EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Winstanley, Oscar-nominated producer of Jojo Rabbit and festival favourite What We Do In The Shadows, is launching production company This Too Shall Pass. Based in Los Angeles an…
star Mojean Aria will lead cast in the former, the story of a young gay man, who faces persecution in Iran, and flees to his distant family in Scotland. Thrown into a new culture, he falls in love but has his freedom and life threatened anew when his asylum case is rejected. Darwin Serink will direct., about a 12-year-old girl in post-Revolution Tehran who discovers the secret world of an illegal, underground ballet group.
“The authenticity of the projects and commitment to depicting Iranian culture, history and language in such a truthful way is what attracted me to these films,” said Winstanley. “As I move into this new decade of my career I am also dedicated to giving myself a voice as a writer and director with the goal to giving cinema an opportunity to showcase stories that have not been told before”, she added.. Her producing credits also include Sundance 2019 docSaving Grace, Te Whakarauora Tangata.
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