Iran-born, Denmark-based director Ali Abbasi was the toast of Cannes this year with his second feature, the Swedish-Danish “Border,” which won the top prize in Un Certain Regard. Fantastic in every sense of the word, the film, distributed in the U.S. by Neon, was selected to represent Sweden in the foreign-language Oscar race and has been short-listed in the makeup category. But the U.S. travel ban has made it difficult to promote the film, given that Abbasi still has an Iranian passport.
After half-heartedly pursuing a chemical engineering degree in Iran, Abbasi moved to Sweden to study architecture when he was 20. But along with his daytime classes, he wound up attending films nightly at the Swedish Film Institute’s Cinematheque for several years. Finally realizing that he didn’t have the temperament to be an architect, he enrolled in the Danish National Film School.
“Almost all of...
After half-heartedly pursuing a chemical engineering degree in Iran, Abbasi moved to Sweden to study architecture when he was 20. But along with his daytime classes, he wound up attending films nightly at the Swedish Film Institute’s Cinematheque for several years. Finally realizing that he didn’t have the temperament to be an architect, he enrolled in the Danish National Film School.
“Almost all of...
- 1/4/2019
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
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