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Once again, an Iranian director – Mohammad Rasoulof – was stopped from attending Cannes Film Festival. The annual festival begins on May 14 and ends on May 25.
And, Towards Happy Alleys review: Sreemoyee Singh's camera sensitively traces the growing climate of Iranian resistance through interviews and poetic anecdotes.
Good afternoon Insiders and welcome to this week's newsletter, Max Goldbart here with my hand on the tiller. Netflix was in London this week and there was plenty else going on for you to digest over lunch. Read on. And sign up and subscribe here.
Director has not been able to leave Iran since 2009 after incurring wrath of govt for attending funeral of a student shot dead in the Green Revolution
The award-winning director who was released from prison in February is rumoured to be a juror at Cannes