{
  "id": 17210417,
  "title": "Mohammad Rasoulof, Shahrbanoo Sadat Push Back on Idea of Separate Oscar Category for Exiled Filmmakers as Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund Hits Tokyo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/mohammad-rasoulof-shahrbanoo-sadat-push-back-on-idea-of-separate",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T09:31:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/rasoulof-sadat-push-back-oscar-category-exiled-filmmakers-1236934877/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof and Iranian-born Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat pushed back on the idea of a standalone Oscar category for exiled filmmakers, speaking at the Tokyo International Film Festival as Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund gave its first five short films their Japan premiere. The question followed the Academy’s recent rule change making exiled […]",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Cate Blanchett, Shahrbanoo Sadat & Mohammad Rasoulof Bring Displacement Film Fund To Tokyo With Help From ‘Godzilla’ Filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/cate-blanchett-shahrbanoo-sadat-mohammad-rasoulof-bring-displacement",
        "published": "2026-10-30T06:22:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}