The film 'Fig Tree Seeds' nominated for three European Film Awards

The nominees for the European Film Awards, commonly known as the 'European Oscars', have been announced, with the film 'Fig Tree Seeds' directed by Mohammad Rasoulof nominated in three categories: Best Film, Director, and Screenplay. The list of nominees was released on Tuesday, November 6, and Rasoulof's film is nominated alongside works such as 'Emilia Perez' by Jacques Audiard and 'The Side Room' by Pedro Almodóvar in the main categories of these prestigious awards. These two films have received the highest number of nominations, with four each. 'Fig Tree Seeds' was first screened at the last Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury's Special Prize. This film, which represents Germany at this year's Oscars, was publicly released in France last month and has attracted over half a million viewers in the country. 'Fig Tree Seeds' was made in Tehran without adhering to the censorship laws of the Islamic Republic and features Iranian actors and crew, but is presented as a co-production of Iran, Germany, and France. Mohammad Rasoulof secretly left Iran after making this film and receiving an eight-year prison and flogging sentence due to his continuous criticism of the Islamic Republic; he is currently residing in Hamburg, Germany. He previously stated in an interview with Radio Farda that the story of his new film 'provides a close-to-reality image of the women's movement in Iran', describing it as a tribute from the film's team to the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement. The nominees for the European Film Awards are selected based on the opinions of about five thousand cinema professionals and activists in Europe. The final winners of the European Film Awards will be announced at a ceremony held on December 7 in Lucerne, Switzerland.