I Like Storytelling Movies And More Than

Iranian Filmmakers Are Not Passive. They Fight Whenever They Can, As Creative Expression Means A Lot To Them. The Restrictions And Censorship In Iran Are A Bit Like The British Weather: One Day It's Sunny, The Next Day It's Raining. You Just Have To Hope You Walk Out Into The Sunshine.

I Tend To Jot Down Moments, Lines, Interactions That Don't Really Make Any Sense. I Try And Explain These Scattered Notes To My Close Friends, And They Become More And More Logical. I See Screenwriting As A Bit Like A Math Equation Which I Have To Solve.

It's Very Difficult To Talk About Religion In Iran Because Religion Has Gotten So Mixed Up With Politics.

When I Decide To Write A Story, I Don't Think Too Much About What I Want It To Be, I Just Let Things Come Naturally And This Is How It Turns Out. It's Just How My Subconscious Works.

Whether We Like It Or Not, The Modernity Is Something That Comes From Western Countries, And When The Modernity Comes To The Eastern Countries, Although They Feel Like They Really Need It, At The Same Time It Shakes The Very Fundament Of The Culture - There Is Always This Challenge Between The Two.