Iranian director and screenwriter Saeed Roustayi has been sentenced to six months in prison for screening his film Leila’s Brothers at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival without authorization. Roustayi and his producer Javad Noruzbegi were found guilty of “contributing to propaganda of the opposition against the Islamic system” and will serve about nine days in jail with the remaining sentence suspended over five years. They have also been effectively banned from making films and must refrain from activities related to the committed crime. This follows a growing trend of Iranian filmmakers facing repercussions from the authoritarian regime.
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