The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) has raised alarm about the Iranian authorities’ “increased efforts in the past weeks to detain, persecute, and otherwise limit the freedom of film professionals.”
In a statement on December 12, the Amsterdam-based coalition cited the cases of Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha, who have been banned from traveling and are facing a court trial in relation to their upcoming film.
It said that a detained filmmaker, Zahra Shafiee Dehaghani, is expected to appear in court soon, writer and director Navin Mihandoust is serving a three-year prison sentence, and director Mohammad Rasoulof is “still banned from traveling and under constant threat of further prosecution by the regime.”
The ICFR reiterated its demand for “an end to an environment of fear, censorship and constant scrutiny in which filmmakers are forced to work and live.”
It urged the international film community to raise their voices in support of the Iranian filmmakers “until they are allowed to travel, make their films and live their lives in safety and freedom.”
The coalition was founded by the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, International Film Festival Rotterdam and the European Film Academy.
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