Filmmaker Ali Abbasi lives in Copenhagen, but he has an Iranian passport; he grew up in the country and moved to Denmark when he was 20 years old. That proved complicated when his second feature “Border,” Sweden’s Oscar submission and the winner of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section last May, was selected for the Telluride and Toronto film festivals. Due to the Trump Administration’s travel ban, which indefinitely suspends visas to Iranian citizens in addition to six other countries, Abbasi didn’t know if he could make it with his movie.
However, over the past week, the filmmaker learned that he was granted a rare exception to the rule. On Friday, he showed up at the Telluride Film Festival for the North American premiere of “Border,” which Neon will qualify in the U.S. later this year. Legal authorities have told him that he’s the first Iranian to...
However, over the past week, the filmmaker learned that he was granted a rare exception to the rule. On Friday, he showed up at the Telluride Film Festival for the North American premiere of “Border,” which Neon will qualify in the U.S. later this year. Legal authorities have told him that he’s the first Iranian to...
- 9/1/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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