadi was not present to accept his Best Foreign Film Oscar for The Salesman.
Instead, he sent Iranian American engineer Anousheh Ansari, known as the first female space tourist, to accept the award on his behalf and read a statement from the filmmaker.
“I’m sorry I’m not with you tonight.
- 2/27/2017
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
Iran’s “The Salesman” took home the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, as expected, but director Asghar Farhadi decided to avoid the long trip from Tehran to Los Angeles. Not out of disrespect to the academy, but because he felt disrespected by the new administration. Farhadi decided to boycott the ceremony after President Donald Trump instituted his travel ban, barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, from traveling to the United States. Iranian-American engineer Anousheh Ansari accepted the award on Farhadi’s behalf and read a statement from the director. “It’s a great honor to be receiving...
- 2/27/2017
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
In a decisive choice to cap a tumultuous awards season among foreign films, Asghar Farhadi and “The Salesman” won for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday night in Hollywood, California.
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The award has garnered increased attention in recent weeks, with increased restrictions on international travel to the United States. Nominee Asghar Farhadi announced at the end of January that he would not be attending the ceremony. In a show of solidarity, the directors of all five nominated films released a joint statement, condemning a global uptick in nationalist ideals and reaffirming cinema as a safe place to express common humanity.
“Dividing the world into the ‘us and our enemies’ categories creates fear, a deceitful justification for aggression and war. These wars prevent democracy and human rights in countries which have themselves been victims of aggression,...
Read More: Foreign Language Film Directors Discuss Common Ground, Rivalries at Palm Springs Contenders Panel
The award has garnered increased attention in recent weeks, with increased restrictions on international travel to the United States. Nominee Asghar Farhadi announced at the end of January that he would not be attending the ceremony. In a show of solidarity, the directors of all five nominated films released a joint statement, condemning a global uptick in nationalist ideals and reaffirming cinema as a safe place to express common humanity.
“Dividing the world into the ‘us and our enemies’ categories creates fear, a deceitful justification for aggression and war. These wars prevent democracy and human rights in countries which have themselves been victims of aggression,...
- 2/27/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Asghar Farhadi and Gael Garcia Bernal spoke out against the Us president.
A show that will forever be remembered for its stunning error-strewn finale had for the most part presented a dignified reflection of the political turmoil that has engulfed the Us since the election of Donald Trump.
While show host Jimmy Kimmel peppered his first stint as presenter with political gags and baited Trump on Twitter, others struck a more serious note.
The best foreign-language win for Asghar Farhadi’s Iranian drama The Salesman was the biggest political statement of the night and trumped Maren Ade’s German contender Toni Erdmann to win the best foreign-language award.
As previously announced, Farhadi planned to boycott the show in protest over the White House’s immigration policy and he made good on his promise. Through a statement read out by Iranian astronaut and engineer Anousheh Ansari who accepted the Oscar on his behalf, the director...
A show that will forever be remembered for its stunning error-strewn finale had for the most part presented a dignified reflection of the political turmoil that has engulfed the Us since the election of Donald Trump.
While show host Jimmy Kimmel peppered his first stint as presenter with political gags and baited Trump on Twitter, others struck a more serious note.
The best foreign-language win for Asghar Farhadi’s Iranian drama The Salesman was the biggest political statement of the night and trumped Maren Ade’s German contender Toni Erdmann to win the best foreign-language award.
As previously announced, Farhadi planned to boycott the show in protest over the White House’s immigration policy and he made good on his promise. Through a statement read out by Iranian astronaut and engineer Anousheh Ansari who accepted the Oscar on his behalf, the director...
- 2/26/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” is considered by many to be the frontrunner for the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, but the writer/director won’t be attending tonight’s ceremony. Farhadi — who previously won the prize for “A Separation” — has chosen to boycott the Oscars due to Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, which has since suffered several defeats in court. Going in the filmmaker’s stead are two Iranian-Americans: Anousheh Ansari and Firouz Naderi.
Read More: ‘The Salesman’ Director Asghar Farhadi Won’t Attend Oscars, Citing Muslim Ban
Ansari, who moved to the United States in 1984, is a space tourist with the distinction of being the first Iranian in space, the first Muslim in space and the first self-funded female explorer to make her way to the International Space Station; Naderi worked at Nasa for more than three decades, including stints as director of Solar System Exploration and...
