Filmmaker Jonathan Demme (left) poses for a photo with "Persepolis" filmmaker Marjane Satrapi (center) and Sony Pictures Classics' co-president Tom Bernard. Smiliing broadly while accepting the award for best animated feature from the New York Film Critics Circle on stage later in the evening, Satrapi quipped that she had always heard that film critics were "tough bastards," graciously noting that as such, she tremendously appreciated their support of her film. She and co-director Vincent Paronnaud recently spoke with indieWIRE about the movie in an interview with Erica Abeel.