A Separation: Australian support leads to Oscars success

A grant from Queensland has led to the completion of an Iranian film that today won an Academy Award. The cash grant was provided by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in collaboration with the Asia
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A grant from Queensland has led to the completion of an Iranian film that today won an Academy Award. The cash grant was provided by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Screen Awards – a Queensland initiative.

Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi’s film, A Separation, took out the Best Foreign Language Film prize at this year’s Oscars.

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