Iran noms Asghar Farhadi’s "The Salesman" for foreign OscarSeptember 19, 2016 - 11:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran has nominated a film by the country's Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi for the next Academy Awards, the Associated Press reports. The Saturday, September 17 report says the Farabi Foundation, affiliated to Iran's Culture Ministry, chose "The Salesman," which won two prizes at the Cannes film festival in May. Lead actor Shahab Hosseini won a Palme d'Or for best actor and Farhadi won the award for best screenplay. The movie is about a pair of actors rehearsing for a performance of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." The couple's lives are upended when the woman is mistaken for a prostitute and sexually assaulted. In 2012, Farhadi received Iran's first Oscar when "A Separation" won best foreign film. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |