These empty chairs marked the absence of Iranian directors,
Maria Mu Goddam and Bates Snaha at the Berlin Film
Festival on Friday. The two directors are meant to
present their film. My favorite cake, a late
in life romance of liberation from morality rules. But
the Iranian authorities prevented them from traveling. Lead actor
Lily Farhad pour, read out a statement from the
directors at the press conference. We are forbidden from
joining you and watching a movie on the silver screen
that is about love, about life and also about
freedom, a lost treasure in our country. The
statement said the film festival's organizers in a statement on
February 1 called for authorities to reverse their decisions.
Iranian officials could not be reached for comment on Friday
the weekend in Iran. But media reports have said
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