However, as reported by outlets such as Variety, Farhadi is now reportedly unable to attend the 2017 Oscars ceremony because of a change in U.S. policy, barring entry visas to Iranian citizens.
Now however, real-world politics are poised to affect the 2017 Oscars in an unexpected way, thanks to a highly-controversial new U.S. policy that seemingly bars an Oscar nominee from attending this year’s ceremony in person.
He is a previous winner of that same prize for his 2012 film A Separation and was widely expected to attend this year’s ceremony.
The filmmaker in question is internationally-respected Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, nominated this year by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Best Foreign Language Film category for his latest film, The Salesman.