The iranian director Asghar Farhadi, Oscar-nominated in the category Best Foreign language Film The Traveler (The Salesman), will not be able to attend the awards ceremony, which will take place February 26 in Los Angeles, as a result of the order on immigration approved by the president of the united States, Donald Trump.
confirmed Trita Parsi, president of the National Council of Iranian American, a well-known organization that promotes relations between the two countries.
A priori, all iranian except those with certain diplomatic passports you are banned temporarily your entry to the U.S., according to the recent decision by Trump to prohibit the entry into that country to citizens of Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Somalia, Libya and Yemen.
Farhadi, who in 2012 had won an Oscar for his film A separation, competing as well for his second golden statuette.
The protagonist of the film, Taraneh Alidoosti, has already announced that no he would attend to the ceremony as a protest of the measures that then preparing to Trump.
After hearing the news, the Academy of Hollywood expressed its concern and solidarity with the filmmaker by means of a press release.
“As the companions of the filmmakers, and human rights defenders around the world, we see extremely worrying that Asghar Farhadi, director-winner of the Oscar for The Separation (Separation), along with the cast and team of the nominated The traveling Salesman (The Salesman), may be inhibited from attending the ceremony by their religion, country or origin”.
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