Silence does not change anything

Charso Press: Pouran Derakhshandeh, in response to the question about his opinion about the Mito movement and violence against women in Iranian cinema, said: “Always and in any case, any move that makes our living space healthier and we can live more peacefully is good.” In a word, awareness is always good.

Producer and director of the movie Hess! Girls do not shout (2012) Emphasizing that not talking and not expressing problems and social harms is the worst possible approach, he said: that harms and things remain hidden in society, is not permanent and eventually opens somewhere and There is a place where small solutions and limited treatments no longer work and we have to do a big surgery.

In response to the question whether she has any hope for the realization of the goals of this movement and finally finding the statement of the women involved in Iranian cinema, she said: “Yes, of course, and God willing, it will be able to reach the end.”

Every reaction to oppression or error is important

The writer and director of the movie Candle in the Wind (2003) emphasized: This issue of transparency and talking about abuse and immoral behaviors should be current in all other professions and occupations. Discussion is a discussion of family, community, and issues that are very important in each of our lives, which is why it is so important to address them rather than remain silent.

“You can always be silent and say nothing, but silence does not change anything, and this story only grows under society,” Derakhshandeh said. You can talk and raise awareness so that both others and the perpetrators know where this story is.

The director of the film Little Bird of Happiness (1987), in response to the question of how much he agrees with the nature and purpose of this movement, stated: In the end, any action that is a reaction to oppression or wrong is important; I started moving in this direction with my film Girls Don’t Cry.