Iranian director Asgar Farhad, a member of the jury at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, responded to allegations of plagiarism at a jury press conference.
Last year at the Cannes Film Festival the Grand Prix was awarded for the film A Hero, Iranian director Asgar Farhad is now a member of the jury of the official competition of the 75th edition.
At the jury press conference, the director was questioned about the plagiarism allegations he is the subject of. Recall that Asgar Farhad is accused by Azad Masihzadeh, one of his former film students.
He said the filmmaker would grasp the basic elements of his documentary All winners All losersMohammad Reza Shokri, focused on the story of a former prisoner. The story from which the film’s hero is also inspired.
Amir Jadid in the hero
The director responds for the first time.
“ My film, like this man’s documentary, is inspired by the same story that happened long before my film lesson in Shiraz. The story of this prisoner was published in the newspapers and reports of that time. It therefore belongs to the public domain. I too had brought to the seminar with the students, press excerpts on this news.
My film is a free interpretation of this story. To quell the controversy, I suggested that this person be named after him for his work and research in the credits. He refused, he wanted to write that the protagonist was based on his documentary, which is not the case. He had financial claims to share the film’s revenue. He can not claim rights to a story that does not belong to him. “
He adds: “It was said that I was condemned when the trial was not yet over! The case was investigated by the religious authorities in the first instance, when it demanded that the responsibility for copyright be placed with the competent authority.
The religious authorities considered that the case could be considered and a trial would be held. If there are copyright specialists, it will be very easy to prove the inadmissibility of the accusation. “
Source: allocine
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