Jafar Panahi: 'This is no longer a metaphor. This is not a story. This is not a film. This is a reality ridden with bullets, day after day'
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Your damsel is in another castle Mimi Wilcox on Michaela Madden, Patty Hearst, Stockholm Syndrome and Bad Hostage
'I like putting incompatible stuff together and seeing how it works' Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke on mixing fantasy and reality in A Useful Ghost
Cleaned out Benjamin Flaherty on addiction, rehab, insurance scams and Shuffle
The fall of man Matteo Burani and Arianna Gheller on directing and animating Playing God
Panahi calls for international action It Was Just An Accident filmmaker speaks out on Iran crackdown
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With awards season in full flow, you can keep track of the latest news on that here:
Golden Globes winners Hamnet and One Battle After Another crowned
Lumiere nominations French awards season heats up
Critics Choice Awards Another good night for Paul Thomas Anderson
OFCS awards nominations Sinners leads the pack