Asghar Farhadi
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Asghar Farhadi (born 7 May 1972) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Farhadi has received two Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for his films A Separation (2012) and The Salesman (2016), making him one of the few directors worldwide who have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film twice.
In 2012, he was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
Early life
Farhadi was born in Homayoon Shahr, a city located in the Isfahan Province near the city of Isfahan. At the age of 15, in 1987, he joined the Isfahan branch office of the Iranian Youth Cinema Society, which had been established for 4 years earlier and he made several short films. He is also a graduate of theatre, with a BA in dramatic arts and MA in stage direction from University of Tehran and Tarbiat Modares University, respectively.
Career
Farhadi produced several short 8 mm and 16 mm films in the Iranian Young Cinema Society's Isfahan branch before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for IRIB. He produced A Tale of a City and co-wrote the screenplay for Ebrahim Hatamikia's Low Heights, as well as directing such television series as A Tale of a City. Farhadi made his debut with Dancing in the Dust in 2003. In 2004, he met The Beautiful City, which was released in 2004. At the 2006 Chicago International Film Festival, Fireworks Wednesday, his third film, was a winner.
About Elly, Farhadi's fourth film, received the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 59th International Film Festival and also Best Picture at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009. The new film is about a group of Iranians who take a trip to the Iranian beaches of the Caspian Sea that turns tragic. About Elly, filmmaker and critic David Bordwell, has dubbed it a masterpiece.
The Iran Society of Film Critics recognized his film A Separation on the 29th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran on February 9, 2011. It earned Farhadi four prizes, including Best Director (for the third time after Fireworks Wednesday and About Elly), and Best Director (for the third time after Fireworks Wednesday and About Elly). It was also competed in the 61st Berlin International Film Festival for best film on February 15, 2011, becoming the first Iranian film to win the prize. A Separation won the Sydney Film Prize in June 2011 in competition with Cannes Festival's winner The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick. It also received the Best Film award at the 2011 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Farhadi was listed as a jury member of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival on December 19, 2011, which took place in February 2012.
A Separation was named the Best Foreign Language Film by the Golden Globe in January 2012. In addition to being nominated in this category, the film was also selected in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2012 Academy Awards, where it was also named in the Best Original Screenplay category. A Separation became the first Iranian film to win the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 84th Academy Awards on February 26, 2012. Farhadi was the first Iranian to have been honoured by an Academy Award in any of the competitive categories. In June 2012, he and 175 others were invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2012, A Separation was also recognized for Best Foreign Film and the Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film.
The Past, starring Bérénice Bejo and Tahar Rahim, was released in 2013. This will be Farhadi's first film in the French language. At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or. Bejo received the Best Actress Award at Cannes for her role in the film.
The film has received universal critical acclaim. On review website Rotten Tomatoes, it has received a 93% "certified fresh" rating, based on 144 reviewers with a weighted average score of 8.2/10 and the site's consensus: "Beautifully written, flexibly guided, and a strong reaction, The Past serves as yet another strong testimony to Asghar Farhadi's gift for finely layered drama." Based on 41 reviews, the film has a normalized score of 85 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim."
At the 86th Academy Awards as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film, the film was not nominated.
At the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, his 2016 film The Salesman starring Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti, received two awards: Best Actor for Shahab Hosseini and Best Screenplay for Farhadi.
At the 89th Academy Awards in February 2017, Farhadi received his second Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for The Salesman. The Salesman had already been nominated for the Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival. Farhadi said he would not attend the 2017 Academy Awards after Donald Trump's executive order prohibiting Iranians from entering the country. He revealed that two well-known Iranian Americans, Anousheh Ansari and Firouz Naderi, would attend the event. Anousheh Ansari, the first female space tourist and the first Iranian in space, has been renowned, as well as NASA's Naderi as the head of Solar Systems Exploration. Via a video link from Iran, he briefly addressed a group of protesters in London just hours before the event. Sadiq Khan, the city's Mayor, screened the film in Trafalgar Square as a symbol of the city's diversity. "This family is off to a great start," he told them. "I hope this movement will persist and expand," Trump said, because it has the ability to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of terrorism, and insist that oppressive political powers everywhere."
Farhadi had a prepared address read by Anousheh Ansari after winning the Academy Award for the second time. Farhadi's post read: "I'm sorry I'm not with you tonight." "My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of the other six nations that have been disadvantaged by the inhumane legislation that has barred the admission of immigrants to the United States." The separation of the world into the us and our enemies groups has sparked fear, as well as a deceptive justification for violence and war. These conflicts have weakened democracy and human rights in nations that have been victims of war. Filmmakers can turn their cameras to capture shared human characteristics and debunk myths of various nationalities and faiths. They foster empathy between us and others, a feeling we all need more than ever." The five directors nominated for foreign language film released a joint statement, which USA Today obtained, condemning "the climate of fanaticism and nationalism" in the United States, among other nations. Farhadi, Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann), Hannes Holm (A Man Called Ove), Martin Zandvliet (Land of Mine), and Bentley Dean Martin Butler (Tanna) said that no matter which film win, the Oscar is given to "all the people, writers, journalists, and activists who are promoting peace and understanding, and that protect freedom and human dignity."
Farhadi produced his eighth feature film, Everybody Knows, starring Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, and Ricardo Darin in 2018. The film, a Spanish psychological thriller, premiered at the 71st Cannes Film Festival, where it was competing for the Palme d'Or in a competition.
The director confirmed with Ikon London Magazine that he would come to London West End with his performance at the Toronto premiere of Everybody Knows. "I know there are a lot of great plays every day," he said. And I wish I did a play one day. It is not far. "It's our scheme."
Critical acclaim has earned a 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, with analysts lauding the two leads but noting that the film meets Farhadi's usual high expectations.
Farhadi's 9th feature film is called A Hero. Alexandre Mallet-Guy co-produced the piece. This film was shot in Shiraz, Iran, and narrates a social theme. Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Feresh Sadr Orafaei, Sarina Farhadi, and Sahar Goldoust appear in this film. On October 20, 2021, the film was announced as the representative of Iranian cinema in the 94th Academy Awards.
Farhadi had been found guilty by an Iranian court on suspicion of plagiarism for allegedly stealing the A Hero's premise from a previous film student of Farhadi in April 2022. In reality, he was only indicted.