Banned Iranian director coming to Cannes
Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in Iran, has been sentenced to jail by government.
CANNES (AP) - Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime, is coming to Cannes for a screening of his latest film.
"Manuscripts Don t Burn" tells the story of an Iranian author secretly writing his memoirs and the authorities attempts to destroy the manuscript.
Publicists for the movie said Rasoulof would attend Friday s official screening. The film is competing in Cannes sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard.
In 2010, Rasoulof and fellow director Jafar Panahi were arrested in Iran for filming without a permit, sentenced to prison and banned from filmmaking. Rasoulof is currently on bail.
His film "Goodbye" won a prize at Cannes in 2011, but the director wasn t allowed to travel to France to accept it.