Read More: ‘The Salesman’ Director Asghar Farhadi Won’t Attend Oscars, Citing Muslim Ban
Ansari, who moved to the United States in 1984, is a space tourist with the distinction of being the first Iranian in space, the first Muslim in space and the first self-funded female explorer to make her way to the International Space Station; Naderi worked at Nasa for more than three decades, including stints as director of Solar System Exploration and...
- 2/26/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has recruited two prominent Iranian Americans to represent him at the Academy Awards on Sunday. Farhadi’s “The Salesman” is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but the filmmaker is boycotting the event because of President Trump’s continued attempt to ban travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering America. Anousheh Ansari, who was the first female space tourist, and Firouz Naderi, a former director of Solar Systems Exploration at Nasa, will represent “The Salesman” on Sunday night, despite having zero ties to the film industry. Also Read: Oscar Nominated Director Asghar Farhadi to Speak...
- 2/25/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
The filmmakers behind the five movies nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at Sunday's Academy Awards banded together for a joint statement to "express our unanimous and emphatic disapproval of the climate of fanaticism and nationalism we see today in the U.S."
"The fear generated by dividing us into genders, colors, religions and sexualities as a means to justify violence destroys the things that we depend on – not only as artists but as humans: the diversity of cultures, the chance to be enriched by something seemingly 'foreign' and the...
"The fear generated by dividing us into genders, colors, religions and sexualities as a means to justify violence destroys the things that we depend on – not only as artists but as humans: the diversity of cultures, the chance to be enriched by something seemingly 'foreign' and the...
- 2/25/2017
- Rollingstone.com
After Donald Trump first put his immigration ban into effect, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi announced that he would not attend the Oscars regardless of whether or not he would be permitted to do so. Though the ban has since ben halted by a federal appeals court, Farhadi will still not be present Sunday, nor reportedly will anyone else involved in the making of his Best Foreign Language Film nominee The Salesman. Instead, according to Variety, Farhadi’s publicist has revealed that the movie will be represented by Anousheh Ansari and Firouz Naderi, two Iranian Americans, both of whom are known for their dedication to the subject of space exploration. Ansari is an entrepreneur who earned the superlatives of “first female private space explorer” and “first astronaut of Iranian descent” in 2006. Naderi, meanwhile, is a veteran of Nasa who in his time there served as director of Solar System Exploration ...
- 2/24/2017
- by Esther Zuckerman
- avclub.com
Iran's The Salesman has won best foreign-language film at the Oscars.
Asghar Farhadi's film was nominated alongside Land of Mine (Denmark - Martin Pieter Zandvliet), A Man Called Ove (Sweden - Hannes Holm), Tanna (Australia - Bentley Dean, Martin Butler) and Toni Erdmann (Germany - Maren Ade).
Anousheh Ansari accepted the award on behalf of Farhadi, reading from a statement that he sent for the awards show: "I'm sorry I'm not with you tonight. My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of other six nations who have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to...
Asghar Farhadi's film was nominated alongside Land of Mine (Denmark - Martin Pieter Zandvliet), A Man Called Ove (Sweden - Hannes Holm), Tanna (Australia - Bentley Dean, Martin Butler) and Toni Erdmann (Germany - Maren Ade).
Anousheh Ansari accepted the award on behalf of Farhadi, reading from a statement that he sent for the awards show: "I'm sorry I'm not with you tonight. My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of other six nations who have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to...
- 2/24/2017
- by Jennifer Konerman,Farnoush Amiri
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The six nominated directors in the best foreign-language Oscar category on Friday issued a stirring joint statement two days before the Academy Awards.
Denmark’s Martin Zandvliet, Sweden’s Hannes Holm, Iran’s Asghar Farhadi, Germany’s Maren Ade, and Martin Butler and Bentley Dean from Australia decried the wave of nationalism that has taken root in the Us and may other countries.
The six filmmakers (Australia’s Tanna is directed by two people) dedicated the foreign-language Oscar – regardless of who wins on Sunday – to “all the people, artists, journalists and activists who are working to foster unity and understanding, and who uphold freedom of expression and human dignity – values whose protection is now more important than ever.”
As previously reported, Farhadi is boycotting the ceremony in protest over Us president Donald Trump’s short-lived executive order banning entry to citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Sudan and Somalia.
The order has...
