Jafar Panahi Urges Filmmakers to Speak Out at European Film Awards: ‘Silence Is a Participation in Darkness’
The 38th European Film Awards, which is taking place today in Berlin, was opened by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who spoke about the terrible bloodshed and oppression in his homeland, and the importance of speaking out. “When the truth is crushed in one place, freedom suffocates everywhere,” he said. “Then no one is safe anywhere […]
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