Mohammad Rasoulof to Attend 2025 Göteborg Film Festival With ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ Germany’s Shortlisted 2025 Oscar Submission (Exclusive)

Acclaimed Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will attend the upcoming 2025 Göteborg Film Festival with his latest film, family drama and political thriller “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Germany’s submission to this year’s international feature Oscar race which made the Oscar shortlist on Dec. 17.
Variety rates the film, which he also wrote and co-produced, as one of the five frontrunners in the international feature category to score an Oscar nomination on Jan. 17.
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” has also scored Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations for foreign-language film, and won the National Board of Review’s best international film award.
Banned in Rasoulof’s home country, the film has already garnered international recognition for its poignant narrative and exploration of political themes. Rasoulof, who currently lives in exile in Germany after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging by the Iranian regime as he wrapped “Sacred Fig,...
Variety rates the film, which he also wrote and co-produced, as one of the five frontrunners in the international feature category to score an Oscar nomination on Jan. 17.
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” has also scored Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations for foreign-language film, and won the National Board of Review’s best international film award.
Banned in Rasoulof’s home country, the film has already garnered international recognition for its poignant narrative and exploration of political themes. Rasoulof, who currently lives in exile in Germany after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging by the Iranian regime as he wrapped “Sacred Fig,...
- 03/01/2025
- par Jamie Lang
- Variety - Film News
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