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Freedom to Create Prize 2009: Filmmaker wins
Freedom to Create Prize 2009: Filmmaker wins
Mohsen Makhmalbaf pleads for democracy in his country Iran
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Freedom to Create Prize 2009 winner Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The second annual Freedom to Create Prize, which was presented in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London last night, has been won by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The internationally renowned and prolific Iranian filmmaker, 52, downed tools earlier this year to become an official mouthpiece outside Iran for the presidential candidate Mir-Mossein Mousavi.
The second annual Freedom to Create Prize, which was presented in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London last night, has been won by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The internationally renowned and prolific Iranian filmmaker, 52, downed tools earlier this year to become an official mouthpiece outside Iran for the presidential candidate Mir-Mossein Mousavi.
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