Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has confirmed that he has managed to leave his home country without official permission, after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging for national security crimes. Last week, the Iranian court found Rasoulof’s films and documentaries to be “examples of collusion with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country.” This sentencing came days before the start of the Cannes Film Festival – where his new film The Seed of the Sacred Fig is set to premiere in Competition on Friday 24 May. In a statement issued from…