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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/27/us-oscars-aseparation-idUSTRE81Q06X20120227

Saw it on the news. I am happy for ya!

I just watched the trailer. Congrats Mel!!!! Although I only saw 1 Iranian film, I told you how impressive it was in all respects. It seems that Iran has a knack for intelligent filmwork. Again, congrats to Iran!!!!!

The article in itself was very interesting, but what stood out to me was:

Two nights before the Oscar ceremony, Israeli and Iranian artists came together in a show of peace, said Lior Ashkenazi, a star of the Israeli foreign language Oscar entry "Footnote".

"At the Academy event in honor of the foreign films, we sat, spoke and all the veils came off," Ashkenazi told Israel's Army Radio. "They are warm hearted people. We invited them to Tel Aviv and they invited us to Tehran."

I hope the invitations will become a reality one day.

Only proves that government does not speak for all the people.

I'm pleased for you Mel!