Farhadi was joined by the fellow filmmakers for a conversation about how his films capture the greys in a society that operates in a moral binary on the surface.
Akhavan also explains to IndieWire why the bold title wasn’t her original choice, but became essential to the show.
The Sundance darling and director of “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” makes her television debut on Channel 4.
“There isn’t a place in this country for the kinds of films that I care about, and those are films that deal very frankly with this female sexuality.”
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” star’s pivot to indies is paying off. “I pulled out of my movies, and my agents were like — ‘You’re crazy. You’re gonna lose your career.'”
Desiree Akhavan’s Grand Jury Prize winner lands at FilmRise, which will open the drama later this summer after it screens at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The director of “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” accepted the award from London along with co-writer Cecilia Frugiuele, where they are shooting a TV show.
The indie breakout didn’t get her “Colin Trevorrow moment,” and she responded the only way she knew how: by making her own opportunities.
The film is based on Emily Danforth’s controversial coming-of-age novel of the same name.
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