I Believe There's Only Good

The Kind Of Sleep That I Had During My Own Film [certified Copy] Screening In Cannes Is Different. It's Not Because Of The Specificity Of The Film. It Was Because Of My Relationship As An Author To This Film. Usually When I Take My Films To Festivals, I Feel Incredibly Anxious About Them. I Wonder How It Will Be Received, How The Audience Will React. I Feel Deeply Responsible For Them. Whereas This Time, I Didn't Have That Responsibility On My Shoulders.

If You Are A Businessman Or A Politician In Iran, You Can Get A Visa As Quickly As You Ask For It.

As Film-makers, It Is Very Important For Us To Find Common Ground Between Cultures, And Maybe That's Less The Case For Politicians Who Benefit More From Finding The Conflicts And Differences Between Us.

People Have Curiosity, They Have Intelligence, They Have Interest In Understanding Their Peers. But Producers And Directors Of Cinema Have Decided That The Seats In The Theaters Have Been Made To Transform People's Minds To Lazy Minds.

I Do Believe In [robert] Bresson's Method Of Creation Through Omission, Not Through Addition.