Foreign Cinema

  • NewsYahoo Movies UK

    US immigration ban could prevent nominees attending the Oscars

    Take filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, an Oscars 2017 nominee for his movie ‘The Salesman’ and former Best Foreign Language Film winner in 2012 with the stunning ‘A Separation’. After Trump’s decision to exclude anyone with links to seven countries – including Iranian-born Farhadi’s – it now means he’s – and outrageously so – banned from the country and attending the Oscars. Over the weekend (of the 28 and 29 January) Judges have temporarily been able to lift the strict ban the Trump administration pu