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Monday, 22 March 2010

A chance to hear Iran's Voices of the Unheard

Two films at the Human Rights Watch film festival attempt to bring the real Iran to the eyes of the west – an Islamic republic where secularists and rockers struggle to make a space for themselves.

Making a film in Iran, if you play by the Islamic republic's rules, is a tortuous business. The first step is to file a proposal on an ideologically correct subject with the country's ministry of culture and Islamic guidance. After rewriting your screenplay as it sees fit, it may issue a filming permit that might pacify the police who will be monitoring your activities, but offers no protection from the further round of cuts and censorship that are the finished film's only hope of ever making it to an Iranian audience at all.

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