Denmark’s Martin Zandvliet, Sweden’s Hannes Holm, Iran’s Asghar Farhadi, Germany’s Maren Ade, and Martin Butler and Bentley Dean from Australia decried the wave of nationalism that has taken root in the Us and may other countries.
The six filmmakers (Australia’s Tanna is directed by two people) dedicated the foreign-language Oscar – regardless of who wins on Sunday – to “all the people, artists, journalists and activists who are working to foster unity and understanding, and who uphold freedom of expression and human dignity – values whose protection is now more important than ever.”
As previously reported, Farhadi is boycotting the ceremony in protest over Us president Donald Trump’s short-lived executive order banning entry to citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Sudan and Somalia.
The order has...
- 2/24/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
As part of its 35th anniversary celebrations, the Margaret Mead Film Festival at New York's American Museum of Natural History will screen Space Tourists on Friday, November 11, at 8pm.
The film, directed by Academy Award-nominee Christian Frei, will then move from the silver screen to the TV screen, airing on Documentary Channel on Sunday, November 13, at 8pm.
For Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American billionaire raised during the glory days of American and Soviet space exploration, no price is too high when it comes to travelling to the International Space Station.
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, formerly secret installations are now open to the public with enough money to fund their space travel fantasies.
In 2006, Ansari paid $20million for her journey. While she lives out her dream high above the Earth, photographer Jonas Bendiksen takes a ground tour of remote Kazakhstan where the shuttle launches are tracked by scrap metal...
The film, directed by Academy Award-nominee Christian Frei, will then move from the silver screen to the TV screen, airing on Documentary Channel on Sunday, November 13, at 8pm.
For Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American billionaire raised during the glory days of American and Soviet space exploration, no price is too high when it comes to travelling to the International Space Station.
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, formerly secret installations are now open to the public with enough money to fund their space travel fantasies.
In 2006, Ansari paid $20million for her journey. While she lives out her dream high above the Earth, photographer Jonas Bendiksen takes a ground tour of remote Kazakhstan where the shuttle launches are tracked by scrap metal...
- 10/14/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
If there is one thing I can accuse of acclaimed director Christian Frei (War Photographer), it is that he somehow made a boring documentary about space exploration. This is not an insult to him or his film, it is kind of the raison d'etre, because humanity has somehow taken the majesty and the glory of the Soviet and American Space Race, and turned it into a mundane commodity for the rich and surprisingly the poor as well. From Neil Armstrong's famous words from the moon, to a Pizza Hut logo on one of the space shuttle rocket boosters, we've come a long way from that starry eyed ideals of the final frontier. And the beleaguered Russian space program, gutted at the collapse of the Soviet Union more than a decade ago, relies on selling the 'third seat' on its Soyuz rockets to various rich software engineers or the founder...
- 4/30/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Having seen Christian Frei's War Photographer nearly a decade ago, I wasn't sure what to expect from his new documentary about the post-Soviet effort to finance Russia's Space Program. War Photographer had earned an Oscar nomination, and now the Swiss documentarian returned to Sundance for the Us premiere of Space Tourists, which vied in the World Documentary Competition. As its title suggests, the film trains its lens on lay visitors to outer space, a funding source for the Russians to keep their shuttle flying while Nasa plans to discontinue the American program. Frei follows Iranian-American multimillionaire Anousheh Ansari as she undergoes ersatz cosmonaut training en route to becoming the world's first female space tourist. She herself is armed with a camera, and her footage on board the International Space Station is some of the most intimate, breathtaking imagery we will ever see from outer space. As Ansari launches into orbit,...
- 2/22/2010
- by Brad Balfour
- Huffington Post
Space Tourists is one of 12 films selected from 782 international documentary submissions for this year's World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. An age-old dream of man is to leave our planet as a normal person and travel into outer space. For 20 million dollars, the American Anousheh Ansari was able to fulfill this childhood dream. This documentary follows her journey into space and shows everyday life as it is on the International Space Station. This terrific beauty is set in contrast to the crazy trips taken by Kazakh rocket debris collectors in their hunt for the coveted carrot-shaped rocket stages, which literally fall out of the sky and are collected by men with trucks the size of dinosaurs. With breathtaking images, Space Tourists takes its audience into a fascinating world full of of wonder and surprise. Encounters with the least likely people imaginable. Places even stranger ...
- 12/28/2009
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
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