The Seed of The Sacred Fig
Mohammad Rasoulof (1973, Iran) is an independent filmmaker. He studied sociology at Shiraz University, and film editing at Sooreh Higher Education Institute in Tehran. He made six short films in the period 1991-1999. On December 20, 2010, he was sentenced by the Iranian government to six years in prison on charges of “assembly, collusion, and propagandizing against the regime”. The sentence was later reduced to a conditional sentence of one year and a ban on making films. Since then Rasoulof makes his film clandestinely, starting with MANUSCRIPTS DON’T BURN (2013). After winning the Un Certain Regard competition in Cannes with A MAN OF INTEGRITY (2017), he was arrested again. Rasoulof’s movie THERE IS NO EVIL (2020) won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG was premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where the jury awarded it a Special Award. Besides, the film was chosen as the German entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
Filmography: Goodbye (2011), Manuscripts Don't Burn (2013), A Man of Integrity (2017), There Is No Evil (2020)
