Untitled Mohammad Rasoulof animated film

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Oscar Hopeful Mohammad Rasoulof, Director of ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ Sets Animated Feature

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” director Mohammad Rasoulof has shared new details of his upcoming animated feature, telling Variety that the project will span the life of absurdist Iranian playwright Abbas Nalbandian, covering the events until the playwright’s death a decade later.

With this animated biopic, Rasoulof wants to focus on three pivotal decades in modern Iranian history – a period he feels he can only properly evoke with a more stylized filmmaking form.

As he carves out a new path in exile, the filmmaker will take inspiration from recent films of the Persian diaspora, looking toward to Farsi-language titles like Ali Abbasi’s “Holy Spider” (shot in Jordan) and Matthew Rankin’s “Universal Language” (shot in Canada, and representing that country as its International Feature Oscar selection this year), while pooling talent and themes from a more global community.