We feel like parents who are forbidden from even looking at their new-born child, it read.
Were sad and were tired, but were not alone.
This is the magic of cinema.
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Cinema brings us together.
It is a window which opens up a time and a place where we can meet.
The filmmakers said they were prepared to bear the consequences of this move.
For so many years Iranian filmmakers have been making their films under very complicated rules.
And it may lead to complicated court cases.
It is a reality that is most often lost or obscured by layers of censorship, they continued.
Women for whom red lines prevent their true lives being shown as full human beings.
Weve decided to cross all these restrictive red lines and we accept the consequences of our decision.
My Favourite Cakeis a film made in praise of life.
It looks closely at the loneliness of women feel as they age.
They were subsequently told that they faced a trial related to the production.
The film has never been screened in Iran.
