00:01I
00:01Will be reading a statement by Mr. Farhadi
00:05It's a great honor
00:08To be receiving this valuable award for the second time
00:11I would like to thank the members of the Academy my crew in Iran my producer Alexandre Malley Guy
00:19Cohen Media Amazon and my fellow nominees in the foreign film category. I'm sorry. I'm not with you tonight
00:26My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of other six nations whom have
00:33been
00:34Disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the US
00:44Dividing the world
00:48Thank you
00:50Dividing the world into the us and our enemies categories
00:53Creates fear a deceitful justification for aggression and war
00:59These words prevent democracy and human rights in countries which have themselves been victims of aggression
01:07Filmmakers can turn their cameras to capture shared human qualities and break stereotypes of various nationalities and religions
01:15These they create empathy
01:18Empathy between us and others and empathy which we need today more than ever
01:24Thank you on behalf of Mr. Farhadi
