第72届柏林国际电影节 获得遇见单元 评委特别奖。获奖影视: 《星期五见,鲁滨逊先生》
第72届柏林国际电影节 获得遇见单元 最佳影片(提名)。获奖影视: 《星期五见,鲁滨逊先生》
第52届柏林国际电影节 获得泰迪熊奖 评审团奖。获奖影视: 《juste une femme》
Mitra Farahani (in Persian: میترا فراهانی, born 1975,[1] Tehran) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and painter who currently lives in Paris. Farahani has a degree in graphic art at the Azad University in Tehran, after in which she moved to Paris.[2] She was arrested on June 17, 2009 by the Iranian government, on her arrival in Tehran from Paris and held in Evin Prison. It is said that her arrest is linked to the crackdown of opposition by the Iranian regime following the presidential election and also ****** the regime angry by ****** some non-Islamic films outside Iran.[3][4] The Iranian government released her from prison on 30 June 2009.