Video: Iranian-British Filmmaker Dedicates BAFTA Award to People of Iran: You Deserve Better!
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Iranian-British filmmaker Maryam Mohajer, who won the BAFTA (British Academy Film Awards) 2020 in the Best British Short Animation category for Grandad Was a Romantic, dedicated the prestigious award to the people of Iran because they deserve better. She also lamented that her Iranian mother could not attend the ceremonies because her visa application was rejected.
Other winners of BAFTA 2020 included Joker, Parasite and 1917.
Here is Mohajeri's sentimental speech video and text, courtesy of BAFTA:
MARYAM MOHAJER:
" Don't break. Don't break.... Thank you. Thank you so much, BAFTA. I owe this to my late granny; to a late brother, for always having a great story to tell me and for always listening to my strange silly stories; to my beautiful parents, who would have loved to celebrate this with me, only my mum's visa application got rejected; to my husband, my friend, my partner, without your love and support, and your patience, I wouldn't be here.
My amazing team: Tanera Dawkins, the beautiful composer, who is here somewhere; Fonic, Barnaby Templer, Sue Harding, amazing job; Maya Naraghi, the young voice artist of the film, who is also my daughter, and has been coping quite well with having a low-budget independent filmmaker for a mum.
I'll dedicate this award to people of Iran. They deserve better!"
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