A HERO official representative of the Iranian Cinema in 2022 Oscars

According to Faridzadeh, the committee carefully reviewed the rules and regulations of the academy and watched the films and after voting and gathering opinions, among the 3 finalists “WASTELAND”, “BANDAR BAND” and “A HERO” directed by Asghar Farhadi. “ A HERO” was selected and with the signatures of the members of this committee, the film will be introduced as the official representative of Iranian cinema in the 2022 Academy Awards Best International Feature Film Category.

The Iranian film delegation of the representative of Iranian cinema to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Oscar 2022 consisted of Mohammad Ali Najafi (Director and Chairman of the Board of the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds ), Parivash Nazarieh(Actress), Mehdi Sajadechi (Scriptwriter), Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour (Filmmaker and Festival Director of Fajr International Film Festival), Shadmehr Rastin (Scriptwriter), Fereydoun Jeyrani ( Scriptwriter and Director), Rasoul SadrAmeli ( Producer and Director), Rami Heydari Faroughi (Director) and Raed Faridzadeh (Secretary of the International Council and Head of International Affairs at the Farabi Cinema Foundation) also accompanied the group as a legal member.