REVIEWS
“It is a valuable work that calls on its audience to brave such matters without the balm of resolution. And for such a work to be so transportingly beautiful and so immediately human -- this is a treasure.” –
Frontline
“Throughout, Iranian ills are movingly condemned, but it's The White Meadows's more general, humanistic portrait of man's multifaceted nature that truly inspires, its social critique ultimately enhanced by its recognition of the fallibility, irrationality and inscrutability of people's hearts and minds.” –
Slant Magazine
“Cinematographer Ebrahim Ghafouri has done an astonishing, painterly job. Like the Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, he sets the human figure in diminished perspective amid expansive landscapes.” –
Screen Daily
“Though rich in allegory, the film keeps its symbolism obscure enough to evade both Iranian censors and filmgoers looking for obvious critiques of the current political situation, but its beauty and always fascinating imagery should attract a steadfast fest crowd.” –
Variety
"The White Meadows works as both a veiled political critique of contemporary Iran and a timeless, unforgettable fable in the tradition of Swift or Kafka" -
San Francisco International Film Festival
"A fiercely compassionate call for freedom, the film features downright tangible sensory dimensions: The sky's infinite color and the ocean's saline taste are integral elements of the narrative… Rasoulof's most personal portrait of the responsibilities and dangers of a questioning artist" -
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
AsiaAfrica Special Jury Prize; Muhr AsiaAfrica Award; Best Actor, DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Best Feature Film, DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Narrative Features Competition, TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL
SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
GASPARILLA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MINNEAPOLIS-ST.PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SCOTTSDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